Arsha Ovanesova
Directing
Biography
Arsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova (Արշա Օվանեսովա) was a Soviet Armenian documentary film director, screenwriter, actress, and educator.
Known For
A group of children gets into a dangerous adventure while trying to help the adults to supply water for the village. At any rate, they are courageous and won't give up.
The Secret of the Mountain Lake
“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.
The Magic Beam
A documentary on the International Festival of Democratic Youth in Budapest.
World Youth Festival
Filmmakers from the Central Studio of Documentary Films track down the children who starred in the Pioneeria documentary series a decade earlier.
Extraordinary Meetings
A film essay about the daily experiences of schoolchildren across the Soviet Union.
School Years
A documentary about Arsha Ovanesova, documentary filmmaker and screenwriter who created the first Soviet newsreel series for chidren.