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Cinema Of Armenia
The cinema of Armenia was established on 16 April 1923, when the Armenian State Committee of Cinema was established by Government of Armenia, government decree. The National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCAA), founded in 2006, is the governing body of film and cinema in Armenia. 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. History The first Armenian film with Armenian subject called "Haykakan Sinema" was produced in 1912 in Cairo by Armenian-Egyptian publisher Vahan Zartarian. The film was premiered in Cairo on 13 March 1913. In March 1924, the first Armenian film studio: ''Armenfilm'' ( hy, Հայֆիլմ "Hayfilm," russian: Арменкино "Armenkino") was established in Yerevan, starting with ''Soviet Armenia'' (1924), an Armenian documentary film. ''Namus (film), Namus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Cinema
Moscow Cinema ( hy, Մոսկվա կինոթատրոն ''Moskva kinotatron''), is a cinema hall in the Armenian capital Yerevan, located at the Charles Aznavour Square, adjacent to Abovyan Street. History and structure The cinema was opened in 1936 on the site of Saint Paul and Peter Church, which was demolished in the 1930s by the Soviet authorities. The building was designed by architects Tiran Terkanyan and Gevork Kochar. The theatre was opened on 12 December 1936 with its first ever show of the Soviet-Armenian movie ''Pepo''. In 1960, the building was redesigned by architects Gevork Kochar and Telman Gevorkyan. In 1983, the building was redeveloped when the facade was decorated with scenes of many famous Soviet-Armenian movies including ''Chabayev'', ''Pepo'', David Bek and ''Sayat Nova''. The cinema was privatized in 1999. Following a major renovation, the cinema was reopened in September 2000. Moscow Cinema is the main venue of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepo (film)
''Pepo'' ( hy, Պեպո) is a 1935 Soviet drama film based on Gabriel Sundukyan's 1876 play of the same name, scripted and directed by Hamo Beknazarian, with music composed by Aram Khachaturian. Considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II, the film has gained international recognition and has come to represent Armenian culture abroad. Plot Set in 19th century Tiflis, the film details the day-to-day life of a poor but honest Armenian fisherman Pepo (Hrachia Nersisyan) who opposes a cunning trader Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov ( Avet Avetisyan), who has robbed the former by trickery. The story comes to a conclusion of sorts when Pepo falls in love. Cast *Hrachia Nersisyan – Pepo *Tatyana Makhmuryan – Kekel, his sister *David Malyan – Kakuli, a friend * Avet Avetisyan – Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov *Hambartsum Khachanyan – Darcho, merchant * Hasmik – Shushan *Grigor Avetyan – Giko *Nina Manucharyan Nina Manucharyan ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian Desert and the Forced conversion, forced Islamization of Armenian women and children. Before World War I, Armenians occupied a protected, but subordinate, place in Ottoman society. Large-scale massacres of Armenians occurred Hamidian massacres, in the 1890s and Adana massacre, 1909. The Ottoman Empire suffered a series of military defeats and territorial losses—especially the 1912–1913 Balkan Wars—leading to fear among CUP leaders that the Armenians, whose homeland in the eastern provinces was viewed as the heartland of the Turkish nation, would seek independence. During their invasion of Caucasus campaign, Russian and Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harutyun Khachatryan
Harutyun Khachatryan ( hy, Հարություն Ռուբենի Խաչատրյան, russian: Арутюн Рубенович Хачатрян; born 9 January 1955) is an Armenian film director, script writer, director of photography, film producer, General director of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Meritorious Artist of the Republic of Armenia and voting Member of European Film Academy since 2006. Biography Harutyun Khachatryan was born on January 9, 1955 in Akhalkalak (Georgian SSR, now Georgia). 1981 the future director graduated from the Film Department of Cultural Faculty of the Armenian State Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan, Armenia. Worked as an assistant director and film-director at the Armenian Documentary Studio and later - at Hayfilm/Armenfilm Studio. 2003 Kachatryan was awarded by State Premium of Armenia and became Meritorious Artiste of Republic of Armenia. 2007 – received Prince Claus Award (The Netherlands). 2008 – Awarded by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica'' (1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama ''The Sweet Hereafter (film), The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), for which he received two Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller ''Chloe (2009 film), Chloe'' (2009). He is considered by local film critic Geoff Pevere to be one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Egoyan's work often explores themes of social alienation, alienation and solitude, isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. Egoyan's films often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levon Mkrtchyan
Levon Mkrtchyan ( hy, Լևոն Մկրտչյան; russian: Левон Гайкович Мкртчян; born February 25, 1953 in Leninakan (now Gyumri) is an Armenian director, known for his documentaries, "Davit Anhaght", "Charentz: Known and Unknown Sides", "Jean Garzu", "Mesrop Mashtots", "My Komitas", "And There Was Light", "The Manuscript of Independence" - dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Armenia's independence, and many more. He has received the highest award of the Soviet Union, the Lenin Prize. He has earned numerous awards for his documentaries that have kept the Armenian spirit alive. His last prestigious award was received during the Golden Eagle film festival for his film "The Manuscript of Independence", in the Best Documentary category. He studied in the Directing Department of the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theater Institute. In 1978, he released his debut short film ''The Muses''. In 1984, he graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK in Moscow. Since 1978, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Spring
