Strand Releasing nabs “Girlhood” Cannes Director’s Fortnight drama June 4, 2014 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Celine Sciamma’s “Girlhood” the opening night film at the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, Variety reported. The film centers on a 16 year-old-girl, played by Karidja Toure, as she seeks her path in life amidst a “girl gang” in the northwest area of Paris. Variety’s Peter Debruge called the film “engrossing” in his review. “Girlhood” is Sciamma’s third feature following “Water Lillies” and “Tomboy.” Strand plans to release the film early next year. Films Distribution closed several deals for major markets during Cannes. The deal was done between Jon Gerrans of Strand Releasing and Nicolas Brigaud-Robert of Films Distribution.  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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
