Tigran Khzmalyan (also known as Xmalian) ( hy, Տիգրան Խզմալյան) is an

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n independent filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and political activist. Since 2018, Khzmalyan has served as the Chairman of the European Party of Armenia.

Education

*1979-1984 -

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

, Department of Russian

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*1990-1992 - Moscow Highest Courses for Film Directors,

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*1994, 1998 - International Writing Courses,

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, UK

Political and social activism

Between 19881990, Khzmalyan was a participant in the

Karabakh movement The Karabakh movement ( hy, Ղարաբաղյան շարժում, also the Artsakh movement Արցախյան շարժում) was a national mass movement in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh from 1988 to 1991 that advocated for the transfer of the ma ...

for the unification of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mos ...

with Armenia. Between 19911993, he worked as a war correspondent for Armenian and international media in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as an information assistant to the chairman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Supreme Council, Georgi Petrosian. Between 19931996, he worked as a political analyst for the Armenian Assembly of America, a lobby group of the

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Between 19971998, he was appointed a Deputy Director of

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in Armenia. Between 19982005, he was the general manager of Yerevan Film Studio. In 2009, together with

Jirair Sefilian Jirair Simoni Sefilian ( hy, Ժիրայր Սիմոնի Սէֆիլեան ( classical), Ժիրայր Սիմոնի Սեֆիլյան (reformed); born July 10, 1967) is a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander and political activist. During the Fi ...

and

Alexander Yenikomshian Ara-Alexander "Alec" Yenikomshian ( hy, Ալեք Ենիգոմշեան) (also known as Alec or Alex Yenikomechian) is an Armenian political activist and journalist, a member of Founding Parliament secretariat, co-founder of the " Miatsum Initiativ ...

, Khzmalyan founded the Sardarapat Movement. In early 2012, Khzmalyan was one of the leaders of the Mashtots Park Movement. Since 2014, he quit his cooperation with the Sardarapat Movement due to disagreements on the role of

in the

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and in regional developments. Khzmalyan held an anti-Kremlin position, claiming that

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and his

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regime had annihilated Armenian statehood and colonized Armenia. In 2016, he joined veteran dissident

Paruyr Hayrikyan Paruyr Arshaviri Hayrikyan (born July 5, 1949) is an Armenian politician and former Soviet dissident. He was an early member and leader of the National United Party (NUP), which sought Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union. He spent a ...

in a

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political movement, called Independence. He underwent three trials on accusations of disobedience to the police during public rallies in 2012, 2014 and 2015. On 6 November 2018, Tigran Khzmalyan along with his supporters, established the European Party of Armenia, being elected as the party's Chairman. In May 2020, Khzmalyan endorsed and joined the National Democratic Pole. On 10 May 2021, Khzmalyan announced that the European Party of Armenia is leaving the National Democratic Pole alliance, and that the party would participate in the

2021 Armenian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 20 June 2021. The elections had initially been scheduled for 9 December 2023, but were called earlier due to a political crisis following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and an alleged attempte ...

s independently. Khzmalyan participates in the Standing Committee on European Integration as an observer member.

Filmography

References

External links

The amazing vanishing movie by BBC News

30th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

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