Directed by Maria Rigel • 2025 • Armenia

Maria Rigel’s mercurial crime drama moves to the rhythms of the natural world, paying tribute to Armenian film icons like Sergei Parajanov. Hayk (Albert Babajanyan) is an introverted child living in the care of his aunt Narine (Lusine Avanesyan) in a remote village. His fragile order is upended by the sudden return from abroad of his absentee mother Anahit (Annika Abrahamyan): an impulsive figure with a shock of red hair whose attitudes to sex and work trouble the placid patriarchal surface of the village. Russian director Rigel brings visual poetry to her portrait of a society riven by generational and gender tensions.

THUS SPOKE THE WIND • Այսպես ասաց քամին
Written and directed by Maria Rigel
Cinematography by Ayray Yamilov
Music by Steve Brand
Starring: Albert Babajanyan, Lusine Avanesyan, Annika Abrahamyan

In Armenian with English subtitles