Armenia/Uzbekistan/Ukraine/Italy
THE LILAC WIND OF PARADJANOV
75 MIN
2025
July 16th
17:30
Cinema House, Grand Hall
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The filmmaker Ali Khamraev, accompanied by cinematographer Yuri Klimenko delved into the archives, and travelled to Armenia and Georgia to honour Sergei Parajanov: one of cinema’s greats, whose vision and defiance of convention transcended borders.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Garsev Khachatryan, Ali Khamraev
Director: Ali Khamraev
Script: Ali Khamraev
Director of Photography: Yuriy Klimenko
Sound: Gulbustan Tashbaeva
Editing: Rakhmatilla Yakubov, Vardan Khachatryan
Production. Old World Company Armenia, Prostudio MGMT S.R.L.
Ali Khamraev
Ali Khamraev (born in 1937, Uzbekistan) is an Uzbek actor, director, screenwriter and producer. Khamraev graduated in 1961 from the VGIK in Moscow. He has made more than 30 documentary films and more than 20 feature films, for which he has received numerous titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan. He is best known for his films Yor-yor (1964), The Seventh Bullet (1972), The Bodyguard (1979) and A Bride from Vuodil (1984). 

Filmography (selected)
Yor-Yor (1964), Fearless (1971), The Seventh Bullet (1972), Man Follows the Birds (1976), Triptych (1977), The Bodyguard (1979), A Hot Summer in Kabul (1983), A Bride from Vodil (1984), I Remember You (1985), The Garden of Desires (1988), Bo Ba Bu (1998), A Place under the Sun (2004), The Artists (2007), Passion of Igor Savitsky (doc., 2015), The Lilac Wind of Parajanov (doc., 2024).

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