[2] The NCAA preserves, promotes and develops Armenian cinematography and provides state financial support to full-length feature, short and animation projects.

The Director of the NCCA is Shushanik Mirzakhanyan, and the headquarters are located in Yerevan.

Namus was the first Armenian silent black-and-white film (1925), directed by Hamo Beknazarian and based on a play of Alexander Shirvanzade describing the ill fate of two lovers, who were engaged by their families to each other since childhood, but because of violations of namus (a tradition of honor), the girl was married by her father to another person.

More recent directors include: Modern day Armenian cinema produces two or three features, eight shorts and fifteen documentary films each year.

[4] Film festivals held in Armenia include the following in Yerevan: The National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA) became a member of the European Audiovisual Observatory in 2012 and a member of Eurimages in 2016.