Burning Lantern, AArmenia
1983, 87min.
 Script./Dir.: Aghasi Ayvazyan, Dir. of Phot.: L.Atoyants, Compos.: T. Mansuryan, Prod. Design.: G. Torosyan, Edit.: I. Mikayelyan, Sound: E. Vanunts.
Cast: V. Kocharyan, V. Gevorgyan, H. Alaverdyan, K. Martirosyan, A. Loria, L. Sarkisov.
The film tells us about the life and creative work of an outstanding Armenian painter, Vano Khojabekyan. | Ayvazyan, Aghasi Aghasi Ayvazyan (born 1925, Abustumani, Georgia)
1942- entered Academy of Arts in Tbilisi, later studied at the Department of Philology of Georgian University. 1945- continued his education in Yerevan Fine Arts Institute. 1954 – started to publish articles in the Armenian newspapers in Tbilisi and later in Yerevan. 1959 – published his first book. 1965 – moved to Yerevan and worked in the newspaper “Grakan Tert.” 1973 –80 – editor of “Ekran” magazine, in the early 90-s edited “Hayutiun” weekly. Since 1981 – has been shooting films based on his own scripts.
Filmography
As scriptwriter: Triangle (1967), Khatabala (1971, with Y.Yerznkyan), Hayrik (1972), Baghdasar Divorces His Wife (1976), The Flight Begins from the Land (along with N.Hovhannisyan, 1980), A Voice in the Wilderness (along with V. Chaldranyan, 1991).
As scriptwriter and director: Lyrical March (Co-dir. L.Isahakyan, 1981), Burning Lantern (1983), Renaissance (1984), Operation (1987), Illusion (1987), The Word (1987), The Secret Advisor (1988).
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