  Iranian family drama wins Golden Bear at 61st BerlinaleFebruary 21, 2011 - 11:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian family drama, “Nader and Simin, A Separation” won the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlinale. Asghar Farhadi’s film touches upon the problems of Iranian society, its conservatism and the gaps in the juridical system. It is about a disintegrating marriage, which highlights a clash between traditional and modern ways of living and thinking. The focus at this year’s Berlinale was that Iranian director Jafar Panahi was invited by the Berlinale to join the jury but shortly before the festival he was arrested and banned for 20 years from his profession. The Berlinale therefore kept his seat in the jury vacant.   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 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
