Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” helmer joins Berlinale documentary juryJanuary 26, 2017 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Berlin Film Festival has named Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras to the documentary film jury for this year's event, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Poitras produced her Academy Award-winning Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour in Berlin to avoid interference by the U.S. government. In addition to the Oscar, Citizenfour won best documentary at the German Film Awards in 2015. Her recent documentary Risk was a look at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Poitras will be joined by Iraqi director Samir, whose film Iraqi Odyssey screened in Berlin's Panorama sidebar in 2015, and Mexican film critic and festival programmer Daniela Michel. The trio will judge the 16 non-fiction films screening in all sections of the Berlin festival, and will pick the winner of the Glashutte Original Documentary Award. The prize, which comes with a $54,000 (€50,000) cash bursary, will be announced at the official Berlin festival awards ceremony on Feb. 18. The 2017 Berlin Film Festival runs Feb.8-19. Photo: AFP/ Getty Images 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 | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |