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1. The Meeting of the Mice / Mkneri Zhoghove
1978, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (based on Khnko Aper’s fable of the same name), 10min. (280m), color.
Scr. L.Budaghyan, Dir. L.Sahakyants, Art Dir. Ye.Prorokova, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Sound V.Chaparyan, Prod. Manag. S.Petrosyan.
A group of mice meet and decide to hang a bell around the neck of the cat, which would alert them to its arrivals and departures. But it is one thing to make a decision, and quite another to implement it. None of the mice are able to do the deed.

2. A Tale About a Mirror / Hekiat Hayelu Masin
1982, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 10min. (281m), color.
Scr. S.Sarukhanyan, Dir. A.Manaryan, Art Dir. A.Petrov, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. S.Shakaryan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. H.Shahapuni.
A mirror gets into a village in which people don’t know what a mirror is and they don’t even suspect that they see themselves in the mirror.

3. Magic Lavash / Kakhardakan Lavashe
1973, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 10min. (277m), color.
Scr. A.Sahradyan, S.Andranikyan, Dir. S.Andranikyan, N.Atajanyan, Art Dir. A.Grigoryan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. T.Mansuryan, Sound Yu.Sayadyan, Edit. S.Jonyan, Prod.Manag. S.Martirosyan.
Naghash lived with his mother, who used to bake tasty lavash for him. One day he decides to set off in search of happiness. Having experienced much grief and sorrow, Naghash understands that one can be happy only in his native land. He returns home, clears stones from a small plot of land, and sows and waters it, using all his energy. At the end, the land bestows on him a rich harvest.

4. The Fox Who Couldn’t Do Anything / Anban Aghvese
1976, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 8min. (222m), color.
Scr. V.Talyan, Dir. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. H.Dilakyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Martirosyan.
This film is based on the Uncle Remus Tales. One day, a fox finds out that it has the talent of a sculptor and stops pursuing rabbit.

5. A Thousand Tricks / Hazar u Mi Hnark
1981, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 10min. (276m), color.
Scr. R.Sahakyants, L.Sahakyants, Dir. L.Sahakyants, Art Dir. N.Muradyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. D.Aza-ryan, Sound V.Chaparyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod. Manag. H.Shahapuni.
The film is based on ancient Armenian legends, which tell us about a king who had dressed himself as a simple man and went into the streets. It shows how the king begins to understand the wisdom of the nation when he is in direct contact with it.

6. Wow, Shrove-tide! / Barekendane
1985, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (financed by Moscow Central TV, based on H.Tumanyan’s tale), 7min. (210m), color.
Scr./Dir./Edit. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. R.Sahakyants, H.Poshotyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amir-khanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.
This film shows how a clever boy cheats a stupid couple.

7. The Inventive Frog / Gyutarar Gorte
1982, Hayfilm Studio, puppet, 10min. (285m), color.
Scr. V.Martirosyan, Dir. G.Martirosyan, Art Dir. A.Bikov, Cam. G.Avagyan, Compos. R.Hakhverdyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Anim. V.Shulenin, H.Kirakosyan, Edit. M.Saroyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. H.Shahapuni.
On its birthday, a frog not only tries to amuse its guests showing its new inventions, but exploits them as well and makes them work. Its friends are disappointed and in the end the frog understands that it was wrong to do this.

8. Striped Tigers / Shertavor Vagrer
1969, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 7min. (186m), color.
Scr. A.Kurlyandsky, A.Khayt, V.Komov, E.Uspensky, Dir./Art Dir. V.Podpomogov, R.P.Babayan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound Yu.Saya-dyan, Edit. K.Arakelyan, A.Hakobyan, Prod.Manag. L.Movsisyan.
This is a comedy about how tigers in a circus refuse to obey their masters and start to train them themselves.

9. The Wooden Dish / Payte Aman
1984, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (based on a national Armenian tale), 5min. (125m), color.
Scr./Dir. A.Sahakyan, Art Dir. H.Poshotyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.
A grandfather accidentally breaks an expensive bowl and he is given a wooden dish. Having seen that, his grandchild starts preparing such wooden dishes for his parents, who will grow old sooner or later.

10. Ananas Bananas

11. A Jug of Gold / Vosku Karase
1986, Hayfilm Studio, silhouette film (based on H.Tumanyan’s tale of the same name), 8min. (223m), color.
Scr. V.Ghazanchyan, Dir. E.Avagyan, Art Dir. S.Ayva-zyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. A.Smbatyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Scr.Edit. A.Vatyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.
Neighbors cannot seem to share a jug of gold they have found. The greedy king wants to make use of the situation and appropriate the jug for himself. As soon as he comes close to the golden coins, they turn into snakes, as the gold is an apt reward for honest work.

12.  Lilit / Lilit
1972, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (based on A.Isahakyan’s legend of the same name), 8min. (222m), color.
Scr. A.Vahuni, Dir./Art Dir. R.Sahakyants, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. T.Mansuryan, Sound Yu.Saya-dyan, Edit. K.Arakelyan, Creative Adviser S.Andra-nikyan, Prod.Manag. S.Martirosyan.
Being constantly together with Eva in his everyday life, Adam longs for the first woman he sees – the passionate Lilit.

13. Hunters / Vorsordnere
1977, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 10min. (277m), color.
Scr. P.Tyurabyan, Dir./Art Dir. R.Sahakyants, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. D.Azaryan, Sound V.Chaparyan, songs performed by L.Dolina, A.Abrahamyan, S.Sey-ranyan, L.Sevan, N.Sargsyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.
The film is based on Kh.Abovyan’s tales.