YEREVAN, JULY 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Armenia is a wonderful country, full of secrets and mysteries, wonderful temples and churches. Armenia is a source of a new force and life for me," film director Georgy Parajanov residing in Moscow said. The nephew of great film director Sergei Parajanov is taking part in the Golden Apricot festival for the second time. During the first festival, in 2004, he received the Golden Apricot prize for his documentary "I Died in My Childhood" (dedicated to Sergei Parajanov). "The more I live the more I understand that I constantly wish to return to Armenia. When I came to Armenia for the first time, it was two months after my uncle's, Parajanov's release from the prison, early in the spring of 1978. I understood nothing from Armenia at that time. However, when I come now, everything is already different," Georgy Parajanov said to Noyan Tapan correspondent. In Georgy Parajanov's words, Tiflis is already a little "dead" for him: "Tiflis is my pain and my tragedy. My parents' graves are there. I have completely revealed that town. It was my university and my academy." Georgy Parajanov said that he often comes to Armenia and he is going to shoot a film here soon. "I am glad for being invited to this festival. For me, the best prize is the invitation of participation and the opportunity that brings me to Armenia again," the film director assured. At the current, fourth Golden Apricot Georgy Parajanov presents extra-contest documentary "Adam's Sons," which has been shot in Armenia and is dedicated to one of the national minorities in Armenia, Yezidis. The film presents how the identity, rites and language of the national minorities are preserved here.

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