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The Last Inhabitant[1] (Armenian: Վերջին բնակիչը) is a film created by Jivan Avetisyan․ It premiered at the 13th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF),[2] in Armenia.

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The Last Inhabitant
Directed by	Jivan Avetisyan
Written by	Masis Baghdasaryan, Tsovinar Khachatryan
Produced by	Masis Baghdasaryan Gevorg Gevorgyan Kestutis Drazdauskas
Starring	Alexander Khachatryan Homayoun Ershadi Sandra Daukšaitė-Petrulėnė Sos Janibekjan
Cinematography	Tigran Khachaturyan
Edited by	Eimantas Belickas
Music by	Serj Tankian
Running time	82 minutes
Countries	Armenia, Lithuania, Sweden, Lebanon, US
Languages	Armenian Azerbaijani Russian

Festivals and awards

The Last Inhabitant was considered for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.[3]

In June 2017 in Shanghai (China) at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival the film was screened as part of the Panorama Program.

It was screened in “Venice Production Bridge” in September 2017 in Venice (Italy) at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[4]

In October 2017 in Helsinki (Finland) at the Scandinavian International Film Festival,[5] the film won the "Best Feature" Award and actor Alexander Khachatryan won an award for "Best Actor".

Premiere

The film opened in Armenia on November 17, 2016, at three main theaters including, CinemaStar, KinoPark and Moscow Cinema.[6]

The Los Angeles premiere[7] took place on April 7 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. The screening was presented by the Artskah Arts and Cultural Foundation.

Synopsis

The film is set in 1988, just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Evicted as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Abgar stays behind alone inside a gradually shrinking enemy ring. He is waiting for his daughter, who has become a witness to her husband’s murder by an angry mob and was hospitalized with trauma. Ibrahim, an Azerbaijani, suggests that Abgar work on the construction of a mosque with the promise to find and return Abgar's missing daughter. A few days later, Ibrahim finds the girl, named Yurga, in a psychiatric hospital of Baku and brings her to Abgar.

Cast

• Alexander Khachatryan (Armenia) - Abgar
• Homayoun Ershadi (Iran) - Ibrahim
• Sandra Dauksaite-Petrulene (Lithuania) - Yurga,[8][9]
• Sos Janibekyan (Armenia) – Artist
• Dimitra Chatoupi (Greece) – Asli
• Anne Bedian (United States) – Rebecca
• Armen Grayg (Russia) – Commandant[10]
• Babken Chobanyan (Armenia) - Razmik
• Narine Petrosyan(Armenia) – Operator
• Elfik Zohrabyan (Armenia) – Russian Soldier

Filmmakers

• Directed by: Jivan Avetisyan
• Screenplay: Tsovinar Khachatryan, Masis Baghdasaryan
• Producer: Masis Baghdasryan
• Co–Producers: Gevorg Gevorgyan, Kestutis Drazdauskas
• Executive Producer: Adrineh Mirzayan
• Editing: Eimantas Belickas
• Makeup: Zarina Karakhanova
• Costumes: Hovsanna Vanaturanc, Naira Muradyan
• Sound: Curtis Fritsch
• Production Design: Nahapes Sargsyan, Anton Keshishyan
• Cinematography: Tigran Khachaturyan
• Music: Serj Tankian

Production

Production took place in the village of Khachmach, Artsakh. The film was completed in 2016 as a result of an international production between “Fish еye Art” Cultural Foundation, National Cinema Center of Armenia and the Lithuanian production house “Artbox”. The film making was supported by Apricot Stone[11] of Sweden, “Alpha Dogs, Inc” and “Mosaics Art & Cultural Foundation” both of the United States, as well as the Lebanese University Institute of Fine Arts 2 of Lebanon. The cast included actors from Iran, Lithuania, Greece, Russia and the United States.[12]

Music

System of A Down rock group's vocalist Serj Tankian[13] composed the music. The music was recorded with the participation of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra[14][15] under Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Eduard Topchyan and Hover Chamber Choir under Artistic Director Sona Hovhannisyan.

Premieres

• April 7, 2017 - USA, Los Angeles Alex theater
• February 2, 2017 –Stepanakert, AR “Vallex Garden Cinema”
• July 12, 2016 - Armenia, Yerevan, “Golden Apricot International Film Festival”, Moscow Cinema

Festivals/awards

N.	Year	Month/Day	Country/City	Festival	Award/ Note
1.	2017	Nov 27-Dec 3	Italy, Padua	Dessaran Festival	Film-Screening
2.	2017	Nov 15-19	Canada, Toronto	Pomegranate Film Festival	Award “Honorable Mention” in the “Best Feature Film” nomination
3.	2017	Oct 25-28	Finland, Helsinki	Scandinavian International Film Festival	Awards “Best Feature”, Best Actor- Alexander Khachatryan”
4.	2017	Sept 05	Italy, Venice	74th Venice International Film Festival	Screened in “Venice Production Bridge”
5.	2017	June 17–26	China, Shanghai	20th Shanghai International Film Festival	Screened in "Panorama" Program
6.	2017	January 8	USA, California	74th Golden Globe Awards[16][17]	Considered for “Best Foreign Language Film”
7.	2016	May 11–23	France, Cannes	69th Cannes International Film Festival Film Market	Negotiations for the distribution of the film "The Last Inhabitant"

References

На других языках

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- [en] The Last Inhabitant

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[ru] Последний житель

«Последний житель» (арм. Վերջին բնակիչը) — фильм армянского режиссёра Дживана Аветисяна, снятый по рассказу Цовинар Хачатрян «Последний житель Гюрджевана»․ Фильм является совместным производством пяти стран, включая Армению, Литву, Швецию, Ливан и США. Премьера в Армении состоялась в рамках 13-го Ереванского международного кинофестиваля «Золотой абрикос» (GAIFF), где фильм был представлен в номинации «Армянская панорама». Официальная премьера фильма состоялась 17 ноября 2016 года.

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