"The Attack" drama wins top honors at Marrakech Film Fest December 10, 2012 - 12:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Attack, a drama centered on the aftermath of a suicide bombing and its impact on an Arab surgeon living in Israel, won top honors - the Golden Star for best film - at the 12th annual Marrakech International Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter said. The competition jury, headed by President John Boorman and including such industry VIPs as Gemma Arterton and James Gray, picked the politically-charged drama from director Ziad Doueiri, which was based on the novel by Yasmina Khadra. A Hijacking, Tobias Lindholm's dramatic thriller about the capturing of a Danish merchant ship by Somali pirates, was also a big winner. The feature shared the Marrakech Jury Prize ex aequo with Vahid Vakilifar's Iranian drama Taboor and won the Best Actor honor for Hijacking star Soren Malling. Best Actress went to Elina Reinold for her role in Mushrooming from Estonian director Toomas Hussar. The 12th annual Marrakech International Film Festival wrapped up Saturday (Dec. 8).   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 Pashinyan visits flood-hit region  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
