Swedish-Armenian film director Syzanne Khardalian, best known to the Armenian audience as the author of Grandmas Tattoos, has got married, it emerged today.

The laureate of the 9^th international film festival Golden Apricot has been receiving congratulations on Facebook since morning; she has correspondingly updated her status.

As the director told Tert.am in an exclusive conversation, it is already 22 years she has been married to the film’s producer, Pea Holmquist. They together appeared in other joint projects in the past. It is noteworthy that Grandmas Tattoos was produced by the film company Peå Holmquist Film HB.

The two directors have now launched a new and risky project featuring the developments in the Middle East. Speaking about their marriage Khardalian said it was her husband’s idea to publicize the fact. She herself considers the idea “crazy romanticism”.