Private Project

Snake Soup

The story of "Snake Soup" follows a soldier on his way to the battlefield, whose encounters along the way become the foundation for his blissful imagination. After a devastating explosion on the battlefield, his vivid recollections of the past intermingle and culminate in a delirious haze.

  • Zack Demirtshyan
    Director
  • Raffi Movsisyan
    Writer
  • Zack Demirtshyan
    Writer
  • Raffi Movsisyan
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Օձի ապուր
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Drama, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 7, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Armenia
  • Country of Filming:
    Armenia
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 2D animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Annecy International Animation Film Festival
    Annecy
    Armenia
    June 10, 2025
    World premiere
    Short Films competition, in the Perspectives category
  • Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
    Yerevan
    Armenia
    July 17, 2025
    National premiere
    Silver Apricot Award / Apricot Stone
  • ANIMIST TALLINN
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    August 21, 2025
    Estonian premiere
    Official Selection
  • Seoul Indie-AniFest
    Seoul
    South Korea
    September 19, 2025
    South Korean Premiere
    Offcial Selection
  • Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
    Kiyev
    Ukraine
    October 1, 2025
    Ukranian Premiere
    Offcial selection
  • Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    October 7, 2025
    Romanian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier
    Montpellier
    France
    October 17, 2025
    Official Selection/ Short Film Panorama
  • ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan
    Yerevan
    Armenia
    October 23, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Pixel Vienna Animation Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    November 15, 2025
    Austrian premiere
    Offcial Selection
  • Lugano Animation Days
    Lugano
    Switzerland
    November 16, 2025
    Swiss Premiere
    Offcial Selection
  • Short Film Factory
    Bucharest
    Romania
    February 27, 2026
    Winner
  • International Animation Festival AJAYU

    Peru
    November 26, 2025
    South American Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Thomas Edison Film Festival

    United States
    February 13, 2026
    New York Premiere
    Jury Citation Award
  • Kaboom Animation Festival
    Utrecht, Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    March 14, 2026
    Dutch Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Zack Demirtshyan

Zack Demirtshyan is an Armenian artist, printmaker and Animation film director. He holds a
master’s degree from the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, specializing in graphic art, and is a
graduate of the exchange program with the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Marseille Méditerranée.
Demirtshyan’s stylistic approach features surrealistic, highly expressive and sometimes fantastic
motives.
Zack Demirtshyan has several solo exhibitions and took a part in many group exhibitions in both
Armenian and abroad. Among the more popular Armenian releases of recent years are his digital
illustrations of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”,Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”, and “Yerevan
Sketchbook”. Zack Demirtshyan is a member of the Artist Union of Armenia.In 2025, Zack Demirtshyan completed his first short animated film, Snake Soup, which had its world premiere in the competition program of the Annecy Animation FF.

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