Winter in March

Natalia Mirzoyan

Estonia, Armenia

16 min

2025

To escape the control of an oppressive regime, a young couple flees their home. Their journey quickly turns into a hallucinatory odyssey, where the chaos of the unexpected blurs the line between nightmare and reality.

Natalia Mirzoyan is an Estonian-based animation director and artist originally from Armenia. An EKA graduate, her award-winning shorts (Chinti, Five Minutes to Sea) have screened at Berlinale, Annecy, and Hiroshima. In 2025, she made her puppet animation debut with Winter in March. Working across 2D and stop-motion, she is also an active illustrator and visual artist with multiple solo and group exhibitions.
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