Emily Mkrtichian is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary collaborator whose artistic practice reflects her upbringing in a displaced, diasporic family, and centers the decolonized narratives of women from the SWANA region and the healing power of relational, ethical, collaborative storytelling. Her films include the short documentary Motherland (2018), which premiered at the Full Frame Film Festival and won Best Short Documentary at the Copenhagen International Film Festival, the sci-fi short Transmission (2019), which premiered at the BFI Flare Film Festival, and her debut feature documentary There Was, There Was Not, which has been supported by the Sundance Institute, IDA, Chicken & Egg Pictures and HotDocs.
