SunChild 2026
Biodiversity: Every Species Tells a Story
The 14th edition of SunChild IEF is dedicated to biodiversity conservation, focusing on the protection of species, habitats, ecosystems, and the intricate relationships that sustain life on Earth. Films and events within the festival will explore biodiversity loss, human impacts on nature, conservation efforts, restoration initiatives, and pathways toward ecological resilience in Armenia, the South Caucasus region, and globally.
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Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00:format(webp)/films/bb50fa75-ab3e-4988-8161-c278250c8f1f/0f0695a43b01c9455f9ab52766980585.jpg)
Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00:format(webp)/films/67b1ed2e-43b1-45ec-9bd4-4be819d426c4/f0582b435ef863f4e39bb479d259e331.jpg)
Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mHenrik Malyan Theater15:00SevanikHayk Hovyan · 24mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park15:30:format(webp)/films/4e9536d3-f4b4-4f3c-99db-99fb1ae375e6/ab27c6f63690f8db7996d6be77845c36.jpg)
A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30:format(webp)/films/c1f6cfb7-b818-4162-a160-454a40f5ed56/8c4899b4ebb30aa7e4273c19c3f831eb.jpg)
Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater16:30:format(webp)/films/bde77589-cd37-43b6-acbf-051b46d332c9/d5be9b3dd4c326fcf8fd5ae3cc2066a8.jpg)
A Paradise LostLaurie Sumiye · 1h 29mCinema House17:00From The SkyJo Davenport · 27mHenrik Malyan Theater18:00Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park19:00:format(webp)/films/f2ab2b89-cc46-4971-8f9a-fc039d2f7b7e/149feecf83144b5f18b3093cb54a1a0c.jpg)
Dandelion's OdysseyMomoko Seto · 1h 16mKino Moscow19:00:format(webp)/films/49805da9-69dc-40e5-968a-b03aa3ebd189/593bcd77-63ad-4520-ac82-6883a2b9ca92.jpg)
Evergreen Dry ForestJuan Pablo Donoso Alliende · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00:format(webp)/films/b77adaf8-8c2a-4591-bada-837c49255379/9c6a78c679861c23cbdc941d67c952af.jpg)
Trade SecretAbraham Joffe · 1h 40mCinema House19:30WildwoodTravis Knight · 2h 12mKinoPark
Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mHenrik Malyan Theater15:00SevanikHayk Hovyan · 24mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park15:30A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater16:30A Paradise LostLaurie Sumiye · 1h 29mCinema House17:00From The SkyJo Davenport · 27mHenrik Malyan Theater18:00Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park18:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park19:00Dandelion's OdysseyMomoko Seto · 1h 16mKino Moscow19:00Evergreen Dry ForestJuan Pablo Donoso Alliende · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00Trade SecretAbraham Joffe · 1h 40mCinema House19:30WildwoodTravis Knight · 2h 12mKinoPark24OctoberSaturday
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Becoming Nature PositiveMarco Lambertini · 30mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00:format(webp)/films/7747f9c8-fff3-443b-9d76-01b883e761ab/8108e0ef-e9a2-43ea-a019-71d9ad9ace97.jpg)
Misery and Other ChoicesSamuel Lucas Allen · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00:format(webp)/films/63d533cf-9ff6-481d-b8b9-7fc6368baeec/494bbaca-476d-47ad-90da-a2276ce7dc70.jpg)
TASBAQASaxon Bosworth · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30:format(webp)/films/d6f78ba2-bf3b-4832-af72-821cee4cbdd4/c4bbe511e44480ab84f504a252ff71dd.jpg)
ChuuraaEvgenia Arbugaeva · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30LandMartin Cooper · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30:format(webp)/films/2ccaf003-7f30-4135-bf76-9568cbe53dba/066706b7b3e9b9150f02e73d22daac58.jpg)
Like Friend, Like DeerMalek Eghbali · 14mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00:format(webp)/films/9ed483bc-2566-4c6c-a8dd-09679b42f9f6/47d1a50f80e2e76387a5f39f369f2dbc.jpg)
Wild LondonJoe Loncraine · 58mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:15:format(webp)/films/e3055a18-5fec-4497-9d70-78666a72c808/21a04b49-dd6a-4efb-9146-9d788dc0fbd2.jpg)
Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mCinema House16:15:format(webp)/films/15950f1c-e790-4061-b7b8-806069cd0de9/acf6197ba146c9f140918c709a697897.jpg)
Snow Leopard SistersAndrew Lynch · 1h 33mCinema House16:30:format(webp)/films/81604118-a714-4ec3-86cb-917db5391bf3/5937d05d454ec0355b7ed5bf827446b6.jpg)
Historjá – Stitches for SapmíThomas Jackson · 1h 27mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00:format(webp)/films/876a9ad1-7976-492c-9a97-3553c53aac76/2bb332b8a48f29e623e7ba62679b503c.jpg)
How to Live on EarthFredi Devas · 1h 36mCinema House19:00:format(webp)/films/b99cb7dc-5f96-4891-a092-d695be6a70e2/c076f9c983f863083f7c3ead1683c3dd.jpg)
Whispers in the WoodsVincent Munier · 1h 39mKino Moscow19:30:format(webp)/films/30c4d281-a54f-468d-9e9e-0f53eb8c25bd/bdea292e46911613132ed3551f81cc97.jpg)
Let Our Mountains LiveHåvard Bustnes · 1h 40mHenrik Malyan Theater19:30:format(webp)/films/590651a9-68c0-4389-99d6-065f7123eb19/ca6ffcecbc3bcd667c355f5e6f6039b1.jpg)
My Neighbor TotoroHayao Miyazaki · 1h 26mKinoPark
Becoming Nature PositiveMarco Lambertini · 30mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00Misery and Other ChoicesSamuel Lucas Allen · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00TASBAQASaxon Bosworth · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30ChuuraaEvgenia Arbugaeva · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30LandMartin Cooper · 10mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30Like Friend, Like DeerMalek Eghbali · 14mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00Wild LondonJoe Loncraine · 58mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:15Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mCinema House16:15Snow Leopard SistersAndrew Lynch · 1h 33mCinema House16:30Historjá – Stitches for SapmíThomas Jackson · 1h 27mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00How to Live on EarthFredi Devas · 1h 36mCinema House19:00Whispers in the WoodsVincent Munier · 1h 39mKino Moscow19:30Let Our Mountains LiveHåvard Bustnes · 1h 40mHenrik Malyan Theater19:30My Neighbor TotoroHayao Miyazaki · 1h 26mKinoPark25OctoberSunday
