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Artavazd Peleshyan (Armenian: Արտավազդ (Արթուր) Փելեշյան, romanized: Artavazd (Art’ur) P’eleshyan; also Pelechian, Peleshian; born February 22, 1938) is an Armenian director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist.
Artavazd Peleshian is the author of a range of theoretical works, including his 1988 book "Moyo kino" ("My Cinema"). Some of the most important works of Armenia's documentary cinema include Sergei Parajanov's Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967), Mikhail Vartanov's Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) and Artavazd Peleshian's Four Seasons (1975).
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Oct 24, 2020 · Artavazd Pelechian. Born in Armenia, Artavazd Pelechian created most of his work in Moscow between 1964 and 1993. Over the course of nearly thirty years, in the heart of the Soviet system, he made nine uniquely crafted films, composed of documentary images.
Artavazd Peleshyan Փելեշյան, romanized: Artavazd P’eleshyan; also Pelechian, Peleshian; born February 22, 1938) is an Armenian director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist.
Oct 24, 2020 · Artavazd Pelechian’s new film depicts the force and majesty of nature, capable of overpowering human communities and their achievements. Nature offers a striking vision of the likely conclusion of the ecological havoc that currently reigns.
Dear Artavazd Pelechian, I recently rewatched your films and found them greater than ever. At a time when Armenians are attempting to rebuild and to recover an identity in the wake of dramatic losses of life and territory, I find solace in how you have defined certain aspects of our identity, in a way that is both limpid and deeply mysterious.
Dec 4, 2020 · The legendary Artavazd Pelechian unveils a much-anticipated new film. The 82-year-old Armenian director has long been a well-kept secret for cinephiles, but his work has never seemed more relevant and deserves to be better known. 4 December 2020. By Michael Atkinson. Portrait of Artavazd Pelechian.
