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I Love the Sound of the Kalachnikov It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky
Director:Philippe Vartan Khazarian
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Runtime:75 minutes
Country:United Kingdom

I Love the Sound of the Kalachnikov It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky is a 2001 English documentary directed by Philippe Vartan Khazarian.

A short visit to a war zone in Nagorno-Karabakh evokes memories of both the terrible fate of the city of Aghdam and director Khazarian's own personal tragedy years earlier in France.[1]

Plot

An autobiographical documentary film that goes beyond the barriers of the genre and is something between videoart, experimental film and home video and seeks to throw light on the consequences of the Armenian genocide of 1915, which forced the director's family to emigrate to France. In the spirit of Bertolt Brecht´s theory of art and distanciation, Khazarian frees himself from reality, combining in the film amateur films about his own family and contemporary footage from the battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh. His film is not a recapitulation of historical fact, but rather a visual meditation on the fetishist aesthetics of war, diverse sexual orientations and the consequences of emigration. The film deals with topics such as war, destruction and sexuality, which, in the director's view are indissolubly linked.

Nominations

I Love the Sound of the Kalashnikov, It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky was selected in the Rotterdam Film Festival 2001.[2] [3] and was soon nominated in 19 international film festivals, receiving 4 international awards, 12 international selections and 6 international competitions including :

References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/439166/I-Love-the-Sound-of-the-Kalachnikov-it-Reminds-me-of-Tchaikovsky/overview/ New York Times about I Love the Sound of the Kalachnikov, it Reminds me of Tchaikovsky
  2. http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/ Rotterdam Film Festival
  3. http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/films/i-love-the-sound-of-the-kalachnikov-it-reminds-me-of-tchaik/ I Love the Sound of the Kalashnikov, It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky – Rotterdam Film Festival
  4. http://www.mixnyc.org/26/ NYC Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival
  5. http://mixnyc.org/archive/2002/2002_saturday.html/ Official Line-up - NYC Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival 2002
  6. Web site: "Sweet16, Queer experimental film/video festival, MIX, unveils line-up" – NYC Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival 2002 . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160704175754/http://www.bricedellsperger.com/press/mix.pdf . 4 July 2016 . dead .
  7. http://www.filmlounge.nl/films/7706_i-love-the-sound-of-the-kalachnikov%2C-it-reminds-me-of-tchaikovski.html/ I Love the Sound of the Kalashnikov, It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky - Film Lounge 2002
  8. Web site: Toronto Image Film Festival . 16 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131208080525/http://www.imagesfestival.com/index.php . dead .
  9. Web site: Toronto Image Film Festival 17, Film Catalogue 2003 p35 – Images Festivals . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150909203518/http://www.imagesfestival.com/images/festival/17.pdf . 9 September 2015 . dead .
  10. http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=136226/ "Rep & Independent Cinéma Listing" Official Line-up, Toronto Image Film Festival 2001 – Now Toronto
  11. http://est-ouest.com/ East/West International Film Festival
  12. Web site: Sunnyside of the doc . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190257/http://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/sunny-side/edition-fr-2013/apercu . 16 December 2013 . dead .
  13. http://armenianfilmfestival.org/ San Francisco Armenian Film Festival
  14. Web site: Official Line-up 2006 - Armenian Film Festival . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607123051/http://www.armenianfilmfestival.org/AFF2006_schedule.html . 7 June 2013 . dead .
  15. Web site: "Armenian Film Festival Shines in San Francisco" – The Afarhadian . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311204047/http://theafarhadian.com/pdf/review1.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .
  16. http://www.doclisboa.org/2013/ Lisboa International Documentary Film Festival
  17. http://www.febiofest.cz/en/ Febio Fest Prague International Film Festival
  18. Web site: Guests, Foto gallery – Febio Fest International Film Festival . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191312/http://archiv.febiofest.cz/11_archive_en/fotogalerie_vypis.php?photocategoryid=23 . 16 December 2013 . dead .
  19. http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/en/ Dei Popoli Film Festival
  20. http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ Edinburgh Film Festival
  21. http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/ Haifa International Film Festival
  22. http://www.beirutfilmfestival.org/ Beirut International Film Festival
  23. Web site: Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109032955/http://pvkpictures.com/Kalashnikov/Festivals.html . 9 January 2014 . dead .
  24. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/default.asp London Lesbian&Gay Film Festival
  25. [London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival]
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191041/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b87c44bb0/ I Love the Sound of the Kalachnikov It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky – British Film Institut Catalogue

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