Sona Karapoghosyan

Sona Karapoghosyan is a film critic and curator based in Yerevan, Armenia. In 2017, she joined the Golden Apricot International Film Festival as a program curator and co-founded GAIFF Pro, the industry platform of the festival. In recent years she managed and curated multiple film screenings and film-related projects in Armenia. Member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), Sona regularly contributes to several local and international film outlets. In 2022, she was selected to the Locarno Critics Academy (Locarno, Switzerland), one of the most prestigious film criticism labs in Europe, and in 2023 participated in the Critics Workshop at the Lincoln Center in NYC.