Renowned Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi is awarded with “Yeghitsi Luys”

YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS. The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II awarded the renowned Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi with “Yeghitsi Luys” award. The famous cinematographer received the award in the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin on July 18. Krzysztof Zanussi who arrived in Armenia within frames of “Golden Apricot” international film festival expressed his gratitude for the award.

“I am very impressed and it is a great honor for me to receive this award. I believe that Christianity is the powerful force of the future. I believe that it is a future for us and not a past. I am very grateful that I receive this award in the Christian old country,” Krzysztof Zanussi said, Armenpress reports.

Krzysztof Zanussi, (born 17 June 1939) is aPolishproducerandfilm director.

He is a professor of European film at theEuropean Graduate SchoolinSaas-Fee,Switzerlandwhere he conducts a summer workshop.He is also a professor at theSilesian UniversityinKatowice.

Krzysztof Zanussi has writtenOn editing an amateur film(1968),Discourse on an amateur film(1978) and a book of memoirsThe Time to Die(1999).He appeared as himself inCamera Buff(1979), a film about an amateur film maker, directed by his friendKrzysztof Kieślowski. His filmThe Constant Factor(1980) received thePrize of the Ecumenical Juryat the1980 Cannes Film Festival.During the 1980s, he spent much of his time in the West. Among the films that he made during this time was a film entitledFrom A Far Country: Pope John Paul II(1981) about the life ofKarol Wojtyłain the context of the complicated history of modernPoland.His 1989 filmInventorywas entered into the16th Moscow International Film Festival.His 2000 filmLife as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Diseasewon the Golden St. George at the22nd Moscow International Film Festival.His 2002 filmThe Supplementwas entered into the24th Moscow International Film Festivalwhere it won theFIPRESCI Special Mention.