FRESCOES (12+)
Russia, 2002, colour, 92 min.
Director: Alexander Gutman
Director: Alexander Gutman
In the cemetery of the Armenian city Giumri every day you can meet a boy who’s tiding the graves. His two older friends, stone-masons Liova and Arut are trying to teach him to make khachkars out of stone. However, Varuzh’s long-held dream is learning to play duduk…
AWARDS
IDFF Flahertiana – Award for the best documentary; Alba International Film Festival Infinity (Italy) – Best Film; The Lavr National Award in Nonfiction Film and Television Category; International Golden Panda Awards (China) – Award for the best documentary; Houston International Film Festival “WorldFest” (USA) – Remi Award; Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia” (Yekaterinburg) – Best feature-length documentary; Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA) – Award for the best feature-length documentary.
Alexander Gutman
Alexander Gutman
is a filmmaker, cameraman, scriptwriter, producer, the Honored Artist of Russia. Alexander was born in 1945, he graduated from Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in 1968 and VGIK in 1978. He is the artistic director of “Atelie-Film-Alexander”. Lives in St. Petersburg
FILMOGRAPHY
Selected filmography: “1244,1245,1246…”, 1993; “Up to the Neck or Bodybuilding”, 1995; “Three Days and Never Again”, 1997; “Journey Back to Youth”, 2001; “Frescoes”, 2003; “Jewish Happiness”, 2005; “August 17”, 2009.
Russia, 2002, colour, 92 min.
Director: Alexander Gutman
Director: Alexander Gutman
In the cemetery of the Armenian city Giumri every day you can meet a boy who’s tiding the graves. His two older friends, stone-masons Liova and Arut are trying to teach him to make khachkars out of stone. However, Varuzh’s long-held dream is learning to play duduk…
AWARDS
IDFF Flahertiana – Award for the best documentary; Alba International Film Festival Infinity (Italy) – Best Film; The Lavr National Award in Nonfiction Film and Television Category; International Golden Panda Awards (China) – Award for the best documentary; Houston International Film Festival “WorldFest” (USA) – Remi Award; Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia” (Yekaterinburg) – Best feature-length documentary; Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA) – Award for the best feature-length documentary.