Birthday

Russia, 2019, 24’
Director: Andrey Kiselev
Scriptwriter: Susanna Baranzhieva
Cinematographer: Andrey Kiselev
Producers: Maria Gavrilova, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Sound: Georgiy Ermolenko
Editor: Andrey Kiselev
Production Company: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

On December 9, 2018, parliamentary elections in Armenia coincided with Vardan Sargsyan’s birthday, who is a designer and son of prominent Armenian artist Romanos Sargsyan. On this special of days Vardan has tons of errands to run like going to the market, then taking Aunt Nellie’s products, going to the city of Etchmiadzin, inviting Nikol Pashinyan to his birthday celebration and reach the polling stations.

Andrey Kiselev

Andrey Kiselev is a Russian director and cinematographer. He has worked on such project as The Term, Reality, Lenta.Doc, Signs of Life (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty). On several occasions he has collaborated with filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev.

Selected Filmography
As director & cinematographer: Moscow – Petushki (2013),
What a Blessing to Get Together Today (2016),
Karaul (2016),
Birthday (2019).
As cinematographer:
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014),
Kiev / Moscow (2015),
Norilsk. In First Person (2015).