Parajanov: The Last Spring (film)

Parajanov: The Last Spring Փարաջանով: Վերջին Գարուն Параджанов. Последяя весна
Directed by	Mikhail Vartanov
Written by	Mikhail Vartanov Martiros Vartanov
Starring	Sergei Parajanov Sofiko Chiaureli Mikhail Vartanov Aleksandr Kaidanovsky Silva Kaputikyan Bella Akhmadulina
Distributed by	Parajanov-Vartanov Institute
Release dates	1992
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Armenia United States
Language	Russian/Armenian/English

Parajanov: The Last Spring (Russian: Параджанов последняя весна) (Armenian: Փարաջանով: Վերջին Գարուն) (French: Paradjanov : le dernier printemps) is a 1992 award-winning documentary by the Russian-Armenian filmmaker Mikhail Vartanov, that also includes the complete surviving footage of Sergei Parajanov's unfinished last film The Confession, Vartanov's behind-the-scenes sequences of Parajanov at work on the shooting of the Color of Pomegranates and other material. Featured in 7th Annual Russian Academy of Cinema Arts Awards (1993).

Awards

• 2003—Beverly Hills Film Festival: Golden Palm Award
• 1993—Nika Awards: Best Documentary Film
• 1995—San Francisco International Film Festival: Golden Gate Award

Bibliography

• Dixon & Foster. "A Short History of Film." New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780813542690
• Schneider, Steven. "501 Directores de Cine." Barcelona, Spain: Grijalbo, 2008. ISBN 9788425342646
• "Francis Ford Coppola recognizes…" Hollywood Reporter (20 October 2015)
• Perreault, Luc. "Paradjanov - The Last Spring." "La Presse" a12, 14 June 1994 (French language)
• Thomas, Kevin. "Intoxicating spirit." "Los Angeles Times" (1 January 2004).

External links

• Parajanov.com
• Parajanov: The Last Spring at the Internet Movie Database
• Francis Ford Coppola about Parajanov: The Last Spring
• Channel 1 Moscow on Parajanov: The Last Spring
• Parajanov: The Last Spring TV clip