''Two Elegiac Melodies'', Op. 34, is a composition in two movements for string orchestra by Edvard Grieg, completed in 1880 and first published in 1881. Background The two movements are instrumental arrangements Grieg made of two of his ''12 Melodies'', Op. 33, published in 1880: these were settings for voice and piano of words by the Norwegian poet and journalist Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies for string orchestra, Op. 34 Utah Symphony, accessed 7 April 2017.Edvard Grieg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Vartanov
Mikhail Vartanov (russian: Михаил Вартанов, links=no, hy, Միքայել Վարդանով, links=no, french: Mikhaïl Vartanov, links=no; b. February 21, 1937, RSFSR, Soviet Union, now Russian Federation, d. December 31, 2009, Hollywood, California) was a Soviet cinematographer who made significant contribution to world cinema with the documentary films '' Parajanov: The Last Spring'' and ''Seasons''. He is considered an important cinematographer and documentarian of his generation, noted for artistic collaborations with Sergei Parajanov and such influential documentary films as '' Parajanov: The Last Spring'', ''The Seasons'' (directed by Artavazd Peleshyan), ''The Color of Armenian Land'', and a series of essays including ''The Unmailed Letters''. Early career Vartanov's debut film, ''The Color of Armenian Land'', marked the beginning of his trademark style, afterwards dubbed as the "direction of undirected action." This documentary, featuring a stylized silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frunze Dovlatyan
Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan ( hy, Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 in Gavar – August 30, 1997 in Yerevan) was an Armenian film director and actor. People's Artist of USSR (1983). Biography Frunze Dovlatyan was born in Gavar, Soviet Armenia. He was a theater actor before becoming a director. One of the leading Armenian directors, Frunze Dovlatyan has started as actor in Armenian provincial theatres since 1941 and then in Gabriel Sundukian Drama Theatre of Yerevan, where he was awarded Stalin Prize (major award of that time) for the role of ''Hrair'' in the play "These Stars are Ours", Russian version "Эти Звезды Наши". After graduating the Directing Department of VGIK Moscow (master class of S. Gerasimov). His most well-known film is '' Barev, yes em'' (''State Prize of Armenia'', 1967). He died in Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Keosayan
Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan ( hy, Էդմոնդ Քյոսայան; russian: Эдмонд Гарегинович Кеосаян; 9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician. * 1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 - studied in Plekhanov Moscow Institute of Economy. * 1956-58 - studied in Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, worked as a compere. * 1964 - graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK ( Efim Dzigan's master class). * Since 1964 - director at Mosfilm Studio. Occasionally worked at Armenfilm Studio. He was also a compere of the Soviet State Variety Orchestra. His films are mainly in the Armenian and Russian languages. He died on 21 April 1994 and was buried in the Kuntsevo Cemetery. Filmography *1964: ''Why are you quiet Maxim? (Gde ty teper, Maxim?)'' *1965: '' The Cook'' *1966: ''The Elusive Avengers (Neulovimye mstiteli/Неуловимые мстители)'' *1968: '' The New Adventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seasons Of The Year
''Seasons of the Year'' ( hy, Տարվա եղանակները, Tarva yeghanaknery; ), also called ''The Seasons'' or ''Four Seasons'', is a 1975 Soviet–Armenian short documentary film, directed and written by Artavazd Peleshyan. It was his second and last collaboration with cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov, after '' Autumn Pastoral'' (1971). Production ''Seasons of the Year'' was filmed in black-and-white on 35 mm film in the Armenian SSR. It was Peleshyan's first film not using archive footage. Synopsis The film depicts the struggles of an isolated Armenian farming community against the elements. Armenian folk music is mixed with Vivaldi's ''Four Seasons''. We see the villagers raising sheep and cattle, rolling haystacks down a hillside, dealing with rain and storms, celebrating a wedding, and sliding down a snowy hill while carrying sheep. Release ''Seasons of the Year'' was released in 1975. Decades later it became critically admired in the West, showing at the 40th Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artavazd Peleshian
Artavazd Peleshyan ( hy, Արտավազդ (Արթուր) Փելեշյան, Artavazd (Art’ur) P’eleshyan; also ''Pelechian, Peleshian''; born February 22, 1938) is an Armenian director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist. He is renowned for developing a style of cinematographic perspective known as distance montage, combining perception of depth with oncoming entities, such as running packs of antelope or hordes of humans. Filmmaker Sergei Parajanov has referred to Peleshyan as "one of the few authentic geniuses in the world of cinema". Peleshyan was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1979, and Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 1995. His films have been described as being on the border between a documentary and a feature film, somewhat reminiscent of the work of such avant-garde filmmakers as Bruce Conner, rather than of conventional documentaries. However, it has been noted that his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
