Screenings
August 29 20:30
DEBATOUN GUESTHOUSE
Debed
Armenia, 2024, 40’
Director: Garegin Zakoyan
Cinematographer: Thu Anh Nguyen
Editor: Garegin Zakoyan
Production Company: Filmadaran NGO
Filmed entirely from a single viewpoint during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Apricot Tree IDFF, Debed is an experimental observational documentary that forces the audience to pay attention to the smallest gestures and seemingly insignificant details of human behavior, creating a whole array of fascinating portraits.
Garegin Zakoyan
Born on April 5, 1947 in Yerevan. In 1976, he defended his Ph.D thesis Armenian Silent Cinema. From 1973-1985, he worked at the Art Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences as a research associate and as the head of the Film and Television department from 1985-1991. He is the author of around 300 publications, including the books Armenian Silent Cinema (Yerevan, 1976) and Film and Language (Yerevan, 1989). In 1991, he founded the Armenian National Cinematheque. He is the founder of the Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival and Filmadaran Film Culture Development NGO. As a director, he has made several documentary films, such as Prison Art (1998), Kajaran: Metamorphosis of Stone (2001), and Mon Reichshoffen (2023).
Filmography
MIGNOR (1989), Prison Art (1998), Kajaran: Metamorphosis of Stone (2001), Patarag: Armenian Liturgy (2005), Aghasi Khanjyan (2011), God, Give Us Freedom (2013), Shadow Theatre (2016), Ayrudzi (2017), Andrei Beliy: Armenia (2019), Mon Reichshoffen (2023), Debed (2024).