Little Fiel

Directed & Produced by: Irina Patkanian

Stage:
- Finished Project
Location:
- Mozambique
Updated: May 8, 2026
Project Type:
- Short
Project Style:
- Animated,
- Hybrid
Theme Subject:

Get In Touch

Logline

artist destroys guns to save lives

Guns are not killers. They are pieces of metal that can be reassembled into anything, including a little boy, a bird or a rose. Just as they make them, we can unmake them, one by one.

Team

Irina Patkanian

Director & Producer

Team

Irina Patkanian

Director & Producer

Irina Patkanian is an award-winning filmmaker, a Fulbright scholar, a professor of film & media arts at Brooklyn College and the co-founder and artistic director of “In Parentheses,” a NYC based nonprofit film, theater & media arts company. Irina Patkanian makes hybrid (fiction/nonfiction) films questioning history with poetry, memory with animation, behavior with performance. Irina’s films have screened at 150+ film festivals worldwide, winning 30+ awards. Her work has been supported by fellowships and grants from NYSCA, NYFA, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Tow, Blaustein, Troy, FACE, Puffin and Jerome Foundations, as well as artist residencies at MacDowell and The Millay Arts; Ucross and the Art Studios of Key West; VCCA and Obermann Center for Humanities; Greywood Arts, Watershed Art Studios and Cowhouse in Ireland; Art House Holland and Villa Lena Foundation in Italy.

Close

Grants & Awards

Rights

This section includes information about this project.

Cinema independent editing editing screenplay director award screenplay festival cinema film festival doc award independent. Narrative creative independent impact film impact cinema project award.

Stills

Our Ask

I produced the film myself with in-kind contributions and grants (NYSCA, CUNY) I am always looking for producers / curators / programmers who can help the project find its home; mainstream or alternative streaming platforms, educational circuit or organize special screenings.

We are seeking:

Sales Agent,
Press Agent,
Streaming Partner,
Broadcast Partner