Oscar-nommed “War Witch” wins big at Canadian Screen AwardsMarch 4, 2013 - 11:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Quebec director Kim Nguyen's Congo child-soldier drama War Witch swept the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Oscar contender, which came into the Canadian film and TV awards with a field-leading 12 nominations, took top prizes for best film, director, best actress for Rachel Mwanza and best supporting actor for Serge Kayinda. Meanwhile, it wasn’t a good night in Toronto for Canadian film actors in the major performance categories as both Mwanza, who won best actress trophies at Berlin and Tribeca, and Kayinda are from the Democratic Republic of Congo. And American actor James Cromwell won for best actor for his star turn in the Canadian drama Still Mine, while Bollywood’s Seema Biswas won for best actress for her performance in Midnight’s Children. War Witch also won in a slew of craft categories, including cinematography, editing and art direction. The French-language film earlier snagged an Oscar nomination in the best foreign-language film category. 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 | 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. |