Filmography
Welcome to Byulor Films Theater — a small online cinema of nine personal films by Tigran Nersisian.
Happiness
Trusting instinct, consciousness, and formal experimentation — without compromise.
My most experimental work so far. Happiness embraces complete creative freedom and follows only the rules it creates for itself. More than a conventional narrative, it is an attempt to trust instinct, consciousness, and formal experimentation without compromise — continuing the path of personal filmmaking that has become central to my voice.
Back to Ashtarak
A return to childhood, memory, and place.
An art documentary about returning to my hometown — reconnecting with childhood, memory, and place. What began as a deeply personal exploration became my most successful film to date, with many screenings and the Pomegranate Film Festival's Best Documentary Short Film Award.
The Pain
An emotional response to a moment of collective trauma.
An art film created during the 2020 Artsakh war. The Pain became a reflection of the grief and anguish I experienced, and the pain felt by everyone around me. More than a narrative work, it stands as an emotional response to a moment of collective trauma.
Tiko
No plot, no logic, no expectation — only instinct.
Created without plot, logic, or any desire to meet expectation. Tiko was built purely from instinct, subconscious imagery, and ideas I had long wanted to put on screen. Though small in scale, it became one of the most important turning points in my development — I found a style of filmmaking that felt unmistakably my own.
Out of Mind
Where personal suffering collides with silence and stigma.
My UCLA thesis film. Out of Mind follows a young Armenian man struggling with depression and anxiety as personal suffering collides with silence and stigma. My first major production and the biggest test of my abilities at the time — its festival success and international screenings turned it into one of the defining milestones of my early career.
Two Sides of a Friendship
A four-hour exercise in restraint and rewriting.
During a date, Daniel suggests that he and Jasmine make their relationship official — only to realize she has understood their connection very differently. A four-hour class exercise that taught me how essential writing and preparation are before production begins.
From Ashtarak
with Love
A balcony, a conversation, a lifetime of love.
A small documentary portrait of my grandparents in Ashtarak, built around a quiet conversation on their balcony. Simple, intimate, deeply personal. My first attempt at documentary filmmaking — and my first discovery of how powerful ordinary presence and family memory can be on screen.
Hopelessness
The weight of every shot, the value of every cut.
A depressed college student, shattered by a breakup, drifts toward thoughts of suicide. Shot at UCLA on 16mm cameras passed through generations of filmmakers. The process permanently changed the way I saw cinema — teaching me the value of planning, intention, and the weight of every shot.
Express Delivery
A simple order becomes a small moral emergency.
A barbecue delivery business receives a call from a stranger who claims he may die if food does not arrive in time. My first real attempt at filmmaking — with a script, actors, and a true sense of production — made for my older brother's delivery business in Voronezh.