Domestic Animals Travels to Yerevan, Armenia

Sandy Siquier and I are genuinely moved to share that Domestic Animals has been selected for the "Cinema Without Borders" competition at the One Shot 24th International Short Film Festival, taking place June 8–15, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia.

Sandy Siquier, writer, actor and co-director.

One Shot has been one of the region's most significant platforms for independent cinema since its founding in 2003 by the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art — now continued through the Open Platform for Art NGO, an organization whose mission centers on freedom of expression, civic engagement, and the use of art to spark public dialogue. These are values that feel deeply aligned with why Domestic Animals exists — a film made to open conversations about cycles of domestic and family violence that are too often left in silence.

The festival's "Cinema Without Borders" program is exactly the kind of frame we hope this film continues to find: no geography, no cultural barrier strong enough to keep this story from landing. Abuse doesn't observe borders. Neither does cinema, when it's doing its job.

We are grateful to the One Shot organizers and to the community in Yerevan that will receive this film. Every new screening room is a new conversation, and that is why we keep submitting, keep traveling, and keep sharing this story.

Special thanks to Ignacio García-Bustelo for his exceptional performance, to the talented student crew from Syracuse University's Department of Film and Media Arts, to Javier Weyler for a soundtrack that gave the film its pulse, and to Leo Zuloaga for a color grade that gave it its atmosphere.

Domestic Animals continues its international festival journey.