Paid Mourners follows a family of professional mourners, where the unique trade is passed down through the women of the household. 16-year-old Margo, however, has other plans. A rising TikTok star, she has no interest in continuing this decidedly unglamorous tradition. Her resolve is put to the test when her grandmother, Bavo, announces she has only one week to live. With Margo’s mother absent, the responsibility of inheriting the family legacy falls squarely on her shoulders. Determined to pass on the mantle, Bavo has only seven days to help Margo prepare her for the role she was born to take.

Cast & CrewProducers: Vardan Hakobyan, Ovsanna Gevorgyan
Director: Ovsanna Gevorgyan
Script: Ovsanna Gevorgyan
Director of Photography: Artur Ustyan
Production Design: Lusine Sargsyan
Sound: Tigran Kuzikyan
Editing: Anahit Baghinyan, Ovsanna Gevorgyan
Cast: Armine Avetisyan, Tigranuhi Ter-Martirosyan
Production. Glass Doll Pictures

Awards
GAIFF Pro: Short Cuts Nest 2023 - Grand Prize, Yerevan

Ovsanna Gevorgyan
Ovsanna Gevorgyan is an Armenian writer-director with an MFA in film directing from Columbia University. Her work includes Tale of the Anguished Gardener (Raindance 2019), Orphanhood (Best Cinematography, CGA 2022), and Headless Horsemen (Busan IFF 2023). Her feature scripts My Heart Is Like Those Ruined Houses and The Sickness of Yerevan, have won awards and support across Golden Apricot, Tbilisi IFF, and ACF. She was selected for the Chanel & BIFF Asian Film Academy, and her series Land of Nairi was developed through Torino Film Lab and Doha Film Institute. She is currently working on her debut feature film.

Filmography
You Can’t Go Home Again (short, 2018), Tale of the Anguished Gardener (short, 2019), 2021 - A Cloud in Trousers (short, 2021), Orphanhood (short, 2022), Headless Horsemen (short, 2023), Paid Mourners (short, 2026).