  Vrej Kassouny: Max Howard characterized Armenia as the Silk Road of modern animation  August 30, 2010 - 17:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - ReAnimania 2010 international animation film festival will launch on September 9 in Yerevan. The festival will feature 263 films from 45 countries, including Singapore, Japan, China and Turkey. Nairi movie theater, Naregatsi art center as well as Cascade art complex will host animated film screenings. As festival director Vrej Kassouny stated at August 30 news conference, 23 acclaimed guests, including Max Howard, executive and producer at Walt Disney Feature Animation, were invited to participate. “Howard was enthusiastic about our festival, characterizing Armenia as the Silk Road of modern animation,” Kassouny stressed. Armenia hosted the first ReAnimania film festival in 2009.   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 |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
