7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival to mark famous film figures’ jubileesJune 25, 2010 - 19:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Both competition and out-of-competition programs will be given special attention at Golden Apricot Festival, with out-of-competition program featuring retrospective shows and Yerevan premiers, festival programs director Mikhael Stamboltsyan stated. As festival organizers stated at June 25 news conference, among the works of a number of international filmmakers, the festival will premier Berlin Film Festival 2010 Winner, Semih Kaplanoglu’s Honey; Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Revisited; Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No. 6. Films by Henri Verneuil, Atom Egoyan, Sergei Parajanov will be featured within retrospective show framework to mark famous film figures’ jubilees. Also, master classes with world-famous filmmakers will be included in festival program. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |