  GAIFF: Tarsem Singh to preside over Regional Competition jury June 25, 2024 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The of the 21st Golden Apricot International Film Festival will be presided over by Indian-American director Tarsem Singh, who is perhaps best known to Armenian audiences as the author behind Lady Gaga’s 911 music video, inspired by the aesthetics of Sergei Parajanov. Singh’s directorial treatment is also responsible for giving visual flesh and bone to R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion, Be My Baby by Vanessa Paradis, Lou Reed’s What’s Good and many more․ The year 2000 marked the release of the director’s debut feature “The Cell” with Jennifer Lopez in the leading role, a cult science-fiction thriller, which gained praise for its distinct symbolic visual style․ Since then, Singh has made 5 more features, the most recent of which is the drama “Dear Jassi” that had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023, eventually receiving the Platform Prize, and will have its Yerevan Premiere within Golden Apricot 2024.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion  The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. |
