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1. Vin Pingvin
1972, Hayfilm Studio, 10min. (267m), color.
Scr. A.Ter-Hakobyan, Dir. S.Andranikyan, Art Dir. K.Andranikyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. S.Shakaryan, Sound Yu.Sayadyan, Edit. K.Arakelyan, Prod. Manag. S.Martirosyan.

A small penguin named Vin sets off for the first time on a journey, completely alone. During the journey he makes new friends and learns to tell enemies from friends. He returns home as a smart and courageous penguin.

2. Ereq heqiat
1983, Hayfilm Studio, almanac, 10min. (267m), color.

a. The Carpenter and the King / Tagavorn u Hyusne
Scr. A.Vatyan, Dir. Yu.Muradyan, Art Dir. N.Muradyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. Yu.Harutyunyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

A cruel king continually prosecutes a poor carpenter. However, the carpenter is not desperate. He relies on God. Even when the king sentences him to death, he relies on the God’s help and thinks that the truth will finally triumph. The news about the death of the cruel king comes earlier than his own death.

b. Great Mouse / Metzn Mknike
Scr. A.Vatyan, Dir. A.Sahakyan, Art Dir. H.Poshotyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. Yu.Harutyunyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

The film is about a mouse, which is gripped by megalomania.

c. The Kind Man / Baresirte
Scr. A.Vatyan, Dir. V.Mayilyan, Art Dir. S.Ayvazyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. Yu.Harutyunyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

The theme of the film is that a lie cannot persist long: it will soon be exposed.
3. Ardzaganq
1986, Hayfilm Studio, (based on H.Tumanyan’s tale “The Clever and the Stupid”), 7min. (189m), color.
Scr. L.Sahakyants, Dir. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. N.Muradyan, A.Petrosyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

A naïve peasant takes his cow to market. He mistakes an echo for a buyer and “sells” it his cow. A greedy rich man appropriates the cow, but the peasant gets golden coins, hidden in the hollow of a tree, as a consolation.
4. Kapuyt tsovum, prpuri mej
1984, Hayfilm Studio (financed by Moscow Central TV), 8min. (221m), color.
Scr./Dir./Art Dir./Edit. R.Sahakyants, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, songs performed by A.Kanachyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

This is a musical film based on national Armenian tales.
5. Voske payte

1984, Hayfilm Studio, 8min. (218m), color.
Scr. A.Vatyan, Dir. S.Galstyan, Art Dir. N.Muradyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

Human virtues and vices have a direct influence on the life of a human being. The main character of the film becomes the victim of his own greediness.
6. Shunn u katun
1938, Yerevan Film Studio (based on H.Tumanyan’s tale of the same name), 10min. (280m), b/w.
Scr. A.Ptushko, L.Atamanov, Dir. L.Atamanov, Art Dir. V.Suteev, Cam. Zh.Vardanyan, Anim. N.Vasiliev, K.Yeranyan, M.Yesayan, M.Karapetyan, M.Shumkova, Sh.Melkonyan, Compos. S.Barkhudaryan, Sound I.Grigoryan.

Once upon a time a dog asks a tailor-cat to sew him a hat, but it gets neither the hat nor the fur given to make it. From that time on, the cat and the dog are the bitterest of enemies.
7. Ov e qo ynkere
1985, Hayfilm Studio, 8min. (228m), color.
Scr. G.Babayan, Dir. Yu.Muradyan, Art Dir. N.Muradyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

Two knights find themselves in a magic town. The king of the town speaks to each of the knights separately and during each conversation he tries to humiliate the other knight and at the same time elevate the speaker. Despite this the friendship of the knights remains strong.
8. Qez Hayastan
1990, Hayfilm Studio, 4min. (110m), color.
Scr./Dir./Edit. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. A.Ghazaryan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. G.Garvarents, Sound K.Kurdiyan.

The film is based on the song composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour “For You, Armenia,” dedicated to the devastating earthquake of 1988
9. Sport, sport, sport
1974, Hayfilm Studio, puppet, 9min. (235m), color.
Scr./Dir. A.Mirakyan, Art Dir. A.Sargsyan, Cam. R.Balasanyan, Compos. M.Vardazaryan, Sound M.Hovakimyan, puppets by M.Manukyan, Edit. S.Gabrielyan, Prod.Manag. S.Martirosyan.

A hard-working donkey gains success because of its stubbornness, courage and diligence.
10. Shnorhali ishuke
1985, Hayfilm Studio, puppet, 10min. (285m), color.
Scr. V.Grigoryan, Dir. G.Martirosyan, Art Dir. A.Bikov, Cam. P.Nazaryan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Prod.Manag. S.Petrosyan.

The parents of a donkey send him to a cat and dog to learn something. Each of them teaches the donkey in its own way. The cat teaches it love of freedom, the dog, loyalty. The poor donkey does not know whom to listen to or how to combine the two principles, which seem to be mutually exclusive.
11. Tgete
1995, Hayfilm Studio, (based on V.Aygektsi’s fables), 9min. (255m), color.
Scr./Dir. A.Manaryan, Art Dir. T.Mangasaryan, S.Ayvazyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. H.Manaryan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Edit. I.Mikayelyan, Prod.Manag. H.Nersisyan.

This film tells us how the clever ruler of a land found out that the cause of all the troubles in his country were the ignorant people who strive for power.