Ophelia Harutyunyan's film wins top prize at LA Shorts Fest

“It Takes a Village”, a state-financed short film by Ophelia Harutyunyan has won the Best International Film award at the Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival, the National Cinema Center of Armenia reported on Thursday.

The film director and scriptwriter is Ophelia Harutyunyan. The producer is Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan. The film stars Nanor Petrosyan, Liana Vardanyan, Ani Khachikyan, Astghik Abajyan, and Siranush Barseghyan.

The movie tells about Mariam who lives in a remote Armenian village where there are no men. On her birthday, her hopes of having a reunited family are shattered, but she must put aside her own crushed dreams and build up her friend Anush’s hopes of an idyllic life as she embarks into motherhood.