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    Iranian Foundation To Present Parajanov Works

    Tehran Times, Iran
    June 23 2004

    Tehran Times Art Desk

    TEHRAN (MNA) -- The Niavaran Foundation of Artistic Creations plans
    to present movies, paintings, and collages of the Georgian filmmaker
    and painter Sergey Iosifovich Paradzhanov during a program which will
    start from June 24.

    His films "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (1964), "Color of
    Pomegranate" (1968), "Legend of Suram Fortress" (1984), and "Ashik
    Kerib" (1988) as well as two documentaries of Parajanov and another
    documentary about him are scheduled to be screened at the
    Cinematheque of the foundation until June 30.

    The films as well as his works in painting and collage will be
    reviewed by Vigen Barkhordarian from Armenia and the Iranian critics
    and artists Robert Safarian, Tahmasb Solhju, Habib Derakhshani,
    Ashkan Rad, Ahmad Mir-Ehsan, and Ya'qub Rashtian during the weeklong
    program.

    Parajanov (1924-1990) directed more than 15 films and several
    documentaries. He also created many outstanding paintings and
    collages, which are housed at his museum in Yerevan in Armenia.
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