Released in 1969, The Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov is his best known masterpiece. Commenting on the film, Martin Scorsese said, “I didn’t know any more about Sayat-Nova at the end of the picture than I knew at the beginning, but instead what Parajanov did was he opened a door into a timeless cinematic experience.”
Released in 2016, Listen to Me, produced by Pink Armenia, is the first [*] documentary film about Queer Armenians living in Armenia.
The film features 10 Queer folx who took on the risk to discuss their lives in Armenia on-camera.
Released in 2015, Tangerine by writer/director Sean Baker was a historic first in a number of regards, including the fact that the film featured two transgender women as the lead characters, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor.
Released in the United States in 2017, Apricot Groves by Pouria Heidary Oureh is, according to IMDB, the most internationally appeared film in the history of Armenian cinema with more than 90 international film festival selections.
