Taiwanese Film Director Receives Golden Apricot Grand PrixJuly 17, 2006 - 18:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-Hsien received the grand prix of the Golden Apricot Third International Film Festival for "Three Times" film. "Legend of Time" by Spanish film director Isaak Lokust and "Return to Armenia" by French film director Robert Gudiguian shared the second place. "Worker's Death" shot by Austrian film director Michael Glavoger won the award for best documentary. The second prize went to Brazilian Markus Pradu ("Estamira") and Swedish Gunar Bergrdal ("Ludmila and Anatoly"). The documentary "Residents of Forgotten Island" by Armenian film director Hrant Hakobian received the first award in the Armenian Panorama nomination. Honorary guests of the festival - Armenian film director Artavazd Peleshian, well known Italian film director Marco Bellocchio, Iranian cinematographer Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, U.S. documentalist Godfrey Reggio and outstanding screen writer Tonino Guerra -were handed Parajanov's awards for contribution to the development of world cinematography. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |