About Atom Egoyan

Three-time Cannes IFF winner and probably the most well known filmmaker of Armenian ethnicity, Oscar-nominated master of cinema Atom Egoyan has collected four awards from the Toronto IFF. Born in 1960 in Cairo to Armenian parents, Egoyan was raised in Western Canada. He studied International Relations and Music at the University of Toronto where he began making short films. He won attention at the Sundance Film Festival for earlier work, then broke through critically and commercially with The Sweet Hereafter (1997). A seven-time recipient of Canada's top Genie Awards, he is one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent filmmaking. He returned to his ethnic homeland when he filmed Calendar (1993) in Armenia. He won the Golden Apricot Award for Ararat at the first Yerevan IFF (2004). Read more >>

22 Tumo students produced 14 ten-second animations of the logo for Ego Film Arts, the official website of Academy-Award winning director Atom Egoyan. Using GarageBand to compose music for each video, the students brainstormed and executed the videos under the guidance of Edward Artinian, a professional animator from California and Tumo staff member Mariam Poghosyan.

One of the animations in the series:



Watch behind the scenes:

The animation team:

Mushegh Hovsepyan,16
Ani Arakelyan,16

Areg Amirkhanyan, 16
Raffi Mirzoyan,16

Alina Nazaryan,16
Hassiko Snkryan,16
Ashot Stepanyan,16
Victoria Harutunyan,16
Mariam Avagyan,17
Avetis Vardanyan,17
Hayk Karapetyan,17
Khoren Matevosyan,17
Ashot Avetisyan,17
Adda Davtyan,17

Areg Movsisyan, 17
Jirayr Vartanian,18
Khachik Astvatsatryan,18
Narek Sookiasyan,18
Hakob Muradyan,18
Murat Jnjghugyan,18
Albert Hovhannisyan,18
Aghunik Ghazaryan,18