The 1935 Soviet-Armenian drama film “Pepo” will be digitized in France. As the National Cinema Center of Armenia reported, the relevant agreement was reached in Lion during the trip of the Head of the Center Shushanik Mirzakhanyan. During the meetings issues related to the preservation of Armenian cinema heritage discussed, including through digitization, restoration and their storage.
The discussion focused on the two film stocks of Hamo Beknazarian’s “Pepo” drama kept in Toulouse Film Archive. A the suggestion of the French side the idea of creating one general digitized and restored version of the film was approved, and discussio...
Read full story
