Three freshly restored films demonstrate Parajanov’s unique visual language. A humorous British video homage completes the programme.
In this combined 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 Pa
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).
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A personal, cinematic gesture born of sadness over the death of a friend. It’s also a unique guide to Viennese culture.
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Thirty Years of Motion Pictures (The March of the Movies)
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