  World-known people likely to participate in creation of feature film about Armenian Genocide  December 16, 2010 - 18:16 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Director of the National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCC) Gevorg Gevorgyan said that the NCC negotiates with several famous filmmakers and script writers around the project for creation of a film about the Armenian Genocide. “We sent letters to world-known filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg, now we are waiting for their replies,” Gevorgyan told a press conference in Yerevan, summarizing the results of 2010. According to him, the film, which is planned to be finished until 2015, is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Gevorgyan also said that the NCC plans to implement a range of important projects in 2011, including a newspaper publication, organization of cinema awards ceremony, retrospective screening of films by outstanding filmmakers – Dmitri Kesayants, Edmond Keosayan and Roman Balayan, etc. “Besides, a big concert program – Arno Babajanyan’s music in films – is also envisaged to be organized. It will be dedicated to the 90th birth anniversary of great Armenian composer Arno Babajanyan,” said Gevorgyan.   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 |  Topic 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. |
