Robert Machoian

A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.

A mother sneaks off in the middle of the night.

A Documentation of the lives of grave diggers.

Kid gets bored after school and picks his nose.

A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.

In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.

In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.

A mother sneaks off in the middle of the night.

A mother sneaks off in the middle of the night.

A mother sneaks off in the middle of the night.

A Documentation of the lives of grave diggers.

Kid gets bored after school and picks his nose.

Members of a family begin dying one by one at a funeral, while Youngest searches for the stranger in their midst.

Using the photo book aesthetic, filmmakers Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian explore some nearly abandoned prairie towns of Nebraska and meditate on the blurred lines between still photography and cinema.

Five siblings, from one to thirteen, spend a day on their own, uncertain whether this time their depressed and unreliable mother is really gone for good. Harper, the eldest and the only girl, looks after her brothers as she always does, as their day descends into fantasy and chaos.

Five siblings, from one to thirteen, spend a day on their own, uncertain whether this time their depressed and unreliable mother is really gone for good. Harper, the eldest and the only girl, looks after her brothers as she always does, as their day descends into fantasy and chaos.

3 Friends go on a late night drive to get food.

A shift at a metal foundry provides the basis for a meditation of life as a pressure machine.

A shift at a metal foundry provides the basis for a meditation of life as a pressure machine.

A woman travels to a diner hoping to meet someone from her past.

A companion piece to the Pressure Machine album, Notes From A Quiet Town features stripped back performances and interviews with the people of Nephi, the town on which Pressure Machine is based…

A companion piece to the Pressure Machine album, Notes From A Quiet Town features stripped back performances and interviews with the people of Nephi, the town on which Pressure Machine is based…

Charlie, a 4-year-old who loves Bugs Bunny, decides to hunt a rabbit of his own.

A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past.

A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past.

A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past.

When Suzette passes away, her husband Bruce is forced to face the inevitable questions we spend our lives avoiding.

When Suzette passes away, her husband Bruce is forced to face the inevitable questions we spend our lives avoiding.

Documenting the people and landscapes of the Salinas Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in California.

A middle-aged woman spends her days taking care of her live-in 98-year old father and ponders the essence of familial love.

A middle-aged woman spends her days taking care of her live-in 98-year old father and ponders the essence of familial love.

Debbie is good at playing hide and seek—so good she is often hard to find.

Debbie is good at playing hide and seek—so good she is often hard to find.

A young mother of limited means puts everything on the line to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive runner.

A young mother of limited means puts everything on the line to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive runner.