page_title: Cinema of Armenia
hierarchical_section_title: Cinema of Armenia
caption_attribution_description: English: Moskva theater in Yerevan, Armenia, during the Golden Apricot International Film Festival. Français&#160;: Cinéma Moskva à Erevan, Arménie, pendant le Festival international du film Abricot d'or.
context_page_description: The cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee of Cinema was established by government decree.
  The first Armenian film with Armenian subject called "Haykakan Sinema" was produced in 1912 in Cairo by Armenian-Egyptian publisher Vahan Zartarian. The film was premiered in Cairo on March 13, 1913.
  In March 1924, the first Armenian film studio: Armenfilm was established in Yerevan, starting with Soviet Armenia, an Armenian documentary film.
  Namus was the first Armenian silent black-and-white film, directed by Hamo Beknazarian and based on a play of Alexander Shirvanzade describing the ill fate of two lovers, who were engaged by their families to each other since childhood, but because of violations of namus, the girl was married by her father to another person. The first sound film, Pepo was shot in 1935, director Hamo Beknazarian.
  More recent directors include:
  Sergei Parajanov
  Henrik Malyan
  Artavazd Peleshian
  Hamo Beknazarian
  Edmond Keosayan
  Frunze Dovlatyan
  Mikhail Vartanov
  Levon Mkrtchyan
  Atom Egoyan Ararat
  J. Michael Hagopian, for his acclaimed documentaries on the Armenian Genocide, modern Armenian history, and historical Armenia
context_section_description: The cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee of Cinema was established by government decree.
  The first Armenian film with Armenian subject called "Haykakan Sinema" was produced in 1912 in Cairo by Armenian-Egyptian publisher Vahan Zartarian. The film was premiered in Cairo on March 13, 1913.
  In March 1924, the first Armenian film studio: Armenfilm (Armenian: Հայֆիլմ "Hayfilm," Russian: Арменкино "Armenkino") was established in Yerevan, starting with Soviet Armenia (1924), an Armenian documentary film.
  Namus was the first Armenian silent black-and-white film (1925), directed by Hamo Beknazarian and based on a play of Alexander Shirvanzade describing the ill fate of two lovers, who were engaged by their families to each other since childhood, but because of violations of namus (a tradition of honor), the girl was married by her father to another person. The first sound film, Pepo was shot in 1935, director Hamo Beknazarian.
  More recent directors include: 
  Sergei Parajanov (best known for The Color of Pomegranates)
  Henrik Malyan (Best known for Nahapet)
  Artavazd Peleshian (best known for The Seasons of the Year)
  Hamo Beknazarian
  Edmond Keosayan
  Frunze Dovlatyan
  Mikhail Vartanov (best known for Parajanov: The Last Spring)
  Levon Mkrtchyan (Hovhannes Shiraz)
  Atom Egoyan Ararat
  J. Michael Hagopian, for his acclaimed documentaries on the Armenian Genocide, modern Armenian history, and historical Armenia
  Modern day Armenian cinema produces two or three features, eight shorts and fifteen documentary films each year.
caption: Moscow theater in Yerevan
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