Serge Avedikian to present new film about Istanbul stray dogs next yearJuly 13, 2010 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French-Armenian filmmaker Serge Avedikian said that currently he is completing the work at a new documentary on stray dogs of Istanbul. “This is my second film about dogs,” Avedikian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The first one – Chienne D'histoire (Barking Island), which won the Best Short Film prize at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, will be featured during ReAnimania festival this year. According to Avedikian, the second film telling about the same dogs in 100 years, and the film will be presented in 2011. “I wanted to show people the way dogs see them, as well as to present the established traditions and complex relations between people and dogs in the film. It is a peculiar portrayal of modern Istanbul, which is in a process of urbanization and Europeanization. Stray dogs are semi-free in Turkey. They freely walk the streets, but they are sterilized,” Avedikian noted. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. |