Armenia to host Japanese film festivalNovember 1, 2012 - 19:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will host Japanese film festival from November 2-6. “The screenings, organized by Japan’s embassy in Yerevan, Hikari Armenian-Japanese Scientific Educational Cultural Center and RA Ministry of Culture, will be held for the second time this year,” Hikari Center director said. As Karine Piliposyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Japanese film festival 2011 was organized in partnership with Japan’s embassy in Yerevan. Both Yerevan and Gyumri will host free film screenings. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |