Golden Apricot jury composition announcedJuly 8, 2011 - 17:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 8th international film festival jury composition was announced on July 8. The festival hosts five groups of juries in charge of categories to be evaluated. Feature Films group jury will be headed by the The Guardian and London Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm. Documentary films evaluation group will be led by a Bulgarian film critic Bojidar Manov. Elena Stishova of Russia will lead Armenian Panorama jury. FIPRESCI and Ecumenical juries will include international film experts and critics and members of the association of independent churches respectively. Yerevan will host Golden Apricot 8th international film festival on July 10-17. 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 | 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. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |