Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation


Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation, was created in Armenia in 2014. The Foundation's mission is to create cultural projects, particularly films, and its beliefs and values are based on universal human values. It also aims on creating high quality films that have an emotional-cognitive impact on both the Armenian and foreign audience.
Since its inception, Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation has collaborated in a joint venture with National Cinema Center of Armenia and Lithuanian Artbox Production House, and in 2014, produced the first Armenian-Lithuanian full-length feature film, Tevanik.
The Foundation's second full-length feature film, The Last Inhabitant, was created in 2016, again in collaboration with the National Cinema Center of Armenia and Lithuanian Artbox Production House. The production and post-production was supported by Apricot Stone of Sweden, “Alpha Dogs, Inc.” of United States, “Mosaics Art & Cultural Foundation” of United States, and State University of Lebanon of Lebanon.
The Last Inhabitant was presented at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival, Le Marché du Film. The Première took place in Armenia at the 13th “Golden Apricot” film festival and was also submitted for 2017 Golden Globe Awards, for consideration of “Best Foreign Language Film”. Additionally, the film was presented at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival in the "Panorama" Program as well as at the 74th Venice International Film Festival as part of the "Venice Production Bridge". It was awarded “Best Feature Film” at the Scandinavian International Film Festival in Helsinki, Finland. HBO bought rights to air the film in Eastern European countries. Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation was represented by Galloping Films PTY LTD for worldwide distribution of The Last Inhabitant.
Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation's third full-length feature film is Gate to Heaven. The film is presented in English, Armenian, German and French but primarily is in English. Richard Sammel and Tatiana Spivakova play the lead roles. Sos Janibekyan, Naira Zakaryan, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Nina Kronjager, and Benedict Freitag play the supporting roles.
The European Work in Progress in Cologne 2019 also selected Gate to Heaven film project, whichtook place in October. The premiere was held in Armenia on October 17, 2019 with over 600 attendees. At this time, Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation is currently in negotiations with international sales agent based in France.
Currently, Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation is working on the upcoming film projects Revival and Black List. The preliminary steps of these two film projects begun February 2019 at the European Film Market in Berlin, Germany.
Director Jivan Avetisyan was selected part of the Berlinale Talents 2020 with the film project Revival. The editors of Deutsche Welle also selected Avetisyan from the Berlinale Talents for a documentary regarding his films. The film is slated for production in Spring/Summer 2021.
The storyline of Black Listis about Alexander Lapshin – a Russian Israeli travel blogger who faces apolitical scandal while visiting the forbidden territory in the caucuses.