  Independent Films Festival kicks off in Yerevan May 28, 2011 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first pan-Armenian Independent Films Festival kicked off in the National Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan on May 28. “22 films will be screened in 4 nominations,” organizer of the event, CEO and President of the Center of Armenian Noncommercial Cinema (CANC) Artashes Hovannesian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The festival jury headed by filmmaker Arman Manaryan includes film director David Safaryan, cameramen Ashot Mkrtchyan and Levon Grigoryan, script writer and director Gagik Zakoyanm Deputy Culture Minister Naira Yeghiazaryan and amateur filmmaker Arayik Sharbatyan. The best 5 films selected by the jury will be screened at UNICA film festival to be held August 20-28 in Luxemburg.   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 |  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. |
