Directing
Anahid Yahjian
Place of birth
Bulgaria
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Anahid Yahjian (b. 1989, Bulgaria) is an Armenian American independent writer, director and producer of experimental, documentary and narrative cinema. Her work is driven by questioning and pursuit: of history, of power, of memory, of liminality, of the surreal and the sublime. Her latest hybrid/experimental documentary, Domestic Demon, is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and is set to have its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2026. She is currently in post-production on her latest narrative short, Nelly, also supported by CGF. Her commitment to telling true stories (even if they come from her imagination) was shaped by an early love f…
Known for
NRHISHÉ (Remember) is a meditation on alienation, confusion, grief and the burden of remembering. These four elements frame my relationship with the Nagorno-Karabakh region now more than ever.
Hishé
2021
NRA housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. A portrait of matrescence and post-partum depression in the time of pandemic lockdown.
Domestic Demon
2026
NRAfter a deadly car crash, a queer activist couple are flung into parallel realities and must embark on a search between worlds to find each other again.
Transmission
2019
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRHISHÉ (Remember) is a meditation on alienation, confusion, grief and the burden of remembering. These four elements frame my relationship with the Nagorno-Karabakh region now more than ever.
Hishé
2021
NRHISHÉ (Remember) is a meditation on alienation, confusion, grief and the burden of remembering. These four elements frame my relationship with the Nagorno-Karabakh region now more than ever.
Hishé
2021
NRA housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. A portrait of matrescence and post-partum depression in the time of pandemic lockdown.
Domestic Demon
2026
NRA housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. A portrait of matrescence and post-partum depression in the time of pandemic lockdown.
Domestic Demon
2026
NRA housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. A portrait of matrescence and post-partum depression in the time of pandemic lockdown.
Domestic Demon
2026
NRAfter a deadly car crash, a queer activist couple are flung into parallel realities and must embark on a search between worlds to find each other again.
Transmission
2019