Federico Vitali and Vrej Kassouny work on joint animation projectSeptember 13, 2010 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French animator Federico Vitali, the author of Guano and Lava-Lava series of short films, said that he is more accustomed to big festivals, thus he was very interested in being present at ReAnimania festival, meeting young people and students. “Besides, I like the format of this festival, which allows communicating easily with great people, who arrived here as guests,” Vitali told a press conference in Yerevan. He added that he will readily cooperate with Armenian animators. “Currently, we are working on an interesting animation project about adventures of his and my personages. Of course, it will be a short film,” said founder and Director of ReAnimania international animation festival Vrej Kassouny. Federico Vitali told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that among Armenian filmmakers he knows Henri Verneuil and Artavazd Peleshyan. “I familiarized myself with Peleshyan's works in France. He is well-known there, especially in art schools,” said Vitali. 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, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenian government besieged by protesters Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan poured into Yerevan’s Republic Square to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |