In the Land of Arto

Tamara Stepanyan is an Armenian filmmaker whose passion for cinema began at an early age, despite growing up in an environment where filmmaking was rarely seen as a path for women. She studied filmmaking at the Lebanese American University before continuing her documentary training at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen. Based in France for the past 14 years, she has built an acclaimed body of work spanning documentary and fiction. Her films have received numerous international honours, including awards at the Busan International Film Festival, Boston Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, and the prestigious Étoile de la Scam. Today, she is recognised as one of the distinctive voices of contemporary Armenian cinema. In the Land of Arto is her debut feature film.