Short films, real subjects
LyunSe TV is not a news bulletin. It is a place for the kind of story that only works on screen: the craftsman’s hands at the loom, the rehearsal-room tension before a premiere, the light on a monastery wall at dawn, the noise and colour of a village festival. Our films are short by design — a few minutes each — because we would rather show you one thing well than everything badly.
Our programme strands
- Portraits — intimate profiles of artists, makers, teachers and volunteers whose work we admire.
- Places — short documentary journeys to the monasteries, towns and landscapes of Armenia and Artsakh.
- Sessions — live musical performances filmed in unexpected settings, in close partnership with our RadioArt desk.
- Notebook — quick, first-person video essays, often drawn from our Free Microphone contributors.
The LyunSe Awards
Once a year, LyunSe TV turns its camera on the community itself. The LyunSe Awards celebrate the young artists, projects and initiatives that have brought the most light to Armenian cultural life over the past year — chosen with our readers and filmed as a short celebratory programme. It is our way of saying, in public, that this work matters.
How to watch and take part
New films are published here and travel through the sections they belong to, so a portrait of a weaver sits alongside our Culture writing and a session lives next to the music it captures. We are always looking for subjects and collaborators: if you are working on something that deserves to be seen, tell us about it. The best documentary ideas almost always come from readers.