Jackie Chan to headline Asian Film Summit at Toronto Fest July 4, 2012 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jackie Chan will headline an inaugural Toronto Asian Film Summit at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Hong Kong star will be joined by MPAA chairman and CEO Chris Dodd as headliners at the Sept. 10 networking event for the Asian and western film industries, to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel. “As both a key launch pad for films in North America and home to huge audiences for Asian cinema, we think Toronto can be a prime meeting place for the Asian and western film industries,” TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey said in annoucing the upcoming Asian film summit. Other summit guests will be announced in the coming weeks as Toronto continues to establish ties with the Asian film industry, especially Bollywood and China. The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run Sept. 6-16. Partner news  Top stories World famous chansonnier Charles Aznavour will attend the unveiling of his star in Yerevan’s Aznavour Square. The film stars Avedikian as a brilliant director Sergey Paradjanov, whose nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. “Clear History” revolves around a marketing executive at an electric car company who quits over an argument and loses out on a fortune. The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.   Partner news |  Latest news WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office  Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software.Armenian Deputy PM meets UN Resident Coordinator Vice Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Busetto on the appointment, noting UNDP programs in line with RA government priorities. |
