`I DON’T IMAGINE ARMENIAN ANIMATION WITHOUT ROBERT SAHAKYANTS’

17:15 25/09/2009
Panorama.am

The death of Armenian animation founder is a great mourning for
Sahakyants’ friends, colleagues and fans. During the Soviet Times
Robert Sahakyants was famous not only in Armenia but in the countries
of Soviet Union and even more, the Soviet Union was more popular with
Robert Sahakyants.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union Robert Sahakyants ruled solely
Armenian animation for so many years, he has become the leader of it.

`In those years, when the animation failed in many SU states, it has
not been ruined in Armenia. We did animation. After the collapse of
the union, Robert Sahakyants received invitations from many countries
to live and to create there. When I became the director of `ArmenFilm’
I told him that I could not imagine Armenian animation without Robert
Sahakyants, I said, I could not imagine that Robert Sahakyants would
leave Armenia,’ Gevorg Gevorgyan says.

The talented animator rejected all the invitations and stayed in
Armenia to work and to create here. `Then he had a chance to go and to
have a better life. But he stayed, he did not go. He did animation
during those dark and cold years,’ animator’s friend says.

After Sahakyants’ death Armenian animation will continue living,
Gevorgyan says, but it will have quite different mood, it won’t be
Sahakyants’.