  French, Lebanese comics authors to participate in Yerevan-hosted comics festivalMay 5, 2011 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 6, Yerevan State Chamber Theater will host the official opening ceremony of the festival, titled: Fireworks of Comics. Another event dedicated to comics will be organized later the same day near the monument to Martiros Saryan. Co-founder of the international comics festival of Angouleme, France, Jean Mardikian, critic and script writer Laurent Melikian, as well as French and Lebanese comics authors will be among guests of the festival. The program is implemented through the support of the Armenian Ministry of Culture. VivaCell-MTS company is a sponsor of the event.   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. |
