The Colour of Pomegranates + Paradjanov's Code (U)

Director's Focus: Sergei Paradjanov

Arnolfini hosts a season of films by legendary director Sergei Paradjanov, including his acclaimed features and a recent documentary. Some of the screenings will be introduced by friends, collaborators and experts.

Hailed as a genius by the likes of Fellini, Antonioni and Tarkovsky, Paradjanov's films are as allegorical and mysterious as Byzantine frescos, each a beautiful riot of small movements within his almost always static frames. His approach was a visual and thematic condemnation of socialist Realism and the soviet project in general, as a result he spent much of the 1970s in jail.

After Paradjanov: Artists' Film & Video from Georgia
A selelction of contemporary Georgian Video Artists' responses to Paradjanov can be viewed in Arnolfini's Reading Room 11 - 6pm until 11 April or from www.tank.tv until 16 April.

The Sergei Paradjanov Festival (22 Feb - 9 May) in London and Bristol is the first major celebration of the legendary artist and filmmaker aiming to present his life and works to UK audiences through a series of events.
www.paradjanov-festival.co.uk

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Sergei Paradjanov through the lens of Yuri Mechitov runs at The Bristol Gallery from 1 April.

Film

Sun 11 Apr, 2.30pm

£6.00/£4.50 Concs

Perhaps Paradjanov's most accessible work, tracing the life of Armenian poet, Sayat Nova. This is one of the key films of sixties avant-garde cinema, but its style is a world away from realist/cinema verite films.

Introduced by Levon Grigoryan, filmmaker, author and Paradjanov's assistant on The Colour of Pomegranates. His documentary Paradjanov's Code (2005) screens after the main feature.

Dir. Sergei Paradjanov USSR 1970 1h 19min Subtitled

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