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- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianA man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic distances is a flight into one's internal world. This flight and this drama are revealed in this philosophical film-poem.
- DirectorSuren BabayanStarsJuozas BudraitisAndrei BoltnevVladas BagdonasA film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book The Martian Chronicles.
- DirectorAmo Bek-NazaryanStarsHovhannes AbelyanHasmik AgopyanOlga MaisuryanYoung lovers Seyran and Susan meet a tragic fate because of patriarchal prejudices of their parents. Although arranged for marriage in early childhood, and despite youngsters' love, Barkhudar marries his daughter Susan to another man, as a matter of honour.
- DirectorAmo Bek-NazaryanArmen GulakyanStarsHrachia NersisyanTatyana MakhmuryanDavid MalyanA poor but honest fisherman Pepo opposes a cunning trader Zimzimov, who tries to rob him by trickery refusing to pay a lost bill. Pepo choses prison to paying-off his honour.
- DirectorEdmond KeosayanStarsVasiliy VasilevViktor KosykhValentina KurdyukovaTeenagers take revenge on cruel chieftains during the civil war. Soviet blockbuster in the best traditions of the western
- DirectorEdmond KeosayanStarsMikhail MetyolkinVasiliy VasilevViktor KosykhYoung heroes hunt for a secret map behind enemy lines. The second part of the film cycle, filmed at the request of the audience
- DirectorEdmond KeosayanStarsMikhail MetyolkinViktor KosykhVasiliy VasilevThe last part of the trilogy, consists of two series. The civil war is over, but not all enemies have been defeated yet. Grown up and matured guys are fighting bandits of all stripes, bringing the bright future of socialism closer.
- DirectorAlbert S. MkrtchyanLeonid PopovStarsVladislav DvorzhetskiyGeorgiy VitsinOleg DalThe exiled settler Alexander Ilyin persuades the goldmines owner Trifon Perfilyev to sponsor the expedition dedicated to the searches of "Sannikov Land", a legendary warm land behind the Polar circle.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianPoetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianMonumental picture exploring the identity and fate of the Armenian nation.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianStarsFelix DzerzhinskyVladimir LeninSergo OrdzhonikidzePhilosophical essay about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, its influence on the destiny of the world in the 20th century.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianPeople's struggle through Soviet mechanisation period. The film starts with homage to Peleshian's Armenian roots.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianThe last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianA reflection on the relationship between wildlife and humans.
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsSofiko ChiaureliMelkon AlekyanVilen GalstyanThe life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
- DirectorMikhail VartanovStarsSergei ParajanovMikhail VartanovMinas AvetisyanBlacklisted for portraying his friends Paradjanov (imprisoned in 1974) and Minas (assassinated in 1975), Vartanov had to wait 20 years to complete the trilogy with Minas: Rekviem (1989) and Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsRomen AvinianLala SarkissianIvan FranekIn a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are penniless--she works in a local bar that is about to close down, while he has been forced to start selling his meager possessions. All seems hopelessly bleak, yet when Hamo begins to court Nina, their unexpected love revitalizes them.