Hrant Tokhatyan

Damir Yusupov could never have imagined that one day he would be hailed as a hero. As a child he dreamed of flying and was certain that he would follow in the footsteps of his aviator father, but fate seemed to have other plans for him. As years went by, even those closest to him lost hope, but Damir finally managed to make his dream a reality and became an airline pilot. In August 2019 his courage and skill saved 233 lives when he brought his plane down safely in a cornfield after a complete engine failure.

Hello. It's been quite a while since we last met. 25 years, to be more exact. The world has changed a lot since then: super speedy internet connection, insanely expensive bitcoins - Our backyard has changed a lot too. New people, dialects, morals and cars blocking access to garages. Hrant, who is one of the oldest residents, mastered a new profession, that of a cook. Lala has smoothly transformed her passion for interpreting daily tattle into a video blog. There's also another old-timer Ashot, who evades global changes and remains the same fabby good-laugh. Meanwhile, the new generation residents, namely Azat's granddaughter Arus and former chubby «violin nagger» nicknamed Dimedrol, have founded a start-up. A young man from China, named Chuan Lee, is renting Hrant's apartment. The latter is unknowingly involved in a clandestine scheme which has to do with smuggled gold. Who could ever imagine the chaos that fell over the good old yard after the arrival of the Hong Kong mafia.

You can take a young man out of the Caucasus, but never take the Caucasus out of a young man. Apparently, the Caucasian relatives of the Russified Ossetian thought so when they decided to help him, following the ancient tradition, to ride his St. Petersburg bride to the village. But what if, in the end, the wrong bride ends up in the car, the family learns David's main secret, and for all the guests who have gathered, the wedding will still need to be held? Then "Caucasian Bollywood" will come.

A US Senator's son who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia, where he is accused of being a spy. It is there he meets a young woman who helps him to escape from misfortune.

The New Year for Manyuni, Narine and Karine may not go according to plan: forecasters promise an abnormally warm winter, which means that the arrival of Santa Claus is under threat! Their families urgently decide to go to the mountains. An adventurous road leads the heroes to the cherished house, which becomes a disappointment: dirt, dampness, broken furniture, and most importantly — uninvited guests. Will they be able to make friends, find a festive mood and celebrate the New Year in a truly magical way?

The King of Ancient Armenia Vachagan fell in love with Anahit. And to gain her love he must become something more than a king.

Few not connected novels about the love. Few couples falling in love in different places of post USSR: Moscow, Georgia, Armenia.

A large pink bunny has adventures and many drinks at the tavern in between.

Intelligence genius Oleg Stepanovich, a retired colonel, yearns without work, whiling away his days in the park and watching TV... Meanwhile, his grandson Andrei, a novice diplomat, finds himself in a difficult romantic situation. The grandfather flies to his grandson in Yerevan, where he meets his old friend, the cardiologist Irakli, who immediately gets involved in the "heart" business. The operation to solve the love problems of the grandson is called "Grandpa 005", and the methods of the Russian security officer and the Georgian doctor sometimes shock others. But only true love can prevail over the skill of counterintelligence virtuosos.

After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.

A story about how different men can be.

In this heartwarming comedy, two filmmakers from Los Angeles go to Armenia to shoot a feature length movie about a third generation American Armenian who goes to Yerevan to adopt a 12 year old. Teaming up with a local impresario, the team begins the arduous task of casting for the parts, scouting locations and securing the last leg of the funding. What seems to be a perfect plan becomes a perfect storm of absurd meetings, unexpected discoveries and hysterical events, which come together to sabotage the project. The Minister of Culture, The chief of police, the director of Hyefilm Studios, the oligarch...They all offer to help, and yet all of them have their conditions - changing the plot of the script, adopting it to another period, casting a relative for a part, and ultimately a proposal to turn the simple, touching story into a biopic of an oligarch.

