  Sarik Andreasyan’s “American Heist” to vie for Toronto Fest prize July 23, 2014 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sarik Andreasyan’s “American Heist” starring Adrien Brody and Hayden Christensen will vie for main prize of the Toronto Film Festival. In the indie action thriller, a remake of Steve McQueen's “The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery”, two brothers with troubled pasts become embroiled in a high-stakes bank robbery. Sarik Andreasyan is an Armenian producer and director, known for such Russian hits as Mamy (2012), Chto tvoryat muzhchiny! (2013) and Tot eshchyo Karloson! (2012). In 2010 Andreasyan founded Enjoy Movies production company. The Toronto Film Festival runs Sept. 4-14.  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 Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
