Tigran Khzmalyan
| Tigran Khzmalyan | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
April 8, 1963 Yerevan, Soviet Armenia |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter, art director, production designer |
Tigran Khzmalyan (also known as Xmalian) (Armenian: Տիգրան Խզմալյան) is an independent Armenian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer.
Education
- 1979-1984 - Yerevan State University, Department of Philology
- 1990-1992 - Moscow Highest Courses for Film Directors, Russia
- 1994, 1998 - International Writing Courses, Reuters, BBC, London, UK
Political and social activism
In 1988-1990 was a participant of national liberation movement for Karabagh unification with Armenia. In 1991-1993 he worked as a war correspondent for Armenian and international media in Nagorno Karabagh, as well as information assistant of the chairman of the NKR Supreme Councel, Mr. Georgiy Petrosyan. In 1993-1996 worked as a political analyst for Armenian Assembly of America, a lobby group of Armenian Diaspora in Washington, DC. In 1997-1998 was appointed a Deputy Director of UNDP in Armenia. In 1998-2005 headed Yerevan Film Studio as a General Manager, before the closing of the studio. .In 2009, together with Jirair Sefilian and Alexander Yenikomshian founded Sardarapat Movement, that later was renamed to Preparliament.
In early 2012, Khzmalyan was one of the leaders of the Mashtots Park Movement. Since 2014 he quited his cooperation with Preparliament due to disagreement on role of Russian in Ukranian crisis and in regional developments. Khzmalyan held radical anti-Kremlin position, claiming that Putin and his KGB regime had annihilated Armenian statehood and colonized Armenia. In 2016 he joined veteran dissident Paruir Hayrikyan in pro-Western political movement called Independence. He underwent three trials being accused in disobedience to police during public rallies in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Filmography
| Year | English title | Format | Awards | |
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| 1991 | The Lesson | 35mm, b/w, 10 min, feature | Special Prize of the 1st Armenian Film Festival, 1993 | |
| 1996 | Black&White | 35 mm,b/w, 30 min, feature | Grand Prix of Antalya International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 1996 2nd Prize of the Regensburger Short Film Festival, Germany, 1997 Best Short Film Award of the “Kinoshock” Film Festival, Russia, 1998 | |
| 1998 | Soccer of 1973 | Beta-SP, 24 min, documentary | ||
| 1998 | Death of King | Beta-SP, 26 min, documentary | Special Jury Prize of the Yalta International TV Festival, 2000 | |
| 2000 | Pierlequin or Lighter Than Air | 35 mm, color, b/w, 100 min, feature | Jury Special Prize of Istanbul Film Festival, 2001 “Best Actor” Prize of “Kinoshock” Film Festival, Russia, 2001 “Movie Magic” Prize of the Film Critics “Listapad” Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus, 2001 | |
| 2001 | Velvet Revolution # 88 | Beta-SP, 22 min, documentary | ||
| 2001 | 5165 | Beta-SP, 27min, documentary | ||
| 2001 | Sister of Mercy | Beta-SP, 27 min, documentary | ||
| 2001 | Once Upon A Time In Armenia | Beta-SP,44 min, musical feature | ||
| 2002 | Marina V./ Vagina M. | DVD, 15 min, animation | ||
| 2003 | 33 Minutes About Peleshian | DVD, 33 min, documentary | ||
| 2003 | Ruben Hakhverdyan, the Postman | DVD, 58 min, documentary | ||
| 2004 | Aram Khachaturyan Century | DVD, 35 min, documentary | World’s Best Multi Media Culture Project Award of 2005 Bahrein-Tunisia Multi media Contest, 2005 |
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| 2004 | Lovember | 35 mm, b/w, 97 min, feature | ||
| 2005 | Armin Wegner, the Genocide Photographer | DVD, 34 min, b/w, documentary | ||
| 2006 | A Splinter | DV, 34 min, documentary | ||
| 2006 | From Artsakh to Javakhk, from Araks to Kura River | DV, 42 min, documentary | ||
| 2007 | Yerevan’s Greatest Secret | DV, 44 min, documentary | ||
| 2008 | Sardarapat deja vu | DV, 68 min, documentary | ||
| 2008 | Opera | DV, 10 min, documentary | ||
| 2009 | Portrait of Jesus Alive | DV, 49 min, documentary | ||
| 2009 | Armenia minus A1plus | DV, 23 min, documentary | ||
| 2010 | Tigranakert | DV, 96 min, documentary | ||
| 2010 | To Ararat | DV, 32 min, documentary |
2014, Armenian Queens, DV, documentary, 96 min