Levon Grigoryan

The movie tells the life story and friendship of five blacksmiths in town of Leninakan during the war and the years preceding it - as told by the son of one of the blacksmiths.

Screen version of William Saroyan's play about a family of Armenian immigrants during the Great Depression.

The art, destiny, and relationship of two geniuses of world cinema: Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov.

Based on the short story of the same name by M. Gorky.

A short documentary by Levon Grigoryan about the making of Parajanov's «Sayat-Nova», or «The Colour of Pomegranates».

Documentary about the life of Sergei Parajanov, a prominent Soviet-era filmmaker who was active in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia and was persecuted by the communist government for his views on the pretext of his homosexuality, which was a crime in the USSR. The centerpiece of this documentary is Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a 1965 movie directed by Parajanov, that awakened the Ukrainian national consciousness which had been suppressed by decades of Soviet rule.

A French boy, the son of an astrophysicist, came to Armenia from Paris. His father came to work at the observatory. Friends from the pioneer camp undertake to show the guest the beauty of Yerevan. The children escape from the camp and come to the city. A physical education teacher and a pioneer counselor go in search of them. Funny situations await children and adults…

A documentary by writer and filmmaker Daniel Bird about the making of Sergei Parajanov's 'The Colour of Pomegranates'.

The heroine, an employee of the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, projects the events of her life onto the stories she studies from medieval manuscripts and comes to very instructive conclusions for herself.

Autumn 1942. A small group of Soviet soldiers, led by a mountaineering instructor, military journalist and poet Vazgen Petrosyan, will have a difficult ascent: the heroes were tasked with removing the swastika fixed on the top of Aman Dagh...

The film tells of the life and work of Sergey Paradzhanov. On December 15, 1973, the Master was to leave for Yerevan to start work on a film based on Andersen’s fairy tales. It is not known why he had changed his decision, and left on that very day for Kiev where, two days later, on December 17, he was arrested. The film recounts the years the director spent in prison. The author tries to penetrate the mysteries of the Master’s spiritual world, naming the sources, from which he drew the strength to endure the adversities of not only camp life, but of the life in general that had endowed him with huge talent and made him pay for it in full measure.

Nathanael, a young scientist, arrives in a small resort town. A sensitive and kind mentor not only becomes the idol of all boys who dream of long-distance travel, but also engages children in the search for treasures hidden in a medieval fortress.

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The film explores the two central themes of Sergey Paradzhanov’s works that the great master had been particularly interested in: “Eros and Thanatos”… (Love and Death). His reflections on these eternal and never-to-be-solved mysteries of human nature are conveyed in his films and drawings through Paradzhanov’s unique language that has no analogies.

The Film introduces the silhouette of Sergei Paradzhanov-a great, eccentric master. It shows his house, the environment in which he lived and worked. It uses unique fragments of materials documenting the director's work on the film set and archival photographs unconventional photo shoots.