At the Roadside Armenia
2004, 18min.
Producers: Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Directors: Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Script: Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Director of Photography: Ruben Gasparyan
Composer: Gurgen Gabrielyan
Sound: Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Editor: Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Cast: Rafayel Jrbashyan, Mikayel Janibekyan, Hayk Poghosyan, Svetlana Tovmasyan, Eduard Soghomonyan
1992, Karabagh. A military unit evacuates inhabitants from the bombarded territories. The militaries see an old man sitting next to his half ruined home at the roadside. In no way does he agree to leave his home…
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Narine Mkrtchyan
(born 1960, Yerevan) |
Arsen Azatyan
(born 1959, Yerevan) |
They both graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Yerevan Pedagogical Institute. In 1981-1990 worked at Hayfilm Studio where they shot five short films. In 1990 Narine Mkrtchyan and Arsen Azatyan established Aysor, after Aysor - Plus Film Productions, where they made the program Armenian Film Projects by supporting of the government of Canada and won the Award of the Ministy of Culture of Canada. Till now they made four feature and eleven short fiction films. Their films have been shown and awarded in several IFFs, including those in Berlin, Moscow, Montreal, Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Sydney, Busan, and etc.
Filmography
Still Life (1981), Self-portrait (1981), Walrus (1984), Surprise (1984), Black Holes (1989), Guardian Angel (1990), Bobo (1991), Radio Yerevan (1992), Christmas (2002), The Sabre Dance (2002), At the Roadside (2004), Andrei (2006), The Return of the Prodigal Son (2008). |
