Armenian Panorama

Short

Garden in Khorkom

Canada
2003, 14min.

Script./Dir./Dir. of Phot./Sound Gariné Torossian, Compos. M.Danna, Prod. G.Torossian, J.Torossian.
Cast: S.Abkarian, A.Khanjian.

The film is about Vostanik Adoyan, survivor of Armenian Genocide, who later became famous as the American artist Arshile Gorky.

Torossian, Gariné

Born 1970, Beirut.
Self-taught filmmaker and photographer. Mining a rich palette of colors and textures, superimpositions and dissolves, she creates stunningly sophisticated films that bridge the gaps between visual, sound art, cinema and the rock video. Eighteen of her films have shown internationally at festivals. Retrospectives of her work include New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Stan Brakhage’s first person cinema, Yerevan Cinematheque, Berlin Arsenal, and Telluride Festival. She’s been awarded prizes and mentions at Berlin, Melbourne and Houston film festivals.

Filmography
Visions (1992), Platform (1993), Girl From Moush (1994), Drowning In Flames (1995), My Own Obsession (1996), Passion Crucified (1997), Pomegranate Tree (1998), Red Brick (1999), Sparklehorse (1999), Dust (2000), Death To Everyone (2000), Hokees- (2000), Babies On The Sun (2001), Shadowy Encounters (2002), Garden In Khorkhom (2003), Sandias Eustasy (2004), Hypnotize/Mezmerize – System of a Down (2005), Stone, Time, Touch (2006).