Tigran Khzmalyan

Tigran Khzmalyan
Born	April 8, 1963(1963-04-08) Armenia, Erevan , USSR
Other names	Xmalyan
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, art director, production designer

Tigran Khzmalyan (also known as Xmalian) is an independent Armenian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer.

Education

• 1979-1984 - Yerevan State University, Department of Philology
• 1990-1992 - Moscow Highest Courses for Film Directors, Russia
• 1994, 1998 - International Writing Courses, Reuters, BBC, London, UK

Filmography

Year	English title	Format	Awards
1991	The Lesson	35mm, b/w, 10 min, feature	Special Prize of the 1st Armenian Film Festival, 1993
1996	Black&White	35 mm,b/w, 30 min, feature	Grand Prix of Antalya International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 1996. 2nd Prize of the Regensburger Short Film Festival, Germany, 1997. Best Short Film Award of the “Kinoshock” Film Festival, Russia, 1998
1998	Soccer of 1973	(Beta-SP, 24 min, documentary)
1998	Death of King	(Beta-SP, 26 min, documentary)	Special Jury Prize of the Yalta International TV Festival, 2000
2000	Pierlequin or Lighter Than Air	(35 mm, color, b/w, 100 min, feature)	Jury Special Prize of Istanbul Film Festival, 2001. “Best Actor” Prize of “Kinoshock” Film Festival, Russia, 2001. “Movie Magic” Prize of the Film Critics “Listapad” Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus, 2001
2001	Velvet Revolution # 88	(Beta-SP, 22 min, documentary)
2001	5165	(Beta-SP, 27min, documentary)
2001	Sister of Mercy	(Beta-SP, 27 min, documentary)
2001	Once Upon A Time In Armenia	(Beta-SP,44 min, musical feature)
2002	Marina V./ Vagina M.	(DVD, 15 min, animation)
2003	33 Minutes About Peleshian	(DVD, 33 min, documentary)
2003	Ruben Hakhverdyan, the Postman	(DVD, 58 min, documentary)
2004	Aram Khachaturyan Century	(DVD, 35 min, documentary)	World’s Best Multi Media Culture Project Award of 2005, Bahrein-Tunisia Multi media Contest, 2005
2004	Lovember	(35 mm, b/w, 97 min, feature)
2005	Armin Wegner, the Genocide Photographer	(DVD, 34 min, b/w, documentary)
2006	A Splinter	(DV, 34 min, documentary)
2006	From Artsakh to Javakhk, from Araks to Kura River	(DV, 42 min, documentary)
2007	Yerevan’s Greatest Secret	DV, 44 min, documentary)
2008	Sardarapat deja vu	(DV, 68 min, documentary) 2008 Opera (DV, 10 min, documentary)

2009 Portrait of Jesus Alive (DV, 49 min, documentary) 2009 Armenia minus A1plus (DV, 23 min, documentary) 2010 Tigranakert (DV, 96 min, documentary) 2010 To Ararat (DV, 32 min, documentary)

External links

• The amazing vanishing movie by BBC News
• 30th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

Persondata
Name	Xmalian, Tigran
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1963-04-08
Place of birth	Armenia, Erevan , USSR
Date of death
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