Sara Ashot Nalbandyan
Rector
Candidate of Arts, Associate Professor
Born on September 18, 1977, in Yerevan.
Education
2008 – 2010 Master in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production Department of Letters and Philosophy, University of Bologna, Italy
2000 – 2004 PhD candidate, Department of Theatre and Cinema Studies, Institute of Arts, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
1994 – 1999 Diploma in Russian Language and Literature, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Training
2013 Documentary Cinema in the Digital Century, CEU Summer University, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Distant Learning Technologies, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Professional Experience
2023 to present Rector, Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
2022 - 2023 Scriptwriter, Armenia Public Television, Yerevan, Armenia
2019 - 2022 Vice-rector, Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, Yerevan Armenia
2019 to present Scriptwriter, Editor, Order Film Production, Yerevan, Armenia
2011 to present Associate Professor, Chair of Cultural Studies, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University, Armenia
2003 - 2023 Researcher, Department of Theatre and Cinema Studies, Institute of Arts, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
2010 – 2011 Chef-dramaturg, State Theatre “Hamazgayin”, Armenia
2001 – 2008 Lecturer, Russian – Armenian University, Armenia
Affiliation
2021 to present, Member of Editorial Board, Studia Teatralne Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 2021, Warsaw, Poland
2019 to present, Member of Editorial Board, “Kantegh” Journal on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
2019 - 2022, Scientific Board Member, Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, Armenia
2019 to present, Arts Council, Russian Drama Theatre of Armenia after K. Stanislavski, Armenia
2016 to present, Member of the Dissertation Council in Theatre, Cinema and Television Studies, Armenian Higher Attestation Commission, Armenia
2010 to present, Board Member, National Theatre Art Association, Armenia
2004-2012, Board Member, Young Art Historians Council, Armenia
Activity
2021 Jury Member, “Apricot Tree” International Documentary Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2016 Jury Member, “Apricot Tree” International Ethnographic Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Committee Member, Young Directors Support Project, Armenia
2012 Expert, Organizer, Italian Cinema Week in Armenia, Third Edition, Embassy of Italy in Yerevan, Armenia
2011 Expert, Organizer, Italian Cinema Week in Armenia, Second Edition, Embassy of Italy in Yerevan, Armenia
2010 Artistic Coordinator, “Rehabilitation of the Present” Festival of Contemporary Drama National Theatre Art Association, Armenia
2010 Expert, Organizer, Italian Cinema Week in Armenia, First Edition, Embassy of Italy in Yerevan, Armenia
Academic Interests
Stage Directing of the Early XX century; Documentary Theatre and Film; Postmodern Culture
Languages
Armenian (Native), Russian (Proficiency), English (Advanced), Italian (Advanced), French (Intermediate)
Awards
2021 – “The Genesis of Victory”, Best Play, “Artavazd” National Award, Yerevan, Armenia
2019 - “My Family is in My Suitcase” (co-author and director), Grand-Prix, “Monocle” International Festival of Monodrama, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
“2018 - “My Family is in My Suitcase” (author), First Prize, “Thespis” International Festival of Monodrama, Kiel, Germany
2018 - “My Family is in My Suitcase” (author), Special Prize, “Artavazd” National Award, Yerevan, Armenia
2017 - “My Family is in My Suitcase” (author), Grand-Priz, “Aspindis” International Festival of Monodrama, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 – “Komos: Voci fuori dal coro” (screenwriter), Best Documentary, Libero Bizzari Foundation, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy