SERGEI PARADJANOV, A PORTRAIT

Synopsis:
The first film about Sergeï Paradjanov to be made by a film crew for the West. Born in Tbilissi (Georgia) and died in July 1990, Paradjanov is considered as one of the greatest contemporary film makers.
He leaves an unfinished but essential work for Soviet and Russian film history.His works reflects the ethnic wealth of the Caucasian people.
This film was shot at his strange residence, both workshop and Capharanaüm and on the set of his last film Ashik Kerib.

Broadcast:
M6 (M6 loves cinema)
France 2 (Résistances)
France 3 Midi Pyrénées
Austrian TV
Armenian TV
Ukrainian TV
Australian TV
Japan TV (NHK)

Festivals:
Cannes (Perspectives 1988)
Munich (1988), Haïfa, Sao Paulo, Montreal, Istanbul, Amsterdam,
San Francisco, Berlin, Festival d’Automne (1989)
Retrospective Georgian cinema (Beaubourg 1989) Armenian cinema (1993)
Paradjanov retrospective (Tokyo 91),
Washington Festival (1992),
Molodist Kiev (1993)
Paradjanov Retrospective Institut Lumière Lyon (1994 & 2007)
8ème Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste (1997)
Musée du Jeu de Paume (2000)
Paradjanov retrospective (Cinémathèque de Toulouse 2007)
Magic-Cinéma Bobigny
Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris
Contemporain Art Museum Saint-Etienne (2007)