Editorial
Factum closes the year with three new projects
The newsroom looks back at the year’s work and sets out what comes next.
Now showing
In That Distant Village: 20 Years After
Twenty years ago, twin documentaries captured everyday life in two border villages — Aygepar, Armenia, and Aylibeyli, Azerbaijan — before conflict divided them. Since then, war and displacement have reshaped how their residents see peace, fear and each other. This documentary revisits both
Factum has been filming what the official record leaves out since 2004 — testimony from people, places and events that would otherwise go unkept.
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Screenings
Premiere in Yerevan this September
The first screening of “In That Distant Village: 20 Years After” takes place in Yerevan. Seats are limited.
Politics
Documenting elections across thirty years
Taken together, Factum’s election films form one long story.
Economy
Mining, ten years on
A return to Teghut to see what is left of the community and the forest.
Festivals
Film selected for an international festival programme
Factum’s most recent work has been included in the competition programme of an international documentary festival.
Festivals
Festival screenings: the autumn programme
Where and when Factum’s films can be seen this autumn.
From the archive
All films ↗2026
From Science to State
a documentary film about Armenia’s first President, Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
2026
Anti-church calendar: 2025-2026
The documentary presents Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church and the anti-Church campaign he launched in 2025.
Spoken in Armenian
2025
Half and Half: My Life Before and After
A documentary series produced by Armenia’s Factum documentary center and Georgia’s Re studio, featuring Armenians who have turned 70 — people whose lives split almost exactly in two (35 years under Soviet communism, 35 under independence and democracy). Through their personal memories, the
Spoken in Հայերեն
2023
INSIDE THE WAR: UKRAINE 2023
Documentary featuring the story of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The objective was to show the war from the inside by presenting the commitment of ordinary citizens and their belief that through joint efforts the victory will be achieved. The movie features five episodes of volunteer actions
2021
Georgia: From Movement to Dream
documents Georgia’s trajectory since the Soviet Union’s 1991 dissolution, when newly independent states emerged under the “former Soviet” label. Georgia was among the first to seek separation from that categorization, a process delayed twelve years by inter-ethnic conflict and internal ins
2021
MAIDAN: POINT OF NO RETURN
representing the post-Soviet history of Ukraine, the attempts at revolutions and civil movements, as well as the will and efforts of the Ukrainian people demonstrated in the fight against Russian occupation.
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