Written works

Publications

Theses

"The 'Third-Space' of Identity, Armenian Diasporic Cinema, and Atom Egoyan" in Outline

MA Thesis: "Exploring Armenian Diasporic Cinema from the 'Third Space'"

BA Thesis: "Subversive Affirmation in Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (1944)"

Selected Essays

"Has the Super 8 Camera Resurrected"

"Costume as a Reversal of Domination and Power in Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers"

"Who’s Raping Who?: Representing Rape in Atom Egoyan’s Ararat"

"In Rammstein’s 'Amerika', Pizza is not just Pizza"

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SPEAKING

Guest Lectures and Talks

Moderator at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam: 2019 - present

"Bridging the Gap: The Audiovisual Essay in our Contemporary Media Sphere" - Masterclass at the International Portrait Film Festival in Bulgaria, November 2020

"Bridging

Conversation with Will DiGravio: "The Video Essay: What New Practitioners Think"

Teaching

Teaching assistant at the University of Groningen's "Arts in Practice: Film" course - March 2019 - present. 

CURATING

"Bridging

Cineforum: "Calendar" - Kriterion Cinema, Amsterdam - April 2021

Jury member at International Portrait Film Festival in Bulgaria - November 2020

Armenian Diasporic Cinema - Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam - April 2021