Arsinee KHANJIAN

Actress, Actress

Canada

Arsinée KHANJIAN © Giulio Muratori

Genie and Gemini Award-winning actor Arsinée Khanjian has worked with distinguished filmmakers, including Ken Finkleman and Atom Egoyan, as well as Michael Haneke (Code Unknown), Catherine Breillat (Fat Girl), Olivier Assayas (Late August, Early September), The Taviani Brothers (The Lark Farm). She has also acted extensively in theatre in Canada and Europe: she played the title role in Andromache at the 2011 Luminato Festival in Toronto and early 2012 starred in Martin Crimp’s Cruel and Tender, the first time she and Egoyan collaborated in a theatre production. She received the 2005 Crystal Award for Creative Excellence by Women in Film and Television. In a recent Slate Magazine poll Khanjian was voted Best Actress, according to international critical response to her work.

Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2012

Feature films

ADORATION

In Competition - Feature Films, 2008Actress

ARARAT

Out of Competition, 2002Actress

FELICIA’S JOURNEY

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999Actress

THE SWEET HEREAFTER

In Competition - Feature Films, 1997Actress

EXOTICA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1994Actress