Garegin Zakoyan

Garegin Zakoyan (b. April 5, 1947) is an Armenian documentary filmmaker and film scholar. In 1990, he founded the Armenian National Cinematheque, which he headed until 1998. In 2015, he founded and became the director of Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival. In 2016, he co-founded and became the president of Filmadaran Film Culture Development NGO. Making his directing debut in 1990 with "MIGNOR", he has since made around 15 documentaries, including "Prison Art" (1998, co-directed by Gennadi Melkonyan), "Kajaran: Metamorphosis of Stone" (2001), "Patarag" (2005), "Ayrudzi" (2017…