WORKS ON 4 FEATURE AND 14 DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO BE DONE IN 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN. 4 feature, "Soghank" (Landslide), "Na
ev Ne" (He and She), "Aygabats" (Day-Break), "Chvogh Trchunner" (Birds
of Passage), and 14 documentary films, including "Heru-Motik"
(Far-Near), "Tonino Guerra and Armenia" "1600-Year Secret of Armenian
Alphabet" are envisaged to finish in 2007.
As Gevorg Gevorgian, the Director of the National Film Center of
Armenia mentioned in the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent,
shootings of Albert Mkrtchian’s "Day-Break" and Haroutiun
Khachatrian’s "Birds of Passage" films were already finished. Works of
their recording and assembly will be finished this year.
In G. Gevorgian’s words, negotiations are led with the Russian side to
bring to final Mikayel Dovlatian’s "Lanslide" film of the
Armenian-Russian joint production.
Besides, works of the Armenian side of the "Khchchvats Zugaherner"
(Entangled Parallels) film of the Armenian French joint production
have already been finished, and the recording works, which must be
done by the French side, will be finished this year. The Film Center
Director also mentioned that the 7th part of Arman Manarian’s "Davit
of Sasun" film, 3rd part of Robert Sahakiants’ "Road towards Home"
cartoons, 2nd part of Gayane Martirosian’s "Vishapagorg" (Dragon’s
Carpet) cartoons will be finished in the sphere of animated
films. Naira Muradian’s "Mumiy Troll" animated film will also be
finished.
To recap, 587 mln 385 thousand drams instead of 482 mln 928 drams are
envisaged for the film production by the 2007 state budget. Shootings
of seven feature, three animated films were finished in the last
year. It was mentioned that rather much money was spent for copying
and digitizing of films for the film-photo-background keeping.