A film by Armenian director Mikayel Vatinyan supported by Golden Apricot Fund for Cinema Development, will have a World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival.

“Joan and the Voices”, a participant of Golden Apricot’s Directors Across Borders (DAB) 2007, is selected to have a World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival, in Flash Forward world cinema competition.

It’s a film debut by director Mikayel Vatinyan, produced by his co-writer and lead actress of the film, Armine Anda.

In October 2007 after the participation in DAB, “Joan and the Voices”, was selected by Asian Project Market (former PPP) to be the 1st Armenian project to be presented in APM. The project received the GIFFF&PPP AWARD there.

The key team includes DoP Tammam Hamza (Syria), the production designer Ivana Krcadinac (Serbia), composer Arthur Manukyan, who also was the author of the music in the director’s previous short animated film ”Bojo”.