Sergei Parajanov

A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet (2025)

Documentary hommage to Sergey Parajanov on the occasion of his 100 anniversary. Witness the blend of unique archive material with surrealistic puppetry scenes, seamlessly blurring the lines between imagination and reality. ...

Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity (2018)

Documentary about the life of Sergei Parajanov, a prominent Soviet-era filmmaker who was active in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia and was persecuted by the communist government for his views on the pretext of his homosexuality, which was a crime in the USSR. ...

L'Artifice et le factice (2012)

"L'Artifice et le factice" is the episode that covers the period from January 1, 1988 to December 31, 1988 of my filmed Notebooks. ...

Sergei Parajanov, The Exile (2009)

Sergei Paradjanov, the great Soviet filmmaker of Armenian origin who was born and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia, studied film in Moscow and worked for many years in Ukraine, talks on camera to Fotos Lamprinos about his life, his films, and events in the USSR ...

Memories of «Sayat Nova» (2006)

A short documentary by Levon Grigoryan about the making of Parajanov's «Sayat-Nova», or «The Colour of Pomegranates». ...

I Died in Childhood... (2004)

Film devoted to director Sergei Parajanov. The film is designed as a confession of the director. There are pictures of various episodes of his life, while shooting, at his home, in prison... The commentary comes in the form of a monologue consisting of exc ...

A Dangerously Free Man (2004)

Roman Shyrman's documentary details the life and work of Sergei Paradjanov, who was no less vibrant and extravagant in everyday life than in his films. His personal life was itself a piece of art. This film is a tragicomic story about this great improviser ...

Andrey Tarkovsky & Sergey Paradzhanov: Islands (2003)

The art, destiny, and relationship of two geniuses of world cinema: Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov. ...

Sergei Parajanov: The Rebel (2003)

This documentary is not a straightforward portrait of Armenian film director Sergei Paradjanov's life, but rather a fluid celebration of his talent and creativity. Focusing on the collages he produced during his years in prison, and featuring interviews wi ...

Paradjanov (1998)

"Drawing on archival footage, fragments of interviews, and scenes from his films, this newly constructed portrait of Sergey Paradjanov was composed by the highly accomplished Armenian director Don Askarian (Komitas, Avetik). According to the director's syn ...

Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication (1998)

The story of life and death of actor Ivan Mykolaychuk - the legend of Ukrainian poetic cinema. The film is stylized as Vertep Christmas mystery: the heroes are explaining themselves with the roles they play. ...

Paradjanov: A Requiem (1994)

An absorbing portrait of one of the most colorful and revered figures in world cinema, 'Paradjanov: A Requiem' offers an affectionate and insightful look at the tumultuous career of the late Sergei Paradjanov; artist, dissident, romantic and iconoclast. ...

Sergei Parajanov. A Visit (1994)

In November 1988, director Anatoly Syrykh met with Sergei Parajanov in Tbilisi to make a documentary about him. However, Parajanov was clearly not in the mood to talk about his art. As a compromise, Syrykh offers to talk about the artist and time. The tire ...

Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major (1994)

In 1989, Yurii Illienko came to Tbilisi to show Sergei Parajanov his film "Swan Lake. The Zone", based on Parajanov's prison stories. The next day after the screening, Illienko shows the film to Soviet central party newspaper Pravda, which publishes the ne ...

Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)

Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the height of his fame ". Vartanov resurrects the riveting scenes from his banned 1969 film The ...

Solitude perdue (1991)

I am Sergei Parajanov! (1990)

Documentary made and dedicated to Sergei Parajanov shortly after his death, featuring archive photographs, his collages, and clips from several of his films. ...

MIGNOR (1990)

Showing Sergei Parajanov at the end of his life, the film depicts the suffering of a genius against the backdrop of general anxiety and carelessness. ...

Ivan Mykolaichuk. Trizna (1989)

The first movie about the actor who became the creator and symbol of Ukrainian poetic cinema Ivan Mykolaichuk, released 2 years after his death. ...

Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï Paradjanov (1988)

Paradjanov Libéré (1982)

Return to Life (1980)

Cinématon (1978)

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 ...

The Color of Armenian Land (1969)

In his wordless debut film, Mikhail Vartanov presents the ancient and modern art of Armenia through the post-impressionist painter Martiros Saryan's silent commentary of gestures. Biblical landscapes, the ruins of temples, frescos, cross-stones, contempora ...

Carmen (2021)

Short film honoring Sergey Parajanov's Carmen puppets. ...

Parajanov Triptych (2020)

Three short films by Sergei Parajanov, Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967), Kyiv Frescoes (1966) and Arabesques on the Theme of Pirosmani (1986). Scanned and restored from the original camera negatives in 4K by Fixafilm. Produced in association with National Cinema C ...

Memories of «Sayat Nova» (2006)

A short documentary by Levon Grigoryan about the making of Parajanov's «Sayat-Nova», or «The Colour of Pomegranates». ...

Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)

Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the height of his fame ". Vartanov resurrects the riveting scenes from his banned 1969 film The ...

The Confession (1990)

The Confession (1990) survives in Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) in its original camera negative. It remained unfinished due to the death of Sergei Parajanov. The Confession (1990) was his favorite screenplay, which was written in the 1960s and was his ...

Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)

A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which end ...

Etudes on Vrubel (1989)

Film about the painter Mikhail Vrubel's years in Kyiv, from a Sergei Parajanov script. ...

Ashik Kerib (1988)

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his jour ...

The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)

A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces. ...

Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (1985)

Short film from Sergei Parajanov, a personal view of the director on the spectacular heritage of Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), a Georgian primitivist painter. ...

Return to Life (1980)

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells ...

Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967)

Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century. ...

Kyiv Frescoes (1966)

Parajanov's collage of all the footage that remained from his film "Kyiv Frescoes," which was halted by the Soviet authorities who demanded that all the negatives be destroyed. ...

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they've been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decr ...

Flower on the Stone (1963)

Set in a new mining town in the Donets Coal Basin, it centres on a clash between the young miners, the political establishment, and a religious cult lead by a devious Pentecostal evangelist infiltrated into the community who tries to make the workers fall ...

Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961)

World War II separates lovers Oksana and Anton. The young man is taken prisoner by the Germans, while his beloved abandons her studies at the conservatory to become a frontline nurse. Despite all the hardships, their paths cross again. ...

Natalia Uzhviy (1959)

A documentary portrait of prominent Ukrainian stage and screen actress Natalya Ushviy that contains numerous excerpts from her feature films. ...

The First Lad (1959)

A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colour ...

Golden Hands (1957)

A documentary about traditional Ukrainian arts and crafts and folk applied art, shot by Sergei Parajanov on commission from the Kyiv Television Studio. Ukrainian masters of pottery, carving, embroidery, painting, and other arts and crafts demonstrate their ...

Dumka (1957)

Documentary showcasing popular and folk songs performed by the Ukrainian State Choir. ...

Andriesh (1954)

The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them. On the way, he receives a magical flute as a gift, which helps him find his way to the wizard's castle — ...

Andriesh (1952)

A short diploma film based on a fairy tale by Yemelian Bukov and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film was made in 1952, since that moment it was considered to be lost, but finally it was found in VGIK in 2025. ...