The firstParajanov & Vartanov film retrospective and art exhibition at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival in South Korea was curated by Martiros Vartanov in 2012. Some 40 years after they were made, the never before publicly screened documentaries by Mikhail Vartanov premiered with the masterpieces of Sergei Parajanov. (FIPRESCI |Screen International |Senses of Cinema)

The second Parajanov/Vartanov film retrospective took place in 2020 at theCopenhagen Cinematheque, was organized by the Danish Film Institute, and featured a special appearance byMartiros M. Vartanov (Boy with a Movie Camera).

The latestSergei Parajanov andMikhail Vartanov film retrospective, entitledFilmkunstens fantomer, was organized by the Oslo Cinematheque and Norsk filminstitutt in 2024. It opened with the new 4K restoration of Vartanov’s Parajanov:The Last Spring and was introduced byMartiros M. Vartanov (Boy With A Movie Camera), who also presented the screenings of Parajanov’sShadows of Forgotten Ancestors andThe Color of Pomegranates.