“Blood Stripe,” “Political Animals” win top prizes at LA Film FestJune 10, 2016 - 12:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Remy Auberjonois’ “Blood Stripe”, a feature about a female U.S. Marine sergeant struggling after returning from her third tour of duty in Afghanistan, won the top prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival, TheWrap reports. The documentary feature award, also announced Thursday, June 9 went to “Political Animals,” Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares’ account of the first openly gay members of the California House of Representatives. “With all the talk about diversifying Hollywood, the LA Film Festival provides proof that talented filmmakers with new voices are out there, they just need a platform and that’s what we’re providing,” said Stephanie Allain, the festival’s director. “One of the more satisfying aspects of this job is watching new directors blossom in the spotlight. I’m grateful to our esteemed jurors for their service and congratulate the winners.” The LA Film Festival kicked off on June 1 with the world premiere of Ricardo de Montreuil’s “Lowriders,” and it will conclude on Thursday with Jonas Cuaron‘s “Desierto.” Special screenings have included the world premiere of “Zedd True Colors” and “The Conjuring 2.” 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. |