  Zakar Demirchyan’s debut film selected for Annecy festival March 19, 2025 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Zakar Demirchyan’s debut animated film, Snake Soup, has been included in the Perspectives competition section of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, as reported by the Armenian National Cinema Center. The film portrays a soldier’s day before heading to the front, where his journey transforms into surreal visions. A bomb explosion blurs the line between imagination and past memories, creating a hallucinatory world. The film is produced by Raffi Movsisyan, with music composed by Emil Abrahamyan. The artists behind the visuals are Daniel Grigoryan and Veronika Stepanyan, while Armine Harutyunyan served as the line producer. Snake Soup was created with state funding from the Armenian National Cinema Center and the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports.   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 Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
