Iceland’s “Rams” among Zurich Film Festival winners October 7, 2015 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Films from Iceland, Mexico and Austria were among the countries picking up awards at the 11th Zurich Film Festival, which ran Sept. 24-Oct. 4, Variety reports. Iceland’s “Rams”, directed by Grimur Hakonarson, taking the Golden Eye for international feature film, “Los Reyes del Pueblo Que No Existe” by Betzabe Garcia from Mexico winning the prize for international documentary and the Focus trophy awarded to “Thank You for Bombing” by Barbara Eder from Austria. “The Miracle of Tekir” by Ruxandra Zenide won the Emerging Swiss Talent Award while the Critics’ Choice Award went to “Pikadero” by Ben Sharrock of Spain. The audience award went to Niklaus Hilber’s “Amateur Teens” and the audience award in the ZFF for Kids section was taken home by Margus Paju’s “Supilinna Salaselts.” The festival honored Arnold Schwarzenegger with the Golden Icon Award. Photo: Cannes Film Festival   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 Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi  Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.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. |
