One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, Sergei Paradjanov's "The Colour of Pomegranates", a biography of the Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova (King of Song) reveals the poet's life more through his poetry than a conventional narration of important events in Sayat Nova's life.

We see the poet grow up, fall in love, enter a monastery and die, but these incidents are depicted in the context of what are images from Sergei Paradjanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems, poems that are seen and rarely heard. Sofiko Chiaureli plays 6 roles, both male and female, and Sergei Paradjanov writes, directs, edits, choreographs, works on costumes, design and decor and virtually every aspect of this revolutionary work void of any dialog or camera movement.

The World Is A Window: Making the Colour of Pomegranates (2011) a 75-minute documentary about the making of Sergei Paradjanov's classic The Colour of Pomegranates shot in Armenia, Georgia and Russia (for Second Sight Films, UK).

Extra unreleased footage: Peter Brook visiting Paradjanov's flat, and a film by Yuri Mechitov 15min

The director of The World is a Window - Daniel Bird will introduce the films and will be available for Q&A at the end of the evening.

6:30 Intro


6:45 The Colour of Pomegranates


10 minutes interval

8:10 The World is A window

9:15 Brook footage & Mechitov film

9:40 Q&A …