Golden Apricot film fest extends program in 2011June 10, 2011 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Extension of Golden Apricot 8th international film festival program has been planned, with a number of retrospective screenings scheduled. The screenings will feature works of Edmond Keosayan, Dmitri Kesayants, Roman Balayan, Wojciech Marczewski, Bertrand Tavernier. The festival will highlight 5 classical and modern Italian films in the framework of 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification. Among other festival programs are those featuring foreign filmmaker's movies about Armenia, CIS films, student-made films. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |