The Last Inhabitant

The Last Inhabitant[1] (Armenian: Վերջին բնակիչը) is a film created by Jivan Avetisyan․ It premiered at the 13th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF),[2] in Armenia.

The Last Inhabitant
Directed byJivan Avetisyan
Produced byMasis Baghdasaryan
Gevorg Gevorgyan
Kestutis Drazdauskas
Written byMasis Baghdasaryan, Tsovinar Khachatryan
StarringAlexander Khachatryan
Homayoun Ershadi
Sandra Daukšaitė-Petrulėnė
Sos Janibekjan
Music bySerj Tankian
CinematographyTigran Khachaturyan
Edited byEimantas Belickas
Running time
82 minutes
CountryArmenia, Lithuania, Sweden, Lebanon, US
LanguageArmenian
Azerbaijani
Russian

Festivals and awards

The Last Inhabitant was considered for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.[3]

In June 2017 in Shanghai (China) at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival the film was screened as part of the Panorama Program.

It was screened in “Venice Production Bridge” in September 2017 in Venice (Italy) at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[4]

In October 2017 in Helsinki (Finland) at the Scandinavian International Film Festival,[5] the film won the "Best Feature" Award and actor Alexander Khachatrtan won an award for "Best Actor".

Premiere

The film opened in Armenia on November 17, 2016, at three main theaters including, CinemaStar, KinoPark and Moscow Cinema.[6]

The Los Angeles premiere[7] took place on April 7 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. The screening was presented by the Artskah Arts and Cultural Foundation.[8]

Synopsis

The film is set in 1988, just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Evicted as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Abgar stays behind alone inside a gradually shrinking enemy ring. He is waiting for his daughter, who has become a witness to her husband’s murder by an angry mob and was hospitalized with trauma. Ibrahim, an Azerbaijani, suggests that Abgar work on the construction of a mosque with the promise to find and return Abgar's missing daughter. A few days later, Ibrahim finds the girl, named Yurga, in a psychiatric hospital of Baku and brings her to Abgar.

Cast

Filmmakers

Production

Production took place in the village of Khachmach, Artsakh. The film was completed in 2016 as a result of an international production between “Fish еye Art” Cultural Foundation, National Cinema Center of Armenia and the Lithuanian production house “Artbox”. The film making was supported by Apricot Stone[34] of Sweden, “Alpha Dogs, Inc” and “Mosaics Art & Cultural Foundation” both of the United States, as well as the Lebanese University Institute of Fine Arts 2 of Lebanon. The cast included actors from Iran, Lithuania, Greece, Russia and the United States.[35]

Music

System of A Down rock group's vocalist Serj Tankian[36] composed the music. The music was recorded with the participation of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra[37][38] under Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Eduard Topchyan and Hover Chamber Choir under Artistic Director Sona Hovhannisyan.

Premieres
  • April 7, 2017 - USA, Los Angeles Alex theater
  • February 2, 2017 –Stepanakert, AR “Vallex Garden Cinema”
  • July 12, 2016 - Armenia, Yerevan, “Golden Apricot International Film Festival”, Moscow Cinema

Festivals/awards
N. Year Month/Day Country/City Festival Award/ Note
1.     2017 Nov 27-Dec 3 Italy, Padua Dessaran Festival Film-Screening
2.     2017 Nov 15-19 Canada, Toronto Pomegranate Film Festival Award “Honorable Mention” in the “Best Feature Film” nomination
3.     2017 Oct 25-28 Finland, Helsinki Scandinavian International Film Festival Awards “Best Feature”,

Best Actor- Alexander Khachatryan”

4.     2017 Sept 05 Italy, Venice 74th Venice International Film Festival Screened in “Venice Production Bridge”
5.     2017 June 17–26 China, Shanghai 20th Shanghai International Film Festival Screened in "Panorama" Program
6.     2017 January 8 USA, California 74th Golden Globe Awards[39][40] Considered for “Best Foreign Language Film”
7.     2016 May 11–23 France, Cannes 69th Cannes International Film Festival Film Market Negotiations for the distribution of the film "The Last Inhabitant"

References
  1. Avetisyan, Jivan. "The Last Inhabitant". The Last Inhabitant. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  2. ‘The Last Inhabitant’ Premiers, Jacqueline Bisset Arrives at Golden Apricot Film Festival
  3. The Last Inhabitant (Armenia)
  4. Jivan Avetisyan's ‘The Last Inhabitant’ screened at Venice Film Festival
  5. Scandinavian International Film Festiva
  6. The Last Inhabitant in Moscow Cinema, Nov. 17
  7. ‘The Last Inhabitant’ to Premiere in Los Angeles
  8. Artskah Arts and Cultural Foundation
  9. Alexander Khachatryan
  10. Homayoun Ershadi
  11. Sandra Dauksaite-Petrulene
  12. Sandra Daukšaitė-Petrulėnė vaidins garsaus režisieriaus filme
  13. Episode 58 – Johno talks to actress Sandra Dauksaite
  14. Sos Janibekyan
  15. Dimitra Chatoupi
  16. Anne Bedian
  17. Armen Grayg Convinced in success of The Last Inhabitant
  18. Babken Chobanyan
  19. Narine Petrosyan
  20. Jivan Avetisyan
  21. Tsovinar Khachatryan
  22. Masis Baghdasaryan
  23. Gevorg Gevorgyan
  24. Kestutis Drazdauskas
  25. Adrineh Mirzayan
  26. Eimantas Belickas
  27. Zarina Karakhanova
  28. Hovsanna Vanaturanc
  29. Curtis Fritsch
  30. Nahapes Sargsyan
  31. Anton Keshishyan
  32. Tigran Khachaturyan
  33. Serj Tankian
  34. THE LAST INHABITANT Official Trailer 2016
  35. The Last Inhabitant
  36. Serj Tankian touched by story of The Last Inhabitant, Exclusive interview
  37. Saundtrack written by Serj Tankian recorded in Armenia
  38. The Soundtrack of “The Last Inhabitant” recorded in Armenia
  39. "The Last Inhabitant (Armenia)". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  40. "Mailbag: Help extend summer weeks". Glendale News-Press. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
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