Burden
TITLE
Burden
DIRECTOR
Gevorg Nersesyan
COUNTRY
Armenia
YEAR
2024
DURATION
20′
GENRE
Fiction
Burden
On the day his daughter is born, a man with hearing impairment finds another man hidden in his car trunk, pleading for an escape to the border.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Gevorg Nersesyan
Gevorg Nersesyan was born in Goris in 1995 into a family with a military background. His father, a cinephile, passed on his love of films to him. As a teenager, he knew he wanted to become a director. At 18, he enrolled in the Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, where he studied documentary filmmaking and editing. During this time, he also worked at Hamazgayin state theater, managing light and sound. Upon graduating, he began directing documentaries and music videos. In 2024, he directed his first short film, emphasizing the use of the Goris dialect, the language of his native region.
- DirectorGevorg Nersesyan
- Screenplay
- Cinematography Arthur Sargsyan
- CastMikayel Mashuryan, Ashot Ohanjanyan
- Editing
- Producer/s Davit Kyarunts
- Production Company
- Distributor/sDavit Kyarunts Sales Agent Armenia All Rights
- Project TitleBurden
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2024
- Country of originArmenia
- Country of filmingArmenia
- LanguageArmenian
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Gevorg Nersesyan
Gevorg Nersesyan was born in Goris in 1995 into a family with a military background. His father, a cinephile, passed on his love of films to him. As a teenager, he knew he wanted to become a director. At 18, he enrolled in the Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, where he studied documentary filmmaking and editing. During this time, he also worked at Hamazgayin state theater, managing light and sound. Upon graduating, he began directing documentaries and music videos. In 2024, he directed his first short film, emphasizing the use of the Goris dialect, the language of his native region.
