ArmenPress
July 1 2004

PARAJANOV’S ANNIVERSARY MARKED IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS: Relatives and close friends of Sergey
Parajanov, an outstanding Armenian film director, arrived in Yerevan
from Ukraine, Russia, Iran and Georgia to join a set of events that
are being held from July 1 to July 4 in commemoration of his 80-th
birth anniversary. The events are part of the Golden Apricot
international film festival that opened in Yerevan June 30.
Zaven Sarkisian, the director of Parajanov Museum in Yerevan, said
the guests will tour across several sites in Armenia, favored by the
director. Also an installation, designed by Rafael Virling from
France will be held in Yerevan. Today a documentary shot by
Parajanov’s nephew, Georgy Parajanov, about his uncle and called I
Died in my Childhood was screened at Moskva cinema house. It was also
shown at a recent festivals in Cannes and Moscow.