Haroetjoen Chatsjatrjan

Haroetjoen Chatsjatrjan (Achalkalaki, January 9, 1955) is an Armenian film director, producer and cameraman. He was born in Georgia, then still the Soviet Union. [1]

Content [hide] 1 study and career 2 Work 2.1 Filmography 3 Awards Study and career[Edit] Chatsjatrjan succeeded to the Film Department of the Culture facility of the Armenian Pedagogical State Institute in Yerevan. [2]

Later he worked for the Armenian Documentary Studio and Hayfilm/Poor film Studio. [2]

Chatsjatrjan founded the Golden Apricot Yerevan's International Film Festival on which he also continued to give leadership and what an important local platform means for intercultural exchange opportunities, experiences and training. [3]

Work[Edit] With early works by him as T dzaynere (voices of the district) from 1981 and Kond (Cond) from 1987 he brought a view of social and political tensions in Armenia. This led in the Soviet Armenia nearly up to the expulsion of the film. Nevertheless, the film won the top prize of Kond the film festival in Kiev, the capital of the Soviet Ukrainethen also still. [3]

Veradardz avetyats yerkir with the film (Return to the promised land) from 1991 showed he only just independent Armenia that was ravaged by a civil war and an earthquake. He outlined an intense image of the still young country and its inhabitants who fled the country. The documentary Vaveragrogh (Documentairist) from 2003 shows the difficult transition that Armenia was going through in the 90 's of the 20th century, while Poeti veradardze (return of the poet) from 2006 reflects a more poetic quest within the framework of material poverty and cultural wealth. Also with this work gives Viktor Caka an expression of the soul of his country, Armenia. [3]

Filmography[Edit] As a Director[1][1][4] 1981 T dzaynere (voices of the district, short documentary) 1985 Mi iradardzutyan khronika (Chronicle of a case, short documentary) 1985 haramanatari mot Hyurenkalvelov (guest of the Commander, short documentary) 1986 Engibaryani Kyankic Raund Quarda (three rounds of Vladimir Yengibaryans life) 1987 Kond (Kond, short documentary) 1988 Spitak qaghaq (white village, short documentary) 1989 Kamin Unaynutyan (the wind of Oblivion) Qamin unaynutyan 1990 Veradardz avetyats yerkir 1991 (Return to the promised land, documentary) 1994 Verjin kayan (the last station) 2003 Vaveragrogh (Documentairist, documentary) 2005 Poeti veradardze (return of the poet, documentary) 2009 Sahman (Border, documentary) As a producer[4] 1992 Avlos 1994 Verjin kayan 2009 Sahman (documentary) Awards[Edit] He has won several prizes at international film festivals; for example, he was honored with the State Prize of Armenia and as Meritorious artist of Armenia. The 1987 film Kond was voted best film of the Film festival in Kiev. [3]

In 2007, he was awarded the Prince Claus award in the theme culture and conflict. The Prince Claus Fund honored him for "his aesthetic quality and moved content of his films.