My Armenian Phantoms vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for My Armenian Phantoms). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 15m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Armenian Phantoms
On the Impossibility of an Homage| My Armenian Phantoms | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 15m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Tamara Stepanyan | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Vigen Stepanyan, Tamara Stepanyan | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
My Armenian Phantoms
A tender posthumous letter to Tamara’s father, who was a film actor in Soviet Armenia. She already watched him on TV as a child before later establishing herself as a filmmaker. A captivating sleepwalk through the landscapes of Armenian film history.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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