  Kinotavr Russian Film Fest to feature Anna Melikyan's "About Love" May 13, 2015 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The jury and line up of Kinotavr Sochi Open Russian Film Festival has been unveiled, with Anna Melikyan's "About Love" among 14 competition films. In 2014, Anna Melikyan won the best director prize at Kinotavr. The main competition jury will be headed by Director Alexey Uchitel to be joined by operator Yury Klimenko, writer Nikolai Kulikov, producer Natalia Mokritskaya, actors Andrey Smolyakov and Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Short films jury will be chaired by producer Igor Tolstunov. Film critic Ivan Kudryavtsev, actress Agnia Kuznetsova and director Ivan Tverdovsky are among the jury members. The competition lineup includes Andrey Zaytsev's "14+", Artem Temnikov's "No Comment", Alexey Fedorchenko's "Angels of the Revolution", Denis Rodimin's "Guest". Stanislav Govorukhin's "The End of the Belle Epoque" will open the festival. Sochi will host Kinotavr from June 7-14.  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 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.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
