Polish director Wojciech Marczewski to attend Golden Apricot film fest July 12, 2011 - 14:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 8th international film festival will host the screening of films by famous Polish director Wojciech Marczewski. 3 of the most acknowledged films by Marczewski will be screened during the festival: Shivers (1981), Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990), Weiser (2001). During his stay in Yerevan, Mr. Marczewski will hold a master class for students of State Institute of Cinema and Theater. Wojciech Marczewski (born 28 February 1944) directed twelve films between 1968 and 2001.Marczewski's Shivers won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival; Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |