Vladimir Kocharyan is a filmmaker, curator. Born and raised in Yakutia in the family of Armenian father and Yakut mother. For the last 10 years, Vladimir has worked as a program curator for many retrospectives, festivals, and educational film projects. He worked as a creative producer at the "Lendok" St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio, and as executive director of the oldest Russian cinema magazine “Iskusstvo Kino”. Participant of the Berlinale Talents program in 2020. Currently lives in France and works as a film festival curator of Golden Apricot film festival (Armenian). In 2024, his book dedicated to Yakut cinema, "Yakut Cinema - The Path of Self-Determination," was published in Russia.