  World-known people likely to participate in creation of feature film about Armenian Genocide  December 16, 2010 - 18:16 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Director of the National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCC) Gevorg Gevorgyan said that the NCC negotiates with several famous filmmakers and script writers around the project for creation of a film about the Armenian Genocide. “We sent letters to world-known filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg, now we are waiting for their replies,” Gevorgyan told a press conference in Yerevan, summarizing the results of 2010. According to him, the film, which is planned to be finished until 2015, is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Gevorgyan also said that the NCC plans to implement a range of important projects in 2011, including a newspaper publication, organization of cinema awards ceremony, retrospective screening of films by outstanding filmmakers – Dmitri Kesayants, Edmond Keosayan and Roman Balayan, etc. “Besides, a big concert program – Arno Babajanyan’s music in films – is also envisaged to be organized. It will be dedicated to the 90th birth anniversary of great Armenian composer Arno Babajanyan,” said Gevorgyan.   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 |  Topic Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
