Three freshly restored films demonstrate Parajanov’s unique visual language. A humorous British video homage completes the programme.
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Hakob Hovantanyan
With a playful associative montage, Parajanov offers an overview of portrait paintings by Hakob Hovnatanyan, the ‘Raphael of Tiflis’. -
Kiev Frescoes
Parajanov’s collage of all the remaining footage from an aborted film project, which had its negatives destroyed by the authorities. -
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme
A documentary film about the great ‘primitive’ painter Niko Pirosmani, a Georgian equivalent to Henri Rousseau, and a role model for Paraj -
The Colour of Chips
The classic The Colour of Pomegranates, transposed to the no less exotic Blackpool in the UK. Soundtrack by Mica Levi (Jackie, Under the Skin).