Profile
Education 1989-1991 - took a post-graduate course at Armenian National Academy of Science 1982-1887 - studied and graduated from State Cinema Institute (VGIK), Moscow, the Department of Film criticism Professional experience: 2004-to present – Artistic Director of “GOLDEN APRICOT” Yerevan International Film Festival. 2008-to present – coordinator in Armenia of Cross-Border Cinema Culture (CBCC) - project within the Kyiv Initiative Regional Program of the Council of Europe 2002-2004 – co-editor-in-chief of Armenian-Russian be-monthly on-line magazine on cultural policy problems (see
www.arvest.am ) 1994-2000 - Chief-expert on cinema of the Armenian Ministry of Culture 1991-1994 - Editor-in-chief of the cultural department of “Respublika Armenia” daily 1980-1991 - journalist and head of the department of culture of “Komsomolets“/“Epokha“newspaper 1990-1996 - Scriptwriter of some TV-programs and documentaries 1980-to present – film-observer at Armenian, Russian and foreign media: newspapers, magazines, on-line publications, and etc. 1996- to present – one of the founder and the president of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists 1996- to present – Participant of many international cultural events, conferences, forums and film festivals (as a member of a jury, film-journalist, guest lecturer and observer)
Language skills: Armenian - native, Russian - fluent, English - fluent
Participation at International Conferences (selected): 2008 (11-14 September) – CoE Forum “Shaping Policies for the Cinema of Tomorrow”, Krakow, Poland 2003 (20-21 February) – Regional NGOs Meeting on Cultural Policy and Art Market in Southern Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia (within the framework of SYNERGY Program, Eurasia Foundation) 2002 (2-5 December) – the International Conference “Cultural Policy of the States on the Post-Soviet Space”, St. Petersburg, Russia 2001 (18-21 July) – IAMHIST XIX International Conference “Changing Identity in Film and Television” Leipzig University, Germany 2000 (17-20 September) – International Conference “Sergey Eisenshtein-100”, Riga 1995 (February) - International Conference “Homo Post Soveticus”, Tallinn, Estonia (organized by Estonian Cultural Fund)
Participation at Professional Association: since 1986 - the member of the Journalists Union of Armenia since 1995 - the member of Yerevan Press Club, member of YPC Council since 2002 since 1997 - the member of Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI) since 2002 - member of European Cultural Parliament
Publications: author of more than 500 articles and reviews published in Armenia and abroad and translated in Russian, English, German, Italian, Ukrainian, Estonian, etc. She contributes for annual International Film Guide, London (IFG -1998-2010).
