  Berlin’s 61st International Film Festival to open with “True Grit”  February 11, 2011 - 15:59 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Berlin’s 61st International Film Festival is rolling out the red carpet from February 10 to 20 to show around 400 films from almost 60 countries, including Armenia. They include new forms of film, such as Wim Wenders’ 3D tribute to the choreographer Pina Bausch. The opening film promises a glamorous Hollywood atmosphere: the US Western with ten Oscar nominations, “True Grit,” by Ethan and Joel Coen with Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges in the leading role. There are 16 entries, including 13 world premieres, in the official Berlinale competition for the Golden Bear for best film and the Silver Bears in additional categories. The majority of productions come from Europe, Latin America and the USA, according to Germany info. Armenia, which is the first-timer at the Festival, represented “Romantics” project (director Areg Azatyan and script writer Shoghik Tadevosyan) and “Jeanne and Voices” movie (producer Armine Abrahamyan and director Mikael Vatinyan).   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
