Hrant Dink Foundation holds Films about Conscience competitionAugust 29, 2011 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the second year, the Hrant Dink Foundation is asking amateur and professional filmmakers to upload short films on ‘conscience.’ What is it like to be a lonely woman walking on a roadside, or to be a physically challenged person on a “normal” street? What is it like to be a little boy watching his father’s hand rise to strike a blow? These are some of the questions raised by Films about Conscience, a short film project that asks anyone with a camera to “take a look at the world through our conscience,” Hurriyet Daily News reported. According to Dença Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the assassinated Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. “The voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience is searching for a way out,” said Dink, who was killed Jan. 19, 2007. Films about Conscience is a competition. Everyone is invited to upload videos of no more than five minutes to the project’s website. Visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite entries and publish comments on the films. Following the Sept. 15 deadline, two separate results will be announced Dec. 10. One film will be the people’s choice and another 20 will be selected by a jury. Entries from both this year and last year can be viewed on the project website. The popularity of these short films can be seen through the increasing demand from film festivals. Last year’s winners have been screened at the Istanbul International Film Festival, the Gaziantep Onat Kutlar Film Festival, the Dersim Human Rights Film Festival and the Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival. The next stop for screenings will be Ankara in September, and then New York in November. The selected films will also be compiled for a DVD, with the producer of the winning film awarded with a scholarship by the Hrant Dink Foundation. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |