“POET’S RETURN” FILM OF HAROUTIUN KHACHATRIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN
COMPETITION PROGRAM

YEREVAN, MARCH 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Film director
Haroutiun Khachatrian’s “Poet’s Return” film will be shown on March
15-20 in three cities of Belgium: Antwerp, Ghent, Anderlecht, where at
the same time lectures and meetings will be held. As the Noyan Tapan
correspondent was informed by the “Golden Apricot” (Voske Tsiran)
festival office, the film will also participate in the competition
program of the Italian “Infinity” festival to take place from March 30
to April 7. Later, from June 30 to July 8, the “Poet’s Return” film
will participate in the competition program of the Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival to take place in Czechia as well.
Haroutiun Khachatrian’s previous, the “The Documentarist” film was
awarded special prize in the same festival. Retrospective show of
Haroutiun Khachatrian’s films will be held in the cinematheque of
Slovenia on May 26-30. The director’s five films:

“Kond,” “White City,” “Return to the Promised Land,” “The
Documentarist” and “Poet’s Return” will be shown. It’s envisaged to
organize similar retrospective shows in the cinematheques of Uruguay
and Argentina as well. Retrospective shows of films of four directors
of the Armenian origin: Sergey Parajanov, Artavazd Peleshian, Atom
Egoyan and Haroutiun Khachatrian will take place in cinematheque of
Holland in autumn.