"THE SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS"
By Hasmik Harountiunian

AZG Armenian Daily
26/05/2007

One of Most Famous and Oldest Films by Great Master Sergey Parajanov

Every Wednesday, the Narekatsi Art Center organizes discussions and
film sessions. Arevik Avanesian, curators of the event, states that
such film sessions help represent the art of cinema and talented
film-directors to the youth. "Thanks to such programs, the youth
watches and likes the films by not only outstanding Armenian
film-directors, but also those shot by the foreign ones. We also
frequently represent the films by young film-makers," she emphasized.

On May 23 a regular film session took place. The organizers represented
"The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors," one of the greatest and the
most famous films by the outstanding Armenian film-director Sergey
Parajanov. Zaven Sargsian, head of the Parajanov home museum, stated
that the film became one of the most important ones for its author
Sergey Parajanov.

The film was shot in quite hard conditions. In the beginning the film
critics didn’t accept the film, stating that it doesn’t reflect the
time and the scenes of the October revolution. After being shown in
Argentina and Czechia, the film received many awards.

While in Ukraine, any time the film was shown the event would become
a large-scale national feast.