Something Familiar
TITLE
Something Familiar
DIRECTOR
Rachel Tâpârjan
COUNTRY
Romania, UK
YEAR
2026
DURATION
89′
GENRE
Documentary
Something Familiar
Beginning as a search for a birth mother, the film gradually turns inward as the filmmaker confronts her own history of abuse and exploitation. Through a self-reflexive cinematic process, Something Familiar affirms the possibility of shaping one’s own life beyond origin or circumstance.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Rachel Tâpârjan
Rachel Taparjan is a British-Romanian filmmaker. She is a lecturer in social work at Teesside University. SOMETHING FAMILIAR is her first feature-length documentary, for which she won the Chicken & Egg Vision Award at Cannes Docs 2025.
- DirectorRachel Tâpârjan
- ScreenplayRachel Taparjan
- Cinematography Andrei Oană
- Cast
- EditingAlice Powell
- Producer/s Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin, Aleksandra Bilic
- Production Company
- Distributor/sStranger Films Sales Sales Agent Worldwide All Rights
- Project TitleSomething Familiar
- Project Type Documentary
- Completion Date17 Mar 2026
- Country of originRomania, UK
- Country of filming Romania, UK
- LanguageEnglish, Romanian
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Rachel Tâpârjan
Rachel Taparjan is a British-Romanian filmmaker. She is a lecturer in social work at Teesside University. SOMETHING FAMILIAR is her first feature-length documentary, for which she won the Chicken & Egg Vision Award at Cannes Docs 2025.
CPH:DOX World Premiere International Main Competition
