5 Dreamers and a Horse

Synopsis

This is a film about the dreams of people. We follow four protagonists as they try to fulfill their dreams. An elevator conductor in a hospital dreams of journeying into space. A young farmer dreams of the perfect woman, one that he can choose for himself without the limitations of his village community. While these protagonists dream of escaping their present lives, two others, a young girl, play a very special role: they try to live out their dreams everyday. They hang out on the rooftops of Yerevan and get married with a doll as their pastor. They live free, without any borders, and define their own world. What happens to the dreams of others?

Director Biography

In 2011, Aren Malakyan was admitted to the Department of Film Art of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema. In 2013, he presented his film "Love Confession" in Japanese Style in Sofia Student Films Festival, Bulgaria, and won in the nomination of Best Film Editing. In 2013, Aren participated in the Polish documentary project "From Sunrise to Sunset" and within the scope of that project he directed the film Grandpa and Grandma. Vahagn Khachatryan was born in Yerevan, in 1991. He moved to China at the age of 17, and from 2008-2014 studied Filmmaking at the Beijing Film Academy, and starting shooting documentaries. From 2014 to 2016 he was part of the DOC Nomads Program, and studied at the ULHT Lusófona University in Portugal, the SZFE University of Theatre and Film Arts in Hungary and the LUCA School of Arts / College Sint Lukas in Belgium. He shot "Phone Booth" (2014) in Portugal, "This is not a Pipe" (2015) in Hungary and "Lost Dream" in Belgium. These films were shown in several film festivals around the world.