Garo Berberian

Director Garo Berberian was born in Chiswick, London and graduated from Berkshire School of Art and Design with a merit in Photography. A winner of Fuji’s student street photography award, Berberian eventually moved into broadcast television, working on numerous award-winning television, documentary, commercial and hard hitting viral campaigns. Berberian’s first short film “Return of the Tyke” was the winner of the Best Short audience award at the 2014 ARPA film festival in Los Angeles. His new film “Taniel” looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan’s life. The film’s narrative is heard in poetry and seen through film noir images. “Taniel” has won two awards at the Bermuda International Film Festival, followed by 5 screenings in Armenia at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival and in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.