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Studio DS is founded in 2002 by David Safarian, Yana Drouz and Armen Safarian.
Profile: documentaries, shorts, features.

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DAVID SAFARIAN
Biography

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)

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
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
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




Filmography

Features:

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

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




Shorts:

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



Documentaries (selected):

2019

Shorzha-island (producer, director)

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

2002
Expectation (producer, director)

Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum

2001
1700 (director)

1996
Christmas (director)

1995
131st Catholicos (director)
1990
Warmth-sickness (producer, director)

Included in the Collection of Cinematheque Francaise and The Netherlands Film Museum

1988
Devotion (director)

1987
Garnanamouth (director)

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

1985



The Forest (director)

Included in the Collection of Cinematheque Francaise and The Netherlands Film Museum

1983

Fire! (director)

Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum


1982

The Doctor (director)

1981

Engine-driver (director)

1976

My Sky, My Land (director)

1975


Vocation (director)

Included in the Collection of The Netherlands Film Museum