Aik Karapetian (b. 1983, Gyumri, Armenia) grew up and went to school in Latvia. He graduated in direction from the Latvian Academy of Culture, subsequently taking a degree from the Académie Internationale des Arts ESEC in Paris. He has worked on a number of short movies as a director and screenwriter, and presented them at numerous film festivals. His short film Disgust (Riebums, 2007) was judged the best student work at the 2007 Lielais Kristaps Latvian film festival. In 2011 he directed a production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville for the Latvian National Opera, which took the award for best performance of the season. Karapetian is also sought after for his skills directing commercials. People Out There is his feature film debut.
47. MFF Karlovy Vary