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Daughters of the ForestOtilia Portillo Padua · 1h 35mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30:format(webp)/films/40c48718-1f73-4f1e-9340-e4905d4f634e/1af3c328b34929c0d0bfe89ab0abfb31.jpg)
Eat More TreesArne Focketyn · 1h 20mKaren Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex16:00A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mCinema House16:00Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mCinema House16:00Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mCinema House16:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mCinema House16:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mCinema House17:00Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater17:30A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mHenrik Malyan Theater17:30Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthNorio Matsumura · 51mCinema House18:30Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mHenrik Malyan Theater18:30Snow Leopard SistersAndrew Lynch · 1h 33mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00:format(webp)/films/0588cb97-3574-4e7d-b114-1ae243ea68cf/3d4236bf1b3516f273a083b3d2210f94.jpg)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindHayao Miyazaki · 1h 35mCinema House19:00:format(webp)/films/3afcb61f-298a-4bd1-b8ae-c16ee29fef57/612b7fae9284cd68b7fdfd127fb31fe8.jpg)
The Animal KingdomThomas Cailley · 2h 7mKino Moscow19:30WildwoodTravis Knight · 2h 12mKinoPark
Daughters of the ForestOtilia Portillo Padua · 1h 35mHenrik Malyan Theater15:30Eat More TreesArne Focketyn · 1h 20mKaren Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex16:00A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mCinema House16:00Penguins of the PointDerek Robitaille · 17mCinema House16:00Risky RoutesJonas Steiner · 6mCinema House16:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mCinema House16:00The Farmer's DaughterMelissa Bloom · 13mCinema House17:00Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater17:30A Clawsome TaleLucie Machin · 22mHenrik Malyan Theater17:30Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthNorio Matsumura · 51mCinema House18:30Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mHenrik Malyan Theater18:30Snow Leopard SistersAndrew Lynch · 1h 33mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindHayao Miyazaki · 1h 35mCinema House19:00The Animal KingdomThomas Cailley · 2h 7mKino Moscow19:30WildwoodTravis Knight · 2h 12mKinoPark26OctoberMonday
14:00Evergreen Dry ForestJuan Pablo Donoso Alliende · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00:format(webp)/films/8fcf106d-c2bb-4a18-8ac0-88f8faffa245/b915a7ac-5617-49a6-b16c-3b12f04f1f65.png)
Constellations of the SeaAddie Akina Knoll · 13mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00EntangledKatherine Hee-Yeon Tae · 5mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:00Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:00Ripple of WeSoonbum Kwon · 4mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00VANA OLI (The Light of the Forest)Sitara Arul Karthikeyan · 8mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00Becoming Nature PositiveMarco Lambertini · 30mCinema House17:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00:format(webp)/films/4b5f0520-679b-433f-8178-1d0de645dcba/ac46eef4-38ae-411b-b2d1-18b72b3b9842.jpg)
SLOOT – Life in the DitchArthur de Bruin · 11mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00SLOOT – Life in the DitchArthur de Bruin · 11mCinema House17:00Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater18:30A Paradise LostLaurie Sumiye · 1h 29mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00:format(webp)/films/750a0ef3-7c15-43e0-a809-776d35f421be/ea625fadc44be3896d29740fa29938d5.jpg)
Nuisance BearGabriela Osio Vanden · 1h 30mCinema House19:00:format(webp)/films/9bd09d02-e01c-41ec-b86a-efaf96dd42ad/1f4b08d349fbc4d4683a8f72f4388ec1.jpg)
The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouWes Anderson · 1h 59mKino Moscow19:30My Neighbor TotoroHayao Miyazaki · 1h 26mKinoPark
Evergreen Dry ForestJuan Pablo Donoso Alliende · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater14:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00Constellations of the SeaAddie Akina Knoll · 13mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00EntangledKatherine Hee-Yeon Tae · 5mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00Hillswick: Beyond the TidesRoman Willi · 43mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:00Mr. Appolinaire – Nature's ChampionGarth Kingwill · 5mYerevan 2750th Anniversary Park16:00Ripple of WeSoonbum Kwon · 4mHenrik Malyan Theater16:00VANA OLI (The Light of the Forest)Sitara Arul Karthikeyan · 8mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00Becoming Nature PositiveMarco Lambertini · 30mCinema House17:00Rock PoolDan McKay · 17mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00SLOOT – Life in the DitchArthur de Bruin · 11mHenrik Malyan Theater17:00SLOOT – Life in the DitchArthur de Bruin · 11mCinema House17:00Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea ForestsIsmaele Tortella · 20mHenrik Malyan Theater18:30A Paradise LostLaurie Sumiye · 1h 29mHenrik Malyan Theater19:00Nuisance BearGabriela Osio Vanden · 1h 30mCinema House19:00The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouWes Anderson · 1h 59mKino Moscow19:30My Neighbor TotoroHayao Miyazaki · 1h 26mKinoPark27OctoberTuesday
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