“Paradjanov” nommed as Ukraine’s Oscar entry (video)

 September 13, 2013 - 13:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova’s “Paradjanov” has been nominated as Ukraine’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

The film was picked among other contenders: Kira Muratova’s “Eternal Return” and Akhtem Seitablayev’s “Haytarma.”

As Serge Avedikian told PanARMENIAN.Net Armenia too could have nominated the film for an Oscar award.

As he further noted, a Paris premiere of the film due early 2014 in the focus of attention with the film to participate in several other film festivals in Georgia, Germany, and France.

“Paradjanov” stars Avedikian as a brilliant director Sergey Paradjanov, whose nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. Parajanov’s eccentricities land him in jail, where his indestructible love for beauty allows him to withstand the years of imprisonment, isolation and oblivion.

“Parajanov,” co-produced with Ukraine, France, Georgia and Armenia, was named the best feature film at Odessa Festival.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.