  Armenian animation ‘Snake Soup’ selected for Annecy Festival June 2, 2025 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will represent the short animated film “Snake Soup” at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival that will take place from June 8 to 14. “Snake Soup” is the debut project of Bada Studio, created with financial support from Armenia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the National Cinema Center of Armenia. Directed by Zakhar Demirchyan and produced by Raffi Movsisyan, this debut short has been included in the “Perspectives” short film competition section at Annecy, the world’s most prestigious animation film festival. The screenplay was co-written by Raffi Movsisyan and Zakhar Demirchyan. Emil Abrahamyan composed the music. The art team includes Daniel Grigoryan and Veronika Stepanyan, with Armine Harutyunyan as line producer. The story follows a soldier on the day of his deployment to the front line. Along the way, various incidents shape his perception of an idyllic reality. A bomb explosion merges imagination and memory into hallucination.   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. |
