Golden Apricot Film Festival to kick off in Yerevan July 11, 2010May 20, 2010 - 19:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The seventh annual Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be held in Yerevan from July 11 to 18, 2010. With 500 applications from 75 countries, including Jordan, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Costa Rica and others, the program includes two main competition sections: International Competition (Feature and Documentary) and Armenian Panorama National Competition. The Festival will start with the screening of Henri Verneuil’s Mayrik (Mother). Prominent Armenian actors Mher Mkrtchyan, Khoren Abrahamyan, film director Henrikh Malyan and cameraman Albert Yavryan will be commemorated with special events. 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |