Arpa International Film Festival winners announcedSeptember 28, 2011 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 14th Arpa International Film Festival presented by AT&T YP concluded this year’s festival with a screening of Five Minarets In New York followed by a gala reception at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Asbarez reports. This year’s festival drew record attendance during its 3 days of screenings, Q&As, receptions and awards. Taking top honors were Three Veils, My Uncle Rafael, The Last Tightrope Dancer In Armenia and Bolis. The Best Picture honor this year went to Rolla Selbak’s drama, Three Veils. Best Director and Best Screenplay kudos went to director Marc Fusco and writers Scott Yagemann and Vahik Pirhamzei for their comedy My Uncle Rafael. Pirhamzei also received the festival’s 2011 Breakthrough Performance Award for his starring role in the film. Arman Yeritsyan and Inna Sahakyan’s The Last Tightrope Dancer In Armenia was given the award for Best Documentary with Eric Nazarian’s Bolis winning Best Short Film. For the first time in its history, the festival handed out a cash award for Best Screenplay to My Uncle Rafael scribes Yagemann and Pirhamzei. The festival hopes to usher in cash award incentives to other winners beginning with its 15th annual celebration next year. 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. |