Tigran Mansuryan

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

The tranquility of a remote Armenian mountain community is disrupted when a group of shepherds affected by the pangs of an evening hunger, decide to butcher and barbecue the sheep of another's that have strayed into their herd. An official inquiry by the city police complicates matters, and questions of law, morality and community only seem to lead to further entanglements.

Nothing is easy for Torik, a shy orphan adopted by his aunt and uncle: he struggles to fit into village life, learn a craft, or find a wife. When Torik does fall in love – with Anjel, a local prostitute – he must face down the disapproval of his narrow-minded community and assert his right to happiness.

The last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Parajanov lifts the curtain on numerous unfinished scenes and fragments of unshot films. These are memories of his childhood, death, friends, Tiflis, Kyiv, Yerevan. Seven stories from the life of Parajanov and the close circle that shared his entire life path with him.

In memory of the countless victims of armed conflict, Patricia Kopatchinskaja presents a concert conceived as a mosaic of deeply moving music and texts from a wide variety of sources and authors. The violinist breaks down the traditional barrier between the stage and the audience.

Small provincial town at the end of the 19th century. Barber Hakob is a passionate pigeon-admirer with them finding his peace of mind and filling the dullness of provincial life with poetry. Soon he is forced to choose his pigeon loft or his daughter's happiness.

A village boy meets his tragic fate when he is sent to the city to work for a rich trader.

A historical chronicle about the history of England during the reign of John Lackland.

The film depicts five workers who are laying a street in one of the new districts of Yerevan. A complex relationship binds them. Each of them has his character and his destiny. The film touches upon common social problems on a private level.

In his wordless debut film, Mikhail Vartanov presents the ancient and modern art of Armenia through the post-impressionist painter Martiros Saryan’s silent commentary of gestures. Biblical landscapes, the ruins of temples, frescos, cross-stones, contemporary sculptures of Tchakmakchian (Chakmakchyan), the first appearance on film of iconic modernist painter Minas and his paintings, as well as the world famous behind-the-scenes episodes of Sergei Parajanov’s landmark "The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova)." The film had its first public screening at one of the world’s largest and prestigious cinematic events, the Busan International Film Festival, 43 years after it was made.

The forester, at the cost of becoming a thorn in the eyes of everyone, protects his native nature and the cradle:

It is the tragic love story of rustic lovers Dylan and Sona. Sona is married off to a rich fellow villager whom she does not like.

Arevik is a young woman taking care of the children of a widower who is in jail, due to her testimony.

The film takes us to the Far North. A criminal escapes from prison, and on his way through the tundra meets an old native man who is carriying the salaries of reindeer breeders. Their joint struggle for survival results in the spiritual purification of the protagonist.

The plane crashes in the mountains. Marselin, who has a penchant for adventure, convinces his brother Isay to climb the mountains and "clean out" the pockets of the dead passengers. Heroes with different human characteristics appear before a moral choice. The film is based on the novel by Henri Troyat.

Hovhannes Tumanyan's tales retold in very unusual manner.

Honor of a Poor Man, a story by Hovhannes Tumanyan, written in 1894. A story about a poor man and a woman with whom an incident happens one day.

The documentary “Maestro Mansurian” tells about the known and unknown episodes of composer Tigran Mansurian. Maestro’s activities outside Armenia remain undiscovered up to now. The film gives many answers, many of the prominent European and American music figures talk about it. It's dedicated to the 80th birthday of the composer.

Small group of Armenian construction workers leave for Siberia to earn money. They enter into complex and uneasy relations with the local Siberians

The story follows the lives in a small village of a picturesque Armenian gorge where secrets, tragedies and love are intricately weaved to form a beautiful impressionist painting of life. And as often in life, the drama is tainted with humor and compassion. This life in rural parts is hard and the villagers survive by trading at the market, cultivating the land when possible and relying on each other. Zulali, a young mentally ill woman, Nazaros, 10 year old boy, too smart for his age, and Aqir, an elderly woman who was cast away from her own family for being barren, form an unlikely family. As each one of them narrates their perception in turn, the deeply hidden secrets and terrible tragedies that tie them together are gradually revealed to unveil the complex mosaic of their fate.

The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial town's inhabitants.

A young boy spends his entire day working in the fields, enjoying the company of animals, and joyfully singing along with them.

The king goes out onto the streets of his kingdom to find out how his people feel about him.