Haneke's “Amour” claims 3 top prizes at London Critics' Circle Film Awards January 21, 2013 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michael Haneke's “Amour” claimed the top prize at the annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards on Sunday. The unflinching look at old age earned the top screenwriting honor for Haneke and the film's female star, Emmanuelle Riva, took top actress honors. “Amour” won the Palme D'Or in Cannes in May last year, and picked up a Golden Globe award last week. It has been nominated for five Oscars, including best picture and foreign language film. Ang Lee was named best director for “Life of Pi.” Best actor went to Joaquin Phoenix for “The Master.” Philip Seymour Hoffman's turn in the same film won him supporting actor honors and Anne Hathaway was named best supporting actress for “Les Miserables.”   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
