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This is a list of films released in the 1950s produced in Armenia SSR or directed by Armenians or about Armenia or Armenians, ordered by year of release.
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The cinema of Armenia was established on 16 April 1923, when the Armenian State Committee of Cinema was established by government decree. The National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCAA), founded in 2006, is the governing body of film and cinema in Armenia. The NCAA preserves, promotes and develops Armenian cinematography and provides state financial support to full-length feature, short and animation projects. The Director of the NCCA is Shushanik Mirzakhanyan, and the headquarters are located in Yerevan.
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Henrik Sureni Malyan was an Armenian film director and writer.
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Tjvjik, Dzhvzhig, or Tzhvzhik is a 1962 Soviet Armenian short film by Arman Manaryan. It is based on Atrpet's novel of the same name. Despite being Manaryan's first film and just 20 minutes-long, Tjvjik is considered one of the classics of the Armenian film history.
Arman Manaryan was an Iranian-born Armenian film director. He was the brother of actor Yervand Manaryan. He repatriated to Soviet Armenia in 1946 and graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory in 1952 and from the Moscow Institute of Cinematography in 1962. Since then he worked with Armenfilm. He died in 2016, aged 86.
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