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Sunday of Khachik VillageYears later, the church bells of Khachik village Church were heard again. The children of the village started to sing. Children’s Choir became the indivisible part of Church Divine Liturgies. Village life was enriched with a new quality. A seemingly small thing had changed: a deacon was appointed in the village… |
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Hrant HakobyanDocumentarian Hrant Hakobyan is the author of some thirty films: “Monte”, “Armenia - My Homeland”, “Inhabitants of Forgotten Islands”, “Hrant Dink” etc. The core of his films is man with all its expressions. The film director thinks that if he had to start his life again, he would definitely pass through the same path of documentarian. |
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The Dream of HakobIt’s been three years since Hakob’s family is attending St. Mashtots Church in Oshakan. “In the beginning it was so hard to attend a three-hour Divine Liturgy. I didn’t make much out of it. But when I saw Hakob at the altar… Now I understand what we missed before”, - says Hakob’s mother. Everything started from Hakob’s dream... |
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Moni Hovsepyan, Ruben Giney“My friendship with my aunt Moni started in the moment I was born…” Childhood memories of film director Ruben Giney are very vivid. Painter Moni Hovsepyan remembers Ruben to be very serious and curious as a child. “There is always something to learn from Ruben. He’s the archiver of our family”, - says Moni. |
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Arzuman Harutyunyan, Hrachya Vardanyan“We also leave in the memories of those who know us”. The friendship between filmmaker Arzuman Harutyunyan and architect Hrachya Vardanyan has a thirty years’ history. They got acquainted at the gathering of Ayrudzi club to be later established. They now don’t even remember how they got closer… They like telling stories and sing old and nice songs. |
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Father Sahak MartirosyanAt that time, Father Sahak Martirosyan was serving in Noravank. When he first saw his photographs in the newspapers, he was surpurised as he never thought of seriously taking up that specific type of art. “I took the photos and saw that I managed to do a good job so I decided to share my little joys with others. It’s been ten years since I’m here and every day is like the first day…” |
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Ruben HovsepyanRuben Hovsepyan, the script writer of the films “Winepress”, “Nostalgia”, “The Apple Garden”, “April”, entered the world of cinematography in an unexpected way, which was a turning point in his life. To the writer, these were the best years of HayFilm, when the cinematography was directly linked to literature. “There is this saying, that if a film succeeds, it’s due to the director, if it fails, then it’s the scrip writer’s fault”.
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Dzori MiroFilm director Zhirayr Avetisyan shoot the movie Dzori Miro in 1979-1980. For the first time, the fedayis were openly exposed on the big screen. “The mere fact of shoot a film on this topic especially in Soviet times, was already a heroism. We became one fist and achieved our goal”, remembers Sos Sargsyan.
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Arusyak Sahakyan, Eka HorstkaMan all his life keeps looking for a converser, and friendship starts from conversation. Age and time do not matter. This is what Arusyak Sahakyan and Eka Horstka think. Their friendship started from their conversation on “Naroy”… |
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My Palm Sunday“I was so happy I couldn’t sleep through the whole night. I kept doing vocal exercises”.
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Karen Avetisyan, Georgy Hovakimyan“We have all have the good and the evil inside us (Armenian word-play – “ar” conveying the meaning of “creator”, and “char” – meaning the “de-creator”, one that devastates all). I always look for those with more “ar” in them”. This is the introduction that painter Karen Avetisyan makes for the story on his friendship with actor Georgy Hovakimyan. |
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Robert AmirkhanyanHe authored the music for the films “Men”, “Father”, “Winepress” and other films we loved so much. Presently he yearningly remembers his senior friends in cinematography.
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