BALKAN FEATURE DOX
Something Familiar
Director
Rachel Taparjan
Producers
Aleksandra Bilic
Elena Martin
Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
Cinematographer
Andrei Oană
Editor
Alice Powell
Sound
Nikola Medic
Website
Contact
Stranger Films Sales
Tijana Djukic
[email protected]
2026
Romania, United Kingdom
89 min
Color
Kosovo Premiere
While helping a woman search for her birth mother, a filmmaker is drawn into her own family history, uncovering a dark cloud that has long hung over its women. Through filmmaking as both inquiry and a gesture of care, she explores whether self-authorship can rewrite inherited family narratives.
Directors' Biography
Dr Rachel Taparjan is a British Romanian filmmaker and academic. She lives in the north east of England and is a senior lecturer in social work at Teesside University. She has directed documentary short films selected for Sheffield DocFest, the East End Film Festival, and SEE Film Festival. She is a member of the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE).
Director
Rachel Taparjan
Producers
Aleksandra Bilic
Elena Martin
Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
Cinematographer
Andrei Oană
Editor
Alice Powell
Sound
Nikola Medic
Website
Contact
Stranger Films Sales
Tijana Djukic
[email protected]
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