mankazar is an independent film production company based in yerevan and los angeles by christine haroutounian and maxwell schwartz. focusing on contemporary armenian cinema and beyond, recent titles include haroutounian’s debut feature, after dreaming (2025), which was co-produced by brad becker-parton and carlos reygadas.

highlighted as a gem of the berlinale in the new york times, critics praise after dreaming as “the most transfixing, formally experimental first feature seen in an age” (bfi); “a dreamlike film that floats on air, while keeping the sharp fall beneath it in constant view” (variety); and “a debut that offers something rare; the chance to live inside an unfamiliar memory, to experience cinema as an act of cultural archaeology, to glimpse the spectral echoes of history in the present” (movieweb).

mankazar is currently in development with haroutounian’s second feature film.

contact@mankazar.com