DocumentaristArmenia
2003, 80min.
 Script: Harutyun Khachatryan, Mikayel .Stamboltsyan, Valeri Gasparyan, Dir. Harutyun Khachatryan, Dir. of Phot. Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan (in cooperation with Armen Mirakyan, Levon Petrosyan), Prod. Design.: Vardan Sedrakyan, Music by: Avet Terteryan, Edit.: Sophia Gabrielyan, Sound: Anahit Kesayan.
Cast: Suren Babayan, Harutyun Javazyan {Haroutik}, Kostas Kalafatis {Ekmekchyan}, Agata Vanunts, Ruben Khachatryan, Levon Ghazaryan, Susanna Ghazaryan.
The main protogonist of the film is the documentary film director, who with his small crew records various subjects. Seemingly unrelated themes are juxtaposed to construct a mosaic of Armenia in the 1990s: children-beggars, disabled children abandoned by their parents, newly born infants, refugees, homeless dogs, guilty and innocent prisoners… The tragedy of a society in transition… And hope, born out of extreme despair.
Awards
Special Mention, Carlovy Vary IFF, 2003; State Award of Armenia, 2004, Vahagn Award, Armenia, 2004; Best Director Award; Riga IFF, 2004. | Khachatryan, Harutyun Harutyun Khachatryan (born 1955, Akhalkalak, Georgia).
In 1981 Harutyun Khachatryan graduated from the Film Department of Cultural Faculty of Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute. Worked as an assistant director and director at the Armenian Documentary Studio and later at Hayfilm Studio. His films won many prizes at various Int'l film festivals. In 2003 he received the State Award of Armenia. Meritorious Artist of Republic of Armenia. In 2007 received Prince Klaus Award (The Netherlands).
Filmography
The Voices of the District (1981), Hosted by the Commander (1985), Chronicle of a Case (1985), Three Rounds From Vladimir Yengibaryan’s Life (1986), Kond (1987), White Town (1988),The Wind of Emptiness (1989), Return to the Promised Land (1991), The Last Station (1994), Documentarist (2003), Return of the Poet (2005), Border (2009).
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