My training within acting and film directing BA programs of the National University of Theatrical and Cinematography as well as the MA Film Making program at London Film School, gave me the courage to believe in the stories I grew up with. The courage to write them down and value them on the screen. They gave me the opportunity to present a different kind of Bucharest and another Romania.

A beautiful and eclectic country, unique by its history, by its Diasporas, by its buildings  and streets which are the testimonials.

The process of dramatizing my father’s writings started in Romania through an exercise for a documentary, in which, I rebuilt the road of Harutiun Fringhian, character from the novel „The Book OF Whispers” which brought his nomination for the Nobel Prize for Literature, representing three countries: Romania, Armenia and Israel.

This novel describes the 20th century beginning with the survivors of the Armenian genocide. At first site, it may seem to be a novel of the Armenian diaspora, but, in fact, the novel talks about Romanians and what they lived together with the Armenians during the periods before and after World War II.

“The Book of Whispers” became very important for my identity and I felt the need to create something on its basis, maybe because of my inner search.

What really hit me the most was the response of readers, especially those from abroad, both Armenians and other nationalities.

I realized that, regardless the characters of the book who were, somehow, from my family, this novel is universal and every nation has its own “Book of Whispers”.