One of the days the King of Armenia Varazdat receives an invitation from Greece, asking him to send the best boxer of the country to compete in the Olympic Games in Greece. Inspired by his athlete's past, the King decides to personally travel to Greece to participate in the Olympics. The royal family joins in.

Three couples in love — Tatar, Armenian and Russian-are preparing to play weddings. But it turns out that Rinat and Guzelce wedding is a way to get the money to get an expensive violin, for Arthur's father is the most important to the wedding of his son and Muscovite-Julia took place in Armenia, and the Light has a "skeleton in the closet" — her ex-boyfriend Andrew wedding day with Oleg was released from prison. But the guests break away from the soul, and the audience of the film "Best wishes!" there is a unique opportunity to attend three weddings at once. Toasts and contests, songs and dances, kisses and ... fights – what kind of wedding without a fight?! This bombycosi cool and real funny. Three weddings, three couples-so different, so different. But love unites, and the guests heartily wish: "Best wishes!»

The feature film is based on true events that changed two families forever. The story, both comical, satirical and a tragedy begins in the city of Yerevan, Armenia. Grigor Janoyan, a professor of agriculture at the University of Yerevan, dies from a freak accident, almost as strange as the events that soon follow. In accordance with Armenian tradition, the relatives bring the deceased into their home for the "viewing" by his friends and family before the burial. The family, consumed with grief fails to realize that the body on the dining room table is not Grigor. A friend of the family, while paying respects, discovers the mistake. Grigors look-a-like, Ruben Pashayan was the head of Armenia's organized crime families. Trouble is inevitable, but as the story continues, Grigor's son Hayk and his friends begin the quest of finding his father's body.

A Russian girl and an Armenian boy fall in love and want to get married, but their parents are trying to prevent that.

The main characters of the film are residents of different places of this country, most common people, with whom most uncommon things, pure wonders, happen. Semyon and Lyuba, a family of fireguards, have a chance to fulfill a dream – to go to Moscow to take part in their favorite TV show “Field of Miracles” (“Pole Chudes”), where they should make a life choice “trophy or money?” An inexperienced officer of Patrol-Guard Service and at the same time an experienced loser Sanya will have to not only survive his first day of service but also to accept his wife’s labors and to reanimate his partner. Four newly acquainted fellows must by any means fly to Moscow in non-flying weather, and a couple of young lovers must reconcile their irreconcilable parents by some mysterious way. Valera has to decide on a dilemma: to save mankind from the Deluge or just to fly with his karaoke-alien-friends in their old UFO? All these things can happen only once a year – on December, 31!

To please the father of his bride is not an easy task. This problem is faced by the Chinese guy Pen, when he goes to Moscow for his love - Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awaits him. After all, her father Anatoly is not at all ready to give his daughter to the first comer, and he has his own plan for deliverance in this case ... However, the bride's father and the bridegroom will have to learn to respect each other if they want to keep the girl who loves most in the world.

The story of several Russian emigrants who moved abroad forever. Despite the complete change of scenery and immersion in another culture, they cannot get rid of their love for their motherland, no matter how hard they try.

Twelve-year-old Mitya Privalov dreams of becoming a superhero comics artist. But his robotics engineer parents want him to follow in their footsteps.

Life at the ordinary backyard in Yerevan. Two hours of non-stop jokes and music.

Are you ready for another 2 hours of non-stop jokes and music? Welcome to "Mer Bake 2", a sequel to "Mer Bake".

The film was released by popular demand and was linked to 15th anniversary of Sharm Holding. You can meet your favorite heroes, see how the Yard has changed and find out what makes it tick. "Our Yard" musical comedy is a story about life of a typical Yerevan yard with its tiny "household" intrigues, street fighting, love stories and distinctive kindness.

He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian animator. He was a director, writer and artist who created animated films. Robert Sahakyants used his work to express his particular view of the world around him. His animated films feature constant movement, whirls of colour and myriad wonderful characters inspired by Armenia. Robert Sahakyants was a true patriot to his motherland. The love for his people drove Robert Sahakyants to openly criticise everything and everyone he disagreed with. He boldly spoke his mind about anything he found troubling, from political events to ugly sculptures in nearby houses. The film features recollections from Robert Sahakyants's friends and family.

