Harutyun Khachatryan’s “Eternal Return” wins Turin Fest best doc prize

PanARMENIAN.Net - Harutyun Khachatryan’s Endless Escape, Eternal Return won Best International Documentary at 32nd Turin Film Festival.

In 1988-1989 the filmmaker started his painful exploration of alienation and rootlessness among Armenian exiles. Since then he has shot a huge archive depicting the developments of those days and concentrated on the personal life stories of several Armenian artists to be discovered in 5 documentaries.

The documentary video footage starts with l988, with the first part exposing Hayk, a theater director settled in Moscow and having wandered all his life seeking himself and freedom.

Khachatryan graduated in 1981 from the Film Division of the Department of Culture of the Armenian State Pedagogical University. Between 1981-1986, he worked as an assistant to director and film director at the Armenian Documentary Studio and between 1987-2005 he worked in Hayfilm aka Armenfilm Studio as director and producer. He directed films that were awarded prizes at various international film festivals. In 2003, he received Armenian Government Award and obtained recognition as Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia. Director of Golden Apricot Fcd, is also co-founder and General Director of Yerevan International Film Festival since 2004.