Mention, Paris Film Festival (1989); Lenin Komsomol (Young Communist League) Award, 1989. 1989 - The Wind of Emptiness (The Wind of Oblivion) / Kamin Unaynutyan, 90min. Festivals and Prizes Scheduled for AFI film Festival in Los Angeles, June 1992, and Kennedy Center, Washington, July 1992; Presented in Montreal, Boston and Paris international film festivals; Scheduled for Retrospective of Armenian Cinema at Pompidou Center, Paris, June¬October 1993. 1991 - Return to the Promised Land / Veradardz Avetyats Erkir, 87 min. Festivals and Prizes Three prizes including Ecumenical Jury Award at International Festival “Message to Man”, St. Petersburg, 1993; “White Elephant” Russian Film Critics Guild’s Award, 1993. Special Prize at Gyor International Festival, Hungary, May 1993; The Best Director Award at “Armenia¬Russia” Film Festival, Kapan, Armenia, 2000; “The Best Film of the 90s”, Armenian Film Critics Award, 2002; Scheduled for AFI film Festival in Los Angeles, June 1992 and Kennedy Center. Washington, July 1992; 26th Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, 1993; for retrospective of Armenian Cinema at Pompidou Center, Paris, June–October 1993. 1994 - The Last Station / Verjin Kayaran, 90 min. Festivals Scheduled for Rotterdam IFF, Paris IFF, Los Angeles IFF, Montreal IFF, Cairo IFF, and London IFF. 2003 – Documentarist / Vaveragrogh, 62 min. Festivals and Prizes Documentary Jury’s Special Mention at Karlovy Vary IFF, 2003; Awarded by the State Premium of Armenia; Nominated for Nika Award – Russian Cinema Academy Award 2003 as the best foreign film; “The Best Film”, Armenian Film Critics Award, 2003; Film-Press Prize at Listapad IFF, Minsk, Belarus, 2003; Best Director Prize at Arsental International Film Forum, Riga, Latvia, 2004; Jury Special Prize, IFF Smolensk, Russia, 2004. Selected for the following film festivals: Montreal WFF, 2003 (CINEMA OF ASIA Program); Rotterdam IFF (Main Feature Program, 2004); Goteborg IFF (Cinemania Program); Minneapolis IFF, USA, April 2¬17,2004; “goEast” Wiesbaden IFF, 2004; Buenos Aires IFF, 2004; MEDIAWAVE IFF, Gior, Hungary, 2004; Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg, July, 2004; 58th Edinburgh International Film Festival,18¬29 August 2004; Pusan IFF (WIDE ANGLE Program, 2004); ARSENAL International Film Forum, Riga, Latvia, 18 – 26 Sept., 2004; Stuttgart IFF, 2004; FESTIVAL RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN, France, 28 Oct. – 04 Nov., 2004 ; ZINEBI Bilbao Doc.FF, Spain, 28 Nov. – 04 Dec., 2004; MedFilmFestival, Rome, Italy, November, 2004. 2006 – Return of the Poet / Poeti Veradardze, 84 min. Festivals and prizes 2010 - Best Film, Kish International Film Festival (Iran) World Premiere in