The restored film The Colour of Pomegranate directed by Parajanov is now available on Kyivstar TV

The Colour of Pomegranate, the film that made Parajanov famous all over the world, is now available to watch in high quality on Kyivstar TV on a subscription basis, starting with the Basic package. The film is distributed in Ukraine by Arthouse Traffic.

The plot of The Colour of Pomegranate tells the story of the life of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from his childhood to his last days. The film takes you into the poet's world, showing his spiritual quest, creative peaks and internal conflicts.
The film, which was shot in 1968, was screened in Ukraine in a restored version by the Martin Scorsese Film Foundation on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Ukrainian director of Armenian origin, Sergei Parajanov. This was part of the UNESCO Year of Parajanov.
During the presentation of the restored version at the Toronto Film Festival, Martin Scorsese told future viewers that they would see images and visions ‘that are almost unlike anything else in the history of cinema’.
Interestingly, it was thanks to the film The Colour Purple that the director managed to gain worldwide fame. Viewers in Ukraine have only now been able to fully appreciate the story and the picture, as Ukrainian society lost the original version of the film due to Soviet censorship, and Parajanov himself was imprisoned in Soviet prisons a few years after the film was completed. 
‘It is important for us to add films by legendary Ukrainian filmmakers to our video library, and it is one of the important missions for Kyivstar TV to reproduce and show Ukrainian culture,’ said Pavlo Rybak, CEO of Kyivstar TV.
All Kyivstar TV users, regardless of their mobile operator and Internet provider, can watch the film ‘The Colour of Pomegranate’ on Kyivstar TV. Among the platform's useful features is the ability to view the platform's content on five devices simultaneously.