Armenia
RELIC
23 MIN
2025
Minas, a 10-year-old blind boy, with magical abilities to heal, struggles with his father's inability to accept him due to his disability. His only source of comfort is his grandmother, who works tirelessly to restore his sight and guide him through her love. After her death the village priest takes Minas in, but the villagers, fearing him and blaming him for past tragedies, turn against him. Minas secretly heals a sick girl, but the priest dies the next day. At the priest’s funeral, the villagers argue about repurposing the church for personal gain, further highlighting their moral decay. Minas abandons the village leaving behind a fog.

Cast & Crew
Producer: Artyom Baghdasaryan
Director: Sona Khachatryan
Script: Sona Khachatryan, Artashes Yeremyan
Director of Photography: Aharon Nerkararyan
Production Design: Amassia Niziblian, Tigran Harutyunyan
Music: Shushan Sargsyan
Sound: Mikayel Sargsyan
Editing: Ashot Mkrtchyan
Cast: Alex Melkonyan, Ruzanna Khachatryan, Mayis Sargsyan, Suren Arakelyan
Production. Artyom Baghdasaryan Production

Awards
Main Cash Prize, Award from Hoshkee Film and Armine Anda,Award from Picartix Production, Award from Open Platform, Pitching Competition, Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema, 2024, Special Mention, Short Cuts Nest Competition, GAIFF Pro, Yerevan, 2025
Sona Khachatryan
Sona Khachatryan is a film director, born in 2001 in Yerevan. In 2024, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Film Directing from the Yerevan State Theater and Film Institute, and in 2026, she received her master’s degree in Film Art from the same institution. In 2021, she directed her first documentary film, Ani from the Planet Namseki, which was screened in Armenia as part of the One Minute, One Shot FF. In 2022–2023, her second documentary project, Edge, was selected for development by the Georgian multimedia platform “Chai Khana”. The film was created in collaboration with Chai Khana and was later screened at the Yerevan Short FF, where it received the Festival Director’s Award and the EurasiaDoc Special Award. Edge was also showcased in New York as part of the Socially Relevant FF. In 2024–2025, Sona Khachatryan directed her first short fiction film, Relic. Currently, Sona Khachatryan is developing her first feature fiction film, Process. The project was selected for the SolidArt program in Armenia and received a cash prize, as well as a Special Mention at the GAIFF Pro Project Market of the Golden Apricot IFF.

Filmography
Ani from the Planet Namseki (doc., 2021), Edge (doc., 2023), Relic (short, 2025).

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