Armine Anda

Armenian Actress, Writer and Producer Armine Anda started her career in theatre & TV. She had lead roles in various performances, then worked as an actress in a silent film comedy show on the TV called Ch'film (No'Film, 1997-1998). In 2000-2003 she made a storytelling TV show called Blium Blium Stories on her book The Inhabitants of Ankimure, where she was telling her own stories and acting as their characters. In 2004-2008 Armine Anda acted as a voice actress in the animated films by famous Armenian animation director Robert Sahakyants. A short animation Bojo, adapted from her story, she was the co-writer and one of the producers for, was made in 2008 by Mikayel Vatinyan. The film was produced by Hoshkee film (a film production company founded by Armine Anda), participated in many international film festivals and received awards in and outside Armenia. In 2009 Armine Anda had a lead role in a segment You Go in a feature film Taxi Eli Lav A. In the story associated with Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini, she played the character of Julia, that associated with Giulietta Masina's Cabiria. Just after that she did lead parts in several short and feature films. Attending Abbas Kiarostami's Master Classes in 2010, Armine Anda played a lead role in the Iranian director Hamideh Razavi's short film Earing, and made a short film herself as a Writer/Director and Lead Actress - Wind Blows, which received the Audience Award on the Internet Short Film Festival NY in 2014. She was invited to be on the jury of festival in the years 2015-2019. Joan and the Voices by Mikayel Vatinyan, Armine Anda is starring, she is also co-writer and producer for, had its World Premiere in the Official Competition of Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in 2011, its European Premiere at Goteborg International Film Festival in Sweden, and its American Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival in 2012. The film had many other selections and screenings all over Europe including Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Georgia and Armenia. From Two Worlds as a Keepsake, a feature film by Nika Shek, with Armine Anda as Lead Actress, had its world premiere in Montreal World Film Festival in 2012. Armine Anda received Best Supporting Actress Nomination in the Armenian National Cinema Awards in 2013 for her Supporting Role in I'm Going To Change My Name by Maria Saakyan. Armine Anda has fantasy books published with her own illustrations. Her fantasy novel The Inhabitants of Ankimure received Orange Book Award 2011 in Armenia and was published in 2013 with her illustrations. She is visiting lecturer at the American University of Armenia. She does workshops on acting, storytelling, fantasy writing, and pitching. Currently she is in development of new short and feature films, including animations. A short film Flight by Victoria Aleksanyan, she is starring, co-writing and producing is in post-production.