“In the Shadow” Foreign Oscar entry to close Czech That Film FestMay 10, 2013 - 15:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The second annual Czech That Film Fest opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10 at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles, where director Zdeněk Jirasky will do a Q&A after the screening of Flower Buds, which won four Czech Lion awards from the Czech Academy, the Chicago Film Festival's Silver Hugo and the Flash Forward Award at Pusan in 2012, The Hollywood Reporter said. David Ondricek's In the Shadow, which won nine Lions and the Director to Watch Award at Palm Springs Film Festival and was the Czech Foreign Oscar entry, will close the festival June 3. Czech That is presented by the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles and UCLA Film & Television Archive and sponsored by Staropramen. The festival also travels to Salt Lake, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C.. 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 | SBP instant transfers now available from 190 Russian banks to Armenia To receive money from Russian banks, easywallet users need to go to their easywallet accounts. Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. French-Armenian journalist returns to France after 41-day hunger strike Nicolian said on social media on Sunday, June 2 that he needs to improve his health in order to “continue the fight”. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. |