Resources on Sergei Parajanov
- Sergei Parajanov MuseumOne of the most popular museums located in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Sergey Paradjanov was the author of several film-masterpieces which brought him world praise: "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (1964), "The Colour of Pomegranates" or "Sayat-Nova" (1969), "The Legend of Suram Fortress" (1985) and "Ashik-Kerib" (1988).
- Parajanov-Vartanov InstituteParajanov-Vartanov Institute is located in Beverly Hills, California.
Books about Armenian Cinema and Armenian Filmmakers
The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov by ISBN: 9780299296537Publication Date: 2013-10-31
Poetic Cinema and the Spirit of the Gift in the Films of Pabst, Parajanov, Kubrick and Ruiz by ISBN: 9789048552825Publication Date: 2021-03-11
Films by Sergei Parajanov (from the collections of KU, available for free)
- Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors (by Sergei Parajanov, 1965)
A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine. - A Requiem (by Sergei Parajanov, 1985)
An absorbing portrait of one of the most colorful and revered figures in world cinema, Paradjanov: A Requiem offers an affectionate and insightful look at the tumultuous career of the late Sergei Paradjanov--artist, dissident, romantic and iconoclast. Rather than being celebrated for this mesmerizing work, the Armenian director was granded a "surrealist" by Soviet authorities and imprisoned for his artistic and intellectual challenges to the reigning dogma of socialist realism. - The Legend of Suram Fortress (by Sergei Parajanov, 1985)
This film was the first feature by Sergei Paradjanov after being released from prison. Based on an ancient Georgian legend, this film is dedicated to Georgian warriors of all ages who have died for their country. Repeated efforts by the Georgian people to construct a fortress against invaders continually fail. The building collapses until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand. The young man sacrifices himself to save his country. - Ashik-Kerib (by Sergei Parajanov, 1988)
Based on the novel by Mikhail Lermontov, and directed by Sergei Paradzhanov. Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights -- but not before his beloved promises not to marry till his return. It's told in typical Paradjanov style, in a series of visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' overlaid with Turkish and Azerbaijani folksongs.
Films by other Armenian Filmmakers
- Nezhnost (Tenderness) by Anna Melikyan (2020, TV series)Anna Melikian (born February 8, 1976) is an Armenian-Russian film and TV director/ producer whose work has been recognized with several awards.
- Noise of Time (2019, by Gariné Torossian, documentary)A young woman returns to Beirut on holiday, promising to deliver a mysterious package to her friend's father in the mostly-Armenian neighbourhood of Bourj Hammoud. But no one knows what is inside the package and where the girl's dad lives, or if he's actually alive, after separating from his family for more than two decades. The search for his whereabouts exposes tensions in the community and inside another Armenian family where daughter and father are pitted against each other.
- Golden Boy (by Rouben Mamoulian, 1939)
Rouben Mamoulian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (ruled at that time by the Russian Empire), to an Armenian family. Mamoulian moved to England and started directing plays in London in 1922. He was brought to the United States the next year by Vladimir Rosing to teach at the Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre.