International Filmmaker
Director • Producer • Sound Designer
Films exploring diaspora, memory, and fractured human connection through sonic storytelling and surreal cultural expression.
Selected Work
2025 • Writer / Director • 27 min
Diaspora Drama / Family Drama
When her family moves from Armenia to Los Angeles, 14-year-old Ivetta must learn to embrace the changes in her life, her family, and herself in order to protect her family’s unity and cultural heritage.
Directed by Hesou Zetelian. Written by Hesou Zetelian and Iren Tovmasian. Produced by Iren Tovmasian. Sound Design by Hesou Zetelian.
2026 • Producer / 1st AD / Sound Designer • 28 min
Wartime Drama / Survival Drama
After a devastating airstrike destroys her home, Sasha becomes the reluctant protector of a young child she discovers beneath the ruins. As they journey across a war-torn landscape toward a rumored sanctuary called Eden, survival forces her to confront loss, fear, and the fragile meaning of care, innocence, and human connection.
Directed by Iren Tovmasian. Produced by Hesou Zetelian.
Image Archive
About
Hesou Zetelian is a Lebanese Armenian filmmaker, producer, and sound designer based in Los Angeles whose work explores the spaces between memory, migration, and identity. Having grown up between Canada and Spain, his transnational upbringing deeply informs his perspective on diaspora, belonging, and cultural inheritance.
Drawing from a background in theater, music, and sound design, Zetelian approaches filmmaking through sonic storytelling, atmosphere, and emotional realism. His work often examines how heritage shapes personal and familial relationships across generations, blending intimate human drama with surrealistic and visually expressive representations of culture, memory, and identity.
Selected Experience
Developed cinematic visual media and documentary-style content highlighting university programs, student experiences, and institutional storytelling initiatives.
“Memory survives through image and sound.”
Recognition
Pomegranate Tree · Official Selection · 2025
Pomegranate Tree · Honorable Mention
Festival submissions pending