Screenings
August 31 15:00
DSEGH HOUSE OF CULTURE
Wednesday 5:30
Armenia, 2025, 52’
in Armenian
Original Title: Չորեքշաբթի 5։30
Artistic Director: Mesrop Movsesyan
Director: Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Scriptwriters: Mesrop Movsesyan, Ruzanna Mkrtchyan
Cinematographer: Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Producer: Mesrop Movsesyan
Editor: Tigran Baghinyan
Sound: Tigran Kuzikyan
Production Company: A1+, Meltex LTD
The film is a documentary portrait of famed Armenian jazz musician Martin Vardazaryan.
Mesrop Movsesyan is an Armenian journalist, documentary filmmaker and TV producer. Since 1991, he is the founder and president of the A1+ independent Armenian TV company, which was closed in 2002, but continues its news work online to the present day. From 1969 up until 1992 Movsesyan worked at the State TV of the Armenian SSR. As director and artistic director, Movsesyan has participated in and overseen the creation of multiple documentaries.
Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan is an Armenian cinematographer and laureate of the State Prize of Armenia. He began his career in film in 1977 and graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Moscow, in 1988 with a degree in cinematography. After graduation, he joined the “Armenfilm” studio, where he worked on a wide range of films. Since the 1990s, he has shot documentaries, corporate films, shorts, and feature films that have been screened at international festivals and received awards. In 2017, he was elected President of the Armenian Guild of Cinematographers.