Armenia
KAFKA
16 MIN
2026
A young man named Grigor Grigoryan wakes up from a strange slumber and finds that he has transformed into the writer Franz Kafka. He is shocked by profound sorrow and frailty and he desperately feels the need to understand how he must continue living now.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Zack Demirtshyan, Vahan Khachatryan
Director: Vahan Khachatryan
Script: Vahan Khachatryan
Director of Photography: Mikhail Nekrasov
Production Design: Zack Demirtshyan
Music: Ani Mardoyan
Sound: Sonia Kolchak
Editing: Harutyun Virabyan
Cast:Aren Voskanyan, Grigor Khachatryan, Elen Gevorgyan Marine Perosyan, Ashot Gabrielyan, Hayk Martirosyan, Sargis Shoghunts
Production: Bada Productions
Vahan Khachatryan
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Vahan Khachatryan studied at the State Engineering University of Armenia (2008–2012). Then he pursued a master's degree at the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema and attended Roman Balayan’s Advanced Directing Course (both 2012–2014). In 2020, he directed the documentary short About Revolution, which explores the transformative period of political and social change in Armenia. He also co-produced the documentary film Tezeta, which highlights Armenian-Ethiopian musical ties. He made his fiction directorial debut with the film Kafka. Since 2015, Vahan Khachatryan has served as a coordinator for the Apricot Tree International Documentary FF (IDFF). Currently, he is working in the field of XR (Extended Reality) technologies, and his projects have been selected for numerous international festivals.

Filmography
About Revolution (doc., 2020), Kafka (short, 2026)․

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