Film on Karabakh awarded with New York based Tribeca Film Festival prizeMay 4, 2007 - 15:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian director Vartan Hovhannissyan's «A story of people war and peace» won New York based "Tribeca Film Festival" prize in "New Names" nomination. The film shot in 2006 by "Bars media" studio of documentary films tells about the war in Karabakh. The director of the film also received $25 000 premium, RFE RL reports. Tribeca Film Festival has been founded in 2002 by the initiative of Robert De Niro, Jane Rozenthal and Graig Hatkoff aiming at assisting activation of Manhattan after the tragic events of September 11, 2002. This year 275 films from 40 countries, including Levon Grigoryan's "Memories about Sayat-Nova" documentary film participated in the film festival. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. 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. |