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Russia, 2002, colour, 92 min.
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, died on February, 17, 2016 in Saints Peterburg. He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in 1968 and VGIK in 1978. He is the artistic director of “Atelie-Film-Alexander”.

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
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.