  Gerard Depardieu awarded Karot 2010 festival prize  September 5, 2010 - 18:33 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - World-known actor Gerard Depardieu was awarded Karot 2010 festival prize. Armenian National Assembly (RA NA) speaker Hovik Abrahamyan handed over the festival prize along with the RA NA Medal of Honor to the actor. At the award ceremony, the actor thanked singer Flora Martirosyan for a cappella performance of Dle Yaman song, as well as the musician Levon Malkhasyan and other laureates of Karot prize. Depardieu gave high assessment to the festival, which marks the contributions of representatives of art, sports, science, education and other spheres. In conclusion, Abrahamyan and Depardieu discussed the possibility of organizing the next Karot festival in Paris.   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 U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
