Mariya Sergeevna Saakyan (Russian: ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÐµÐ²Ð½Ð°
Ð¡Ð°Ð°ÐºÑ Ð½, Armenian: Õ„Õ¡Ö€Õ«Õ¡ Õ Õ¥Ö€Õ£Õ¥ÕµÕ« Õ Õ¡Õ°Õ¡Õ¯ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, 24
July 1980-28 January 2018) was a Russian film director, screenwriter,
animator and editor. She is known for her work in movies like
Farewell, Mayak, Honey Money among others. Saakyan was born in 1980 in
Yerevan. She is the granddaughter of the Armenian poet Seda
Vermisheva. In 1993, she moved to Moscow with her family. In 1996, she
entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, faculty of
directing film and television, the workshop of Vladimir Kobrin.Saakyan
filmed the short film "Farewell", a thesis at the end of VGIK in 2003.
The film is shown in the program at the International Film Festival in
Oberhausen, the International Film Festival "Premier Plans Angers" in
France, the official program of the Rotterdam Film Festival in the
Netherlands, at the Telluride Film Festival and others. She was
awarded the Grand Prix of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International
Film Festival, a special mention of the International Film Festival in
the city of Fano, received a prize from the Kodak company at the VGIK
festival and a diploma of the St. Anna Festival.Saakyan was the mother
of five children, her husband was Jeff Kalousdian, an American of
Armenian descent. She died of cancer on 28 January 2018.
Ð¡Ð°Ð°ÐºÑ Ð½, Armenian: Õ„Õ¡Ö€Õ«Õ¡ Õ Õ¥Ö€Õ£Õ¥ÕµÕ« Õ Õ¡Õ°Õ¡Õ¯ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, 24
July 1980-28 January 2018) was a Russian film director, screenwriter,
animator and editor. She is known for her work in movies like
Farewell, Mayak, Honey Money among others. Saakyan was born in 1980 in
Yerevan. She is the granddaughter of the Armenian poet Seda
Vermisheva. In 1993, she moved to Moscow with her family. In 1996, she
entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, faculty of
directing film and television, the workshop of Vladimir Kobrin.Saakyan
filmed the short film "Farewell", a thesis at the end of VGIK in 2003.
The film is shown in the program at the International Film Festival in
Oberhausen, the International Film Festival "Premier Plans Angers" in
France, the official program of the Rotterdam Film Festival in the
Netherlands, at the Telluride Film Festival and others. She was
awarded the Grand Prix of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International
Film Festival, a special mention of the International Film Festival in
the city of Fano, received a prize from the Kodak company at the VGIK
festival and a diploma of the St. Anna Festival.Saakyan was the mother
of five children, her husband was Jeff Kalousdian, an American of
Armenian descent. She died of cancer on 28 January 2018.
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