Festival

UK Premiere of “I Will Revenge This World with Love – S. Paradjanov”

Chichester International Film Festival

15 août 2025 11:45 PM

Chichester Cinema
New Park Road
Chichester
PO19 7XY

United Kingdom

Unfolding global events prompt the author of the film to leave the country where she lives and works. Returning home to Armenia to search for a solution, she seeks out an example-setting icon who can show us the way forward. The museum, dedicated to Sergei Paradjanov becomes a place of inspiration, from which there can be no return to toxic reality.

An impressive array of auteur directors are interviewed including Atom Egoyan, Tarsem Singh and Emir Kusturica, as well as other artists such as Russian actress-in-exile Chulpan Khamatova, to discuss the work of the Georgian-born Paradjanov, who became a revolutionary force in international cinema with ‘Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors’ (1965), his first film to reject the socialist realism of officially sanctioned Soviet cinema in favour of a more experimental, poetic visual storytelling.

He was imprisoned by the Soviets and his films were suppressed, including the amazing ‘The Colour of Pomegranates’ (also screening in this Festival), but his magical vision and his bold championing of folk tradition endure long after the fall of the USSR.

World premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 with Chichester having the honour of the UK Premiere.

We are delighted to welcome Paradjanov expert and BBC3 journalist Tatyana Movshevich to host a Q&A after the screening with director Zara Jian.

Screening in conjunction with:

THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES

To complement our documentary on the great Soviet director Sergei Paradjanov, we present his best-known film which focuses on the life of Armenian poet Sayat-Nova: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavours and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia.