SYNOPSIS

The night is dark. During the Armenian Genocide, two brothers, 12 and 8, flee through the mountains after their mother disguises them as girls to increase their chances of survival. The older, traumatized by what he has witnessed, falls into silence. At Lake Van, he goes to swim and never returns. Alone, the younger continues, following goats toward Mount Ararat, believing it holds his brother’s spirit. He begins to speak to the mountain. Inside its crater-like cave, he falls asleep and slowly merges into the very essence of the mountain.

INTENTION

Mount A is rooted in a personal history of exile and inherited testimonies. Inspired by my great-grandfather’s survival during the Armenian Genocide, the film transforms a story of loss into an inner journey. Through a mute child crossing a hostile landscape, I explore a state of disconnection from one’s own pain, seeking a soulmate within the mountain itself. This story resonates today, as countless children are forced to flee, hunted by war and displacement across the Middle East and globally – stories we will probably never fully know. 

Influenced by the book Mount Analogue, in the film the mountain becomes both a physical and inner presence – a mirror of transformation. The child’s journey toward Mount Ararat becomes a passage toward self-awareness.

Blending realism with myth, I seek to dissolve the boundary between body and landscape.