Arnaud Khayadjanian

Arnaud Khayadjanian is a French screenwriter, director and producer with Armenian origins. He graduated in cinema at the Sorbonne University, in Paris. In 2014, he directed Bad Girl, a short film selected in 23 international festivals including Oscar Qualifying Uppsala Film Festival, a two-time winner at the Sundance Channel Contest (Vimeo and Jury Prize). Bad Girl has been viewed more than 1.3 million times by streaming, and has been broadcasted on Sundance TV. In 2015, Arnaud Khayadjanian directed Stony Paths, a documentary inspired by the story of his Armenian great-grandparents. The film was honored by the French critics and was selected in 24 international festivals. Stony Paths received the Jury Prize from Ismailia Festival in Egypt, the Best Documentary Prize in Yerevan Film Festival, and it was broadcasted on Shant TV in Armenia and BIP TV in France. In 2017, he directed Deaf Hearts, a short film broadcasted on French-German channel ARTE; the film had an average of 66,000 viewers on TV and more than 80,000 on VOD. In 2017, Arnaud Khayadjanian has also directed his second documentary We Are Our Mountains about the unknown and extraordinary people of Artsakh. In the fall 2018, he will shoot No More Heroes a short film about French "greasers", a 1960's subculture.