Country Focus
The Lighthouse / Mayak
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 3.15 pm
- new 3
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 9.15 pm
- Sree
Mariya Saakyan
Director's bio
Mariya Saakyan
Mariya Saakyan was an Armenian-Russian film director, screenwriter, and editor, born on July 24, 1980, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. She moved to Moscow with her family in 1993 and later graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 2004. Saakyan is best known for her films "Farewell" (2004), "The Lighthouse" (2006), and "It's Not Me" (2012).
Synopsis
Lena returns to her home in a remote, war-ravaged Armenian village to try and persuade her grandparents to leave with her for safety in Moscow.
Details of Cast
Anna Kapaleva as Lena Olga Yakovleva as Lena's Grandmother Sos Sargsyan as Lena's Grandfather Lyudmila Polyakova as Lena's Mother Olga Demidova as Lena's Aunt Vladimir Kuchinsky as Lena's Father Mikhail Bogdasarov as Uncle Vanya Nina Antonova as Aunt Zina
Details of Crew
Music: Sergey Oskolkov Cinematography: Maksim Drozdov Editing: Mariya Saakyan, Anna Mass
Producer Details
Elena Glikman, Mariya Saakyan
Writer Details
Mariya Saakyan
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2020
Should the Wind Drop
2016
Lost in Armenia
1996
Labyrinth
2013
Parajanov Scandal
2022
Gate to Heaven
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