  The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia documentary wins another prize  October 19, 2010 - 21:34 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia documentary by filmmakers Inna Sahakyan and Arman Yeritsyan was awarded the grand prix of the 19th International Festival of Ethnological Films in Belgrade, Serbia. The film will be screened at an international festival in Leipzig on October 22 and at Nur Armenian film festival in Toronto, Canada, on October 24, the press service of Bars Media Documentary Film Studio told PanARMENIAN.Net The film tells about two Armenian tightrope dancers and their dying out art in Armenia. Earlier, the film received prizes at international festivals in various countries. The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia was premiered on the Global Voices series, Sunday, October 17, on the PBS WORLD channel. Besides, the film was aired by TV channels of Japan, Switzerland, Poland, Finland and other countries.   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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