Feature film created by 10 famous Armenian film directors and scriptwriters. The movie consists of 10 short stories lasting about seven minutes each, "10 life stories" beaded like "pearls" on an "endless thread" called Yerevan. Each story is shot in a definite genre and differs from the rest by its concept as well as signature, yet all the stories integrate into a bright mosaic, reflecting nowadays Yerevan life.

On May 4th 1994, the 4th anniversary of Latvia’s splintering from the Soviet Union, rookie police investigator Aldis Karklins is tasked with solving the murder of Natalia Nolle, an influental behind-the-scenes political figure. The trail leads the 23-year-old Aldis in to the underbelly of organized crime and KGB conspiracies that outlive the Soviot Union. A miniseries in seven episodes, based on the novel "Don't Call Me, Don't Look for me! Life of Soviet Secret Agent" (Meklējiet sievieti) by acclaimed Latvian crime fiction writer Andris Kolbergs.

Four generations of a Jewish family live under one roof. Despite living next door to a synagogue, the Abramovich’s, with the exception of Grandmother Musa, are not strong on Jewish tradition, religion or identity: Boris’ business is buying, selling (and eating) pork. Meanwhile his son, David hides his origins from his friends, and his wife, Alla has no idea how much she resembles the stereotypical Jewish mother. Everything changes one day when Boris is struck by lightning. While unconscious, he is visited by the spirit of Haim, a long dead and somewhat obnoxious family ancestor. Haim reveals that a long time ago he committed a terrible sin, which resulted in a curse being placed on the entire family. It turns out that only Boris can remove the curse – by setting free Haim’s soul!

Sometimes it seems to parents that their child has been replaced... and two Ivanov families from the south of Russia are simply sure of this: after 16 years, namesakes will find out that their children were confused in the maternity hospital. What if your beloved son is not really your own, but your blood is being raised by strangers? And in a luxury that you never even dreamed of. And how will he accept his new, but painfully poor relatives?

Simon, a builder, dies in the small Armenian town of Berd. He has lived a long and very eventful life. Simon is known to the townspeople not only as an excellent bricklayer and roofer, but also as a ladies' man, nicknamed "jantelman", from the Armenian "jan", "my soul". Simon's four lovers come to the coffin, four women whom he once made happy — Sylvia, Eliza, Sofia and Susanna. Simon's wife Melania reconciles with her former rivals, and together they remember Simon, a man who knew how to give women not only gifts, but also a little happiness. Simon receives forgiveness from all his women, and they put in his coffin those memorable gifts that he once gave them. Life goes on.

Karen Magikyan is almost 50 years old. He is the head of the family and the father of three daughters. At this age, people do not change. He has long formulated laws and rules by which he lives, and is not going to break anything. It seems to him that for the last 10-15 years he has not changed a bit, he has not aged a bit. Moreover, he considers himself to be quite a modern person, although he has a mobile phone with a black and white screen and no email. This, by the way, is especially annoying to him - why everyone is going crazy about these gadgets, iPads, iPhones. Why is the younger daughter, after returning from school, immediately goes to the Internet, and not kiss her father? To “communicate” is to sit at the table, drink wine and talk, and not stare at the computer screen and spoil your eyes. He does not understand modern relationships. How can a daughter stay overnight when they are not married? And he does not care about the assurances of his wife that "now everyone is doing this." Let everyone do that, but not in his family! He is Caucasian, he has principles! Karen - The Last of the Magikians. And not only because he has three daughters, and an heir at that age is clearly not foreseen. He is a representative of an endangered species of people who have never spoken on Skype, for whom a letter is a paper written in letters in an envelope, and most importantly, who do not bend under a changing world, because “now it’s accepted” and “you live in the 21st century ". Younger viewers should recognize their parents in him, older viewers should recognize themselves in him.