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Retrospective show

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Retrospective show of Armenian film maker Harutiun Khachatrian's films was presented in Moscow. Seven films by the director of Golden Apricot International Festival Harutiun Khachatrian were screened in Moscow June 19-28.

The opening ceremony was attended by noted film figures, journalists, intellectuals and Armenia's Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian. Head of the festival programmes Cyril Razlogov made an opening speech.

The presentation was followed by a reception in the Armenian Embassy where Russian famous film critic and President of the International Federation of Film Critics Andrei Plakhov made an addressing speech.  In the catalogue of the Moscow Festival he put down: "Harutiun Khachatrian's films present a pure form of cinematography through which the film director displays the tough and cruel contradictions in the modern world."

Only the retrospective shows of Armenian film makers Sergey Parajanov and Artavazd Peleshian have been presented in festivals, reports the press service of Golden Apricot Film Festival.