About us

Bars Media Documentary Film Studio was established in 1993 by Vardan Hovhannisyan, who began his career as a frontline-filmmaker covering hotspots in the former Soviet Union. Bars Media was one of the first independent film companies in Armenia, which specializes in making documentaries about human stories, culture, history and other social issues.

Studio’s documentaries have been broadcast on BBC-Storyville(UK), ARTE(France-Germany), WDR(Germany), PBS(US), NHK(Japan), YLE(Finland) and on many other international channels. Located in Armenia, the studio is uniquely positioned at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and is thus able to cover a wide range of stories from the region.

Skills

Production

Sector Experience

Audio / Visual, Film (Short / Documentary)

Awards

• 8th Gdansk DocFilm Festival, (April 27–29, 2010, Gdansk, Poland) - Special Jury Award, • Cancun Riviera Maya Int. Film Festival (Mexico, 2007) - "Best Documentary, • Golden Apricot Film Festival (Armenia, 2007) - "Best International Documentary, • Goteborg International Film Festival 2010, January 29-February 8, 2010, Göteborg, Sweden – Nordic premiere, • IDFA (The Netherlands, 2006) – "Nomination for the Joris Ivens Award, • Mexico Int. Film Festival (Mexico, 2007) - "Special Jury Prize, • The Int. Federation of Film Critics (Germany, 2007) - "FIPRESCI Prize, • Tribeca Film Festival (US, 2007) - "Best New Documentary Filmmaker, • Trieste Film Festival (Italy, 2007) – "Audience Award, • War Film Festival (The Netherlands, 2007) - "Best Documentary

Clients

Associated Television International, Deutsche Welle, Embassy of the United States, GFI Software, IFAGE film production, Indy8, Saatchi & Saatchi London, The Aurora prize