Calendar (1993)

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Writer:

Atom Egoyan (written by)

Release Date:

3 June 1993 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Their driver...

Plot Keywords:

Photography | Identity | Break Up | Cultural Alienation | Cultural Assimilation

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Arsinée Khanjian	...	Translator
Ashot Adamyan	...	Driver (as Ashot Adamian)
Atom Egoyan	...	Photographer
Michelle Bellerose	...	Guest
Natalia Jasen	...	Guest
Susan Hamann	...	Guest
Sveta Kohli	...	Guest
Viva Tsvetnova	...	Guest
Roula Said	...	Guest (as Rula Said)
Annie Szamosi	...	Guest
Anna Pappas	...	Guest
Amanda Martínez	...	Guest (as Amanda Martinez)
Diane Kofri	...	Guest

Directed by
Atom Egoyan

Writing credits
Atom Egoyan		(written by)

Produced by
Atom Egoyan	....	producer
Arsinée Khanjian	....	co-producer: Armenia
Robert Lantos	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Norayr Kasper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Atom Egoyan

Production Management
Garegin Zakoian	....	production manager: Armenia

Sound Department
Tyler Allen	....	trainee assistant editor
Yuri Hakobian	....	sound recordist: Armenia
Steve Munro	....	foley artist
Steve Munro	....	sound designer
Steve Munro	....	sound effects
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ross Redfern	....	sound recordist: Toronto
Paul Shikata	....	assistant sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Atom Egoyan	....	camera operator: 8mm video images, Armenia
David Owen	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Doris Hepp	....	commissioning editor
Chris Hinton	....	film timer (as Christopher Hinton)
Paul Shikata	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Eve Egoyan	....	musician: piano
Djivan Gasparian	....	musician: duduk
Hovhanness Tarpinian	....	musician: tar
Garo Tchaliguian	....	vocalist

Other crew
Norair Aslanian	....	title designer: Armenian titles
Alek Bayandoor	....	production assistant: Armenia
Daniel Bekerman	....	production assistant: Toronto
Kaspar Derderian	....	production assistant: Armenia
Norayr Kasper	....	production coordinator: Armenia
Zaven Sarkissian	....	location director: Armenia
Grigor Troyan	....	co-production coordinator: Armenia
Simone Urdl	....	production coordinator: Toronto
Gurgen Zakoian	....	production assistant: Armenia

Thanks
Wouter Barendrecht	....	thanks
Silva Basmajian	....	thanks
Mychael Danna	....	thanks
Sheila de la Varende	....	thanks (as Sheila de La Varende)
Niv Fichman	....	massive thanks
Gabrielle Rose	....	massive thanks

Production Companies

• Armenian National Cinematheque, The
• Ego Film Arts
• ZDF Television (as ZDF German Television)

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
• Zeitgeist Films (1994) (USA)

Other Companies

• Film House  sound re-recording
• Film Opticals  titles (as Film Opticals of Canada)
• Francont Film  negative cutting
• Medallion/PFA  laboratory

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

Armenia | Canada | Germany

Language:

English | German | Russian | Armenian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Armenia

Company:

Armenian National Cinematheque, The

Trivia:

Film was mostly improvised, and made for barely $80,000.

Soundtrack:

Blue Feeling

Not only beautiful, very witty

Questions of diasporic national identity are brilliantly addressed in the concept of a modern society, through various media, paralleled to more personal and private issues such as jealousy, stubbornness and personal pride. Only a person with very little life experience could not comprehend anything to what is going on in this movie. Atom Egoyan succeeded in making a very universal film that is touching at more than only one level. With this film, he proves that he is more than a good film director, but truly an artist who is able to transpose a world view through simple a medium, with low budget. This is personally my favorite Egoyan film, though it's by no means the longest or most commercially successful.