Grasping at the Lady Bird's Leg Armenia
2009, 19min.
Prod.: Arsen Azatyan, Narine Mkrtchyan, Script/Dir./Edit.: Areg Azatyan, Dir. of Phot.: Artavazd Khachaturyan, Music by: Saint Saens, Prod. Design: Areg Azatyan, Sound: Armen Sahakyan
Cast: Narek Nersisyan, Vanik Mkrtchyan, Armen Abelyan, Arthur Khudoyan.
A writer falls into a hole in the woods. Despite assurances, not a single passerby helps him out. A narrative made in the absurdist traditions of, say, Kafka and Charms about human in capacity and egoism.
Production Company
Aysor-Plus Film Productions
Tel: 010 535322
| Azatyan, Areg  Areg Azatyan (born 1986, Yerevan)
In 1992 he played a part in Radio-Yerevan, an Armenian-Dutch film directed by Narine Mkrtchian and Arsen Azatian. He attended Hakob Kojoyan School of Fine Arts, painting department. In 2000 Kanch, Grakan Tert, Gretert, as well as the most prestigious literary magazine, Garoun, started publishing his stories. In 2000 he was awarded the Grand Prize Ruben Sevak by the Union of Writers of Armenia. In 2003 Apollo Publishers published his first book Life Beyond the Sun with his own illustrations. Since 2004 he has produced films based on his stories. During these years his films participated in several film festivals, like Rotterdam, Trieste, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Barcelona, Paris, and others. In 2005 Apollo Publishers published his second book entitled The Trial of the Man. In 2005 he received Armenian President's Prize for Literature. In 2006 Apollo Publishers published his third book Grasping at the Ladybird's Leg. In 2007 he became a member of the Writers Union of Armenia. In 2008 he graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema.
Filmography
The Donkey (2004), The Fly (2005), Grasping at the Ladybird’s Leg (2009).
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