Artavazd Peleshian

While it was long thought that his filmography had concluded with the film Life in 1993, Peleshian has now returned with a new film, simply titled La Nature, through which he once again observes the delicate cohabitation of human communities with their environment. Gathered from the internet, most of the images that compose the film are fragile, amateur-shot traces from within nature and its tremors that regularly rock these communities. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis form the film’s visual fabric, and are set against images of grandiose natural landscapes. A visual elegy, the film resolutely acknowledges the superiority of nature, with its unrelenting force, capable of transcending all human ambition. With this, the filmmaker seems to remind us that humankind will not emerge victorious from the ecological havoc that it has created.

While it was long thought that his filmography had concluded with the film Life in 1993, Peleshian has now returned with a new film, simply titled La Nature, through which he once again observes the delicate cohabitation of human communities with their environment. Gathered from the internet, most of the images that compose the film are fragile, amateur-shot traces from within nature and its tremors that regularly rock these communities. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis form the film’s visual fabric, and are set against images of grandiose natural landscapes. A visual elegy, the film resolutely acknowledges the superiority of nature, with its unrelenting force, capable of transcending all human ambition. With this, the filmmaker seems to remind us that humankind will not emerge victorious from the ecological havoc that it has created.

A documentary about the Armenian avant-garde filmmaker, Artavazd Pelešjan.

Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.

Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.

Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a journey through a black tunnel, and a final emergence into pure white light.

Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a journey through a black tunnel, and a final emergence into pure white light.

Фильм рассказывает о наиболее значительных церковных праздниках и религиозных обрядах.

Человек прокладывает свой путь своей душе через интеллектуальные поиски, трагедии наций и персональную драму. Дорога, проходящая через космические расстояния, - это полет во внутренний мир. Этот полет и эта драма раскрыты в этом философском фильме-поэме.

Человек прокладывает свой путь своей душе через интеллектуальные поиски, трагедии наций и персональную драму. Дорога, проходящая через космические расстояния, - это полет во внутренний мир. Этот полет и эта драма раскрыты в этом философском фильме-поэме.

Человек прокладывает свой путь своей душе через интеллектуальные поиски, трагедии наций и персональную драму. Дорога, проходящая через космические расстояния, - это полет во внутренний мир. Этот полет и эта драма раскрыты в этом философском фильме-поэме.

В сибирской глухомани, среди тайги и болот, живут в небольшом селе Елань две семьи, издавна враждующие меж собой: «кулаки» Соломины и бедняки Устюжанины. И не ведают они до поры, что суждено им породниться, что вопреки всем ветрам истории судьба будет сталкивать их снова и снова, и в ненависти, и в любви; не ведают, какие кровавые, трагические события ждут их впереди.

The last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

The last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

A film from which you can learn about the first progress of the USSR in space exploration, as well as about the achievements of Yuri Gagarin, the world famous first cosmonaut, who was the very first to conquer the depths of space. This is an educational documentary film for people of all ages. And for those who are nostalgic about the past, and for those who want to learn more about space and its conquest.

Inhabitants depicts animals in panic: the film is mostly filled with shots of mass migrations and stampedes (some, surprisingly, filmed from a helicopter). The title equalizes the species of the earth. Artavazd Peleshian merely alludes to the presence of human beings—a few silhouettes that seem to be the cause of these vast, anxious movements of animal fear. In many ways, this film is an ode to the animal world that moves toward formal abstraction, with clouds of silver birds pulverizing light. Peleshian said, “It’s hard to give a verbal synopsis of these films. Such films exist only on the screen, you have to see them.”

Inhabitants depicts animals in panic: the film is mostly filled with shots of mass migrations and stampedes (some, surprisingly, filmed from a helicopter). The title equalizes the species of the earth. Artavazd Peleshian merely alludes to the presence of human beings—a few silhouettes that seem to be the cause of these vast, anxious movements of animal fear. In many ways, this film is an ode to the animal world that moves toward formal abstraction, with clouds of silver birds pulverizing light. Peleshian said, “It’s hard to give a verbal synopsis of these films. Such films exist only on the screen, you have to see them.”

Комичная история четырех незадачливых пастухов, живущих высоко в горах Армении. Однажды на ужин они всласть попировали приблудившимися к их стаду овцами соседа. С их бывшим хозяином пастухи легко договариваются о «выкупе». Однако выгодной сделке мешает серьезный молодой милиционер, который, невзирая на протесты друзей, заводит дело о хищении овец и пытается придать происшедшему официальный ход…

Monumental picture exploring the identity and fate of the Armenian nation.

Monumental picture exploring the identity and fate of the Armenian nation.

Философское эссе об октябрьской революции 1917 года и ее влиянии на судьбу мира в XX-ом веке.

Философское эссе об октябрьской революции 1917 года и ее влиянии на судьбу мира в XX-ом веке.

This is the subject of ongoing discovery of the beauty of the world, that man makes in his life and in his work, which is being developed as part of a big city, presented during a day's work. This film starts and ends with the rotating image of the sculpture of Rodin the Thinker; this famous sculpture has long since become the symbol of the unchanging expression of human thought.

This is the subject of ongoing discovery of the beauty of the world, that man makes in his life and in his work, which is being developed as part of a big city, presented during a day's work. This film starts and ends with the rotating image of the sculpture of Rodin the Thinker; this famous sculpture has long since become the symbol of the unchanging expression of human thought.

Poetic film about the struggle of man's will and muscles against nature, about the rock-climbers who prevent landslides and eliminate their consequences.

Poetic film about the struggle of man's will and muscles against nature, about the rock-climbers who prevent landslides and eliminate their consequences.