About DS |
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DAVID SAFARIAN | |||||||||||||
Biography |
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1952 1975 1972 - 1978 1983 Since 1983 1991 Since 1991 1995 - 2001 1996 1999 2001 - 2002 2002 2003 - 2007 2001 – 2016 |
born in Yerevan graduated from Fine Arts and Drama Academy in Yerevan actor at the State TV Theatre in Yerevan, assistant director and director at Armenian Documentary Film Studios graduated from Film Academy – VGIK in Moscow director at "Armenfilm" Studios Special Screening of films in Cinematheque Francaise in Paris Member of the General Assembly of Cinematheque Francaise, Paris Series of short documentaries about Armenian Culture and History on German TV (ORB/SFB/RBB) Retrospective of films in Cinematheque Francaise at the 60th Anniversary of Cinematheque, Paris One-Week Screenings of Selected Films, Berlin Guest-Professor at the Film and TV Department in the University of Kassel, Germany founded "Studio DS" – Film Production and Art Development Fund Professor, co-heading the Film and TV Department at the University of Kassel, Germany “Outstanding Personalities. 20th Century and Centuries Change” Portrait series using exclusively shot documentary footage with Marcel Marceau, Pope John Paul II, Krzysztof Penderecki (work in progress) |
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2018 |
Retrospectives in Moscow http://www.cdkino.ru/event/408893/ https://unikino.ru/david-safaryan-retrospective-65-12-2-18/ https://unikino.ru/david-safaryan-retrospective-65/ http://www.eisenstein.ru/events/allphoto/518/?sphrase_id=4574 |
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2018 |
Retrospectives in Amsterdam David Safarian in EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam, 10 films, 3 days, 3 different programmes The Premiere of 28:94 Local Time and the start of theatrical release of Hot Country, Cold Winter in The Netherlands. The films included in the Retrospective Programme are purchased for the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum. https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/film/hot-country-cold-winter https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/film/david-safarian-nothings-lost https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/film/david-safarian-notwithstanding Armenpress, August, 2, 2018: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/942495.html |
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2019 |
Belgian Premiere of Hot Country, Cold Winter in Bozar / Brussels introducing the theatrical release in Belgium https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/hot-countrycold-winter-david-safarian |
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Filmography Features: |
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2016 2015 |
Hot Country, Cold Winter (director) (theatrical version of 28:94 Local Time) Best Narrative Feature Film Director Award at 19th ARPA International Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2016 Grand Prix Best Feature Film and Best Actress Award at 5th SR Socially Relevant International Film Festival, 2018, New York, USA Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum 28:94 Local Time (producer, director) World Premiere at the 19th Tallinn International Black Nights Film Festival, 2015 Best Screenplay Award and Special Mention of Jury in Armenian Panorama at 13th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, 2016 Official Out-of-competition Programm of 38th Moscow International Film Festival, 2016 Effulgent Angel Prize at 13th Effulgent Angel International Film Festival, Moscow, 2016 2 Awards of National Film Academy of Armenia: Best Actress and Best Art Director, 2018 Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum |
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1992 |
The Lost Paradise (director) World Premiere at the AFI International Film Festival in Los Angeles, 1992 Main Programme – Grandeur Locale 22nd Rotterdam International Film Festival, 1993 Main Programme – Cinema of Today, Montreal World Film Festival, 1993 Included in the Collections of Cinematheque Francaise and The Netherlands Film Museum |
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Shorts: |
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2017 2002 |
Champion (producer, director) Premiered in Official Out-of-competition Program at 39th Moscow International Film Festival, 2017 Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum Lullaby (producer, director) World Premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival, Main Programme – Cinema of Tomorrow - New Tends, 2002 Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum |
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Documentaries (selected): |
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Shorzha-island (producer, director) |
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2015 |
Traces of War (producer, co-produced with Richter Production) Best Middle-length Film Award – 9th Atlatidoc Documentary Film Festival, Montevideo, 2015 Best Film made by non-ethnologists/anthropologists - 8th Ethnographic Film Festival, Rovijn, Croatia, 2016 |
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2002 |
Expectation (producer, director) Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum |
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2001 |
1700 (director) |
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1996 |
Christmas (director) |
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1995 |
131st Catholicos (director) | ||||||||||||
1990 |
Warmth-sickness (producer, director) Included in the Collection of Cinematheque Francaise and The Netherlands Film Museum |
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1988 |
Devotion (director) |
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1987 |
Garnanamouth (director) |
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1986 |
However Odd, but Khokhlova (director) FIPRESCI Prize – XV International Film Festival in Moscow Main Prize – 34th International Film Festival in Oberhausen Included in the Collections of Cinematheque Francaise, The Netherlands Film Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Circulating Film and Video Library |
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1985 |
The Forest (director) Included in the Collection of Cinematheque Francaise and The Netherlands Film Museum |
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1983 |
Fire! (director) Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum |
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1982 |
The Doctor (director) |
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1981 |
Engine-driver (director) |
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1976 |
My Sky, My Land (director) |
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1975
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Vocation (director) Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum |
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