I have been writing, directing and animating short films since 2009. I created two award winning short films while attending Vancouver Film School, then at CalArts I wrote, directed and produced a film a year, with additional films created in Gobelins, L’Ecole de L’Image in Paris during an exchange program with amazing collaborators, which got us an Annecy Best Student Film nomination. I am now developing an independent short film called Breath which will release in 2027.

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Allegra - 2018

This is a film about how hard ballet is. Animated after work in my little study in LA over a period of two months, done in Tvpaint. Music by Daniel Wood. This video went viral and I still get tagged in pixelated versions with portuguese captions.

The Lost Boys - 2015

CalArts graduation Film. Nominated for Best Short Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia 2015.

Compositing by Debora Cheyenne | Music by Maryam Mirbagheri | Sound design by Megan Ruiz and Nicholas Galang.

Software used: TVPaint, Photoshop, After Effects. And lots of oil pastels :)

Logline: Two brothers get lost and are sent to Neverland, where they are forced survive on their own. They are innocent and civilized, but after encountering the savage Lost Boys they learn the destructive forces of nature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder - 2014

Film made during the CalArts - Gobelins exchange program (2014). The story of a vampire trying to get close to solar beauty, to hold beach flowers in his cold cold hands.

Yopi - 2014

A 48 hour film CalArts-Gobelins collaboration!
Design by Débora Cruchon
Animation by Paula Assadourian

Mortal Breakup Inferno - 2014

GOBELINS, l'école de l'image graduation film. Réalisateurs : Paula ASSADOURIAN, Marlène BEAUBE, Débora CRUCHON, Maxime DELALANDE, Thibaud GAYRAL, Batiste PERRON

Synopsis : An angry girlfriend's infernal hunt of the man who broke her heart.

Awards and Achievements: Nominee for Best Graduation Film, Annecy Film Festival | Official Selection SIGGRAPH 2015, Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands 2015 | Official Selection Krok International Animation Festival, Ukraine 2016 | Official Selection, International Festival of Animated Films, Anifilm, Trevon 2015 | Official Selection Thessaloniki Aniation Festival TAF, Greece, 2016

The Light Pressure of a Thought - 2010

The light pressure of a thought transforms a busy minded couple's relationship. This was my first animated film and I’m still so proud of it.

Tugging Hearts - 2010

A romantic picnic turns into a tug of war when love upside down is the opposite of love. Direction, animation and digital painting: Paula Assadourian Music: Andrea Balency Made in Flash Vancouver Film School- Classical animation. Animated in Flash.