  Hrant Dink’s niece Lusin Dink will make a film about William SaroyanApril 20, 2011 - 17:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Young filmmaker Lusin Dink, the niece of a famous journalist Hrant Dink murdered by Turkish radicals, will create a Journey to Bitlis film, featuring William Saroyan’s trip to Bitlis in 1964. The project of the film was announced a winner at Istanbul-hosted Armenia-Turkey film platform on promotion of documentaries and awarded with a prize of USD 30000 instituted by Eurasia Partnership Foundation. Archive materials and photos will be used in a film drawing on Saroyan’s short stories, with a road to Bitlis to be used as film set. Cooperation with Armenian animators in the course of film creation is planned.   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. |
