Tbilisis saerTaSoriso kinofestivali TBILISI INERNA TIONAL FILM ...

farajanovis Jiuri
PARAJANOV JURY
meliq karapetiani
meliq karapetiani 1957 wels daibada erevanSi, somxeTi. daamTavra erevnis
saxelmwifo universitetis gamoyenebiTi maTematikis fakulteti. sabWoTa kavSiris
daSlamde igi programistad muSaobda, xolo Semdeg aTi wlis ganmavlobaSi
menejeris sxvadasxva Tanamdebobebi ekava somxeTsa da amerikis Seer-
Tebul StatebSi. man wamoiwyo somxuri uxmo filmebis movla-Senaxvisa da
aRdgenis kampania. 2002 wels meliq karapetianma Sps `artfilmi~ daaarsa da
mas Semdeg aqtiurad monawileobs kinoprogramebis SedgenaSi erevanSi, maT
Soris saavtoro filmebis Cvenebebis organizebaSi kinoTeatr „nairiSi“ da
sabavSvo biblioTekaSi. `artfilmis~ ukanaskneli namuSevari iyo satelevizio
ToqSou TineijerebisTvis MEKH (24 epizodi). amJamad meliq karapetiani sa-
TaveSi udgas somxeTis erovnuli galereis kinos departaments.
MELIK KARAPETYAN
Melik Karapetyan was born in 1957 in Yerevan, Armenia. He graduated from Yerevan State
University, Department of Applied Mathematics. He worked as programmer until the collapse
of the Soviet Union, and then worked at managerial positions in Armenia and in the US for ten
years. He initiated campaign for preservation and restoration of Armenian silent fi lms. In 2002,
he established the Art-Film LLC and since then has been actively involved in fi lm programming
in Yerevan, including organization of public screenings of art-house fi lms in the NAIRI cinema
and Children’s library. His recent production with Art-Film LLC is TV talk-show MEKH (24
episodes) for teenagers. Currently he is the Head of the Film Department at the National Gallery
of Armenia.
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