SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS (TINI ZABUTYKH PREDKIV)

Grand Prix at Mar del Plata International Film Festival (1965). According to the Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" received the British Academy Award (BAFTA) for "the best foreign production" but per the official statement from BAFTA, obtained by Sergei Parajanov's disciple Martiros Vartanov, the film hadn't won or been nominated.

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Sergei Paradjanov was a Soviet Armenian film director and artist.He was One of the 20th century's greatest masters of cinema.After studying film and music, Parajanov became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954.However, in 1964 he was able to make Tini zabutykh predkiv (1964), a rhapsodic celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, and the world discovered a startling and idiosyncratic new talent. Even after his release (he was yet to be arrested for the third and last time in 1982) he was a persona non grata in Soviet cinema. It was not until the mid-1980's, when the political climate started to supple, that he could resume directing.Parajanov died of lung cancer in 1990, at the time when, after almost 20 years of suppression, his films were finally again allowed to be featured in foreign film festivals.

***Director:

Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) (segment "The Confession")
The Confession (1990)
Ashug-Karibi (1988)
Arabeskebi Pirosmanis temaze (1985)
Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa (1984)
Return to Life (1980)
Sayat Nova (1968)
Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967)
Tini zabutykh predkiv (1964)
Tsvetok na kamne (1962)
Ukrainskaya rapsodiya (1961)
Pervyy paren (1959)
Dumka (1957)
Natalya Ushviy (1957)
Zolotye ruki (1957)
Andriesh (1954)
Moldovskaya skazka (1951)

***Writer:
Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) (film "The Confession")
Lebedyne ozero-zona (1990) (writer)
The Confession (1990) (writer)
Return to Life (1980) (writer)
Sayat Nova (1968) (writer)
Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967) (writer)
Tini zabutykh predkiv (1964) (writer)

***Miscellaneous Crew:
Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) (collage artist)
Sayat Nova (1968) (choreographer)

***Production Designer:
Ashug-Karibi (1988)

***Producer:
Return to Life (1980) (producer)

***Editor:
Sayat Nova (1968)
***Art Director:
Sayat Nova (1968)

**European Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1988 Nominated European Film Award Best Director
for: Ashug-Karibi (1988)

**Istanbul International Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1989 Won Special Prize of the Jury
for: Ashug-Karibi (1988)

**Nika Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1990 Won Nika Best Director
for: Ashug-Karibi (1988)
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**Best Film
for: Ashug-Karibi (1988)
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**Best Production Designer
for: Ashug-Karibi (1988)

**Rotterdam International Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1987 Won Rotterdam Award Best Innovative Film
for: Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa (1984)

**Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1986 Won Caixa de Catalunya Best Director
for: Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa (1984)
Shared with:
Dodo Abashidze

**São Paulo International Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1987 Won Critics Award
for: Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa (1984)