January 23, 2010 - 17:10 AMT
Sasna Tsrer full-length animation film to premier January 25 in Yerevan
Yerevan's Moscow movie theater will host Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sasun) full-length animation film premier on January 25.

With preparatory works launched in 2001, 80-minute animation film took 8 years to create.

Film budgeting comprised AMD 350 million.

Sasna Tsrer was created by scriptwriter and director Arman Manaryan and production designer Vardan Zakaryan.

The voices in the animation film were dubbed by acclaimed masters of Armenian cinema and theatre: Karen Janibekyan, Ervand Manaryan, Vahagn Grigoryan, Zhenya Avetisyan, Khoren Abrahamyan and others.

Sasna Tsrer is the first Armenian animation film, as well the first screen version of the Armenian epos.