Kamee abrahamian

film portfolio

The Pomegranate Trees

Narrative (2026) 11 mins ~ director, writer, producer

A young, skeptical boy follows his uncle’s quixotic dream of planting a pomegranate orchard in the dust of a desolate acreage. Film adaptation of Wiliam Saroyan's short story, "The Pomegranate Trees." Festival dates TBD.

“Abrahamian blends vulnerability and a community-bred formidableness.”

INDIE SHORTS MAG

Symptom

Documentary (2024) 23 mins ~ director, producer, editor

Embodying the dreams and poetics of a post-Soviet generation, two young Armenian women share their politics of justice and feminism with the world through their music.

Made in collaboration with Oolik Productions (Armenia). Recipient of the Canada Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council Media Arts Grants. Premiered at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (2024).

“...rings out like a prayer, the whole sequence is mapped in reverie.”

LILLY TOROSYAN, TORONTOHYE

Ensouled

Outfest Fusion: Los Angeles, CA

Seattle Queer Film Festival: Seattle, WA

Pomegranate Film Festival: Toronto, Canada

Germinate by Platform Asia: UK

The Uncertainty Festival: PEC, Ontario

The Enclosed Garden: Vanadzor, Armenia

Developed through the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity Writers Retreat (2021) and County Labs Residency (2023). Recipient of the Canada Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council project grants. Honourable Mention for Best Experimental Film at Pomegranate Film Festival (2024) 

“A marvelous work... Smooth, intense, wise, poetic and above all, non-pretentious - all so elegant and profound. An unforgettable work indeed.”

- Anahid Keshishian (UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures)

TRANSMISSION

Narrative (2017) 15 mins ~ director, writer, producer, actor

After a deadly car crash, a queer activist couple are flung into parallel realities and must embark on a search between worlds to find each other again.

The first ever known Armenian science-fiction film. Premiered at BFI Flare. Recipient of the Canada Arts Council Touring Grant.

“...an insightful coming-of-age story that weaves together complex narratives about ethnicity, gender, family, and survival.”

- Gillian Edevane (EastBay Express)

“…there’s a fearlessness to the performance and its examination of the cultural and corporeal aspects of gender as a continuum.”

- Aram Kouyoumdjian (Winner of Elly Awards for The Farewells and Three Hotels)

Dear Armen

Experimental (2015)11 mins ~ director, producer, writer, actor, editor

Outfest Fusion: Los Angeles, CA

Seattle Queer Film Festival: Seattle, WA

Pomegranate Film Festival: Toronto, Canada

Germinate by Platform Asia: UK

The Uncertainty Festival: PEC, Ontario

The Enclosed Garden: Vanadzor, Armenia

Recipient of the Canada Arts Council and BC Arts Council project and touring grants. Performance text received a Lambda Literary reward for LGBTQ Anthology (2019).

We are out mountains

Narrative Feature (in development) ~ director, writer  ~ executive produced by Lilly Wachowski

44 hours

Documentary Film (in development) ~ director, writer, editor

THE SUmmer of the beautiful white horse

Narrative Feature (in development) ~ director, writer

desire lines

Narrative Feature (in development) ~ director, writer

anoti es?

Narrative Feature (in development) ~ director, writer