Yesterday I watched Harutyun Khachatryan’s new film BORDER and I am merely fascinated. He was able to introduce a completely new character in cinema with a very special way. I haven’t seen such a thing anywhere. A buffalo in front of you – looking at it one realizes that it has understanding and feeling as well. Today in the world films are shot with prostitutes, smugglers, murderers in them, who are difficult to be called humans. But in Harutyun Khachatryan’s film we see a buffalo, which is much more humane than all those above mentioned characters. How can such a film not make an impression on me and not change my perception of the world? This film has made such an impression on me that I will never forget it.

 Abbas Kiarostami, Film­-director, Iran

… It is very powerful and full of primal emotion. In a sense, it is very essence of what cinema can dive the viewer – a direct experience of life through a purely visual immersion into a sensory world.

The shots of the cow running down the road and the fire at the end are simply unforgettable. …Extraordinary piece of work.

Atom Egoyan, Film­-director, Canada