Music Box Films picks up Spain’s foreign Oscar entry “Flowers”October 13, 2015 - 18:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Music Box Films has acquired North American rights to “Flowers”, Spain’s official foreign language Oscar entry, Variety reports. Directed by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, “Flowers” (“Loreak”) marks the first time the country has selected a film in Euskara, the language of the Basque people. The movie won the Cine Latino Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and is an official selection at BFI’s London Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival. “Flowers” centers around three women whose lives intertwine in unexpected ways when a sudden, tragic event jolts all of them into a new reality. The film opens at New York’s Paris Theater on Oct. 30, followed by Los Angeles on Nov. 27. The deal for North American distribution was finalized with Spain’s Film Factory. Photo: A contracorriente films Top stories American actor of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian has been cast in the upcoming TV adaptation of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire". Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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. Partner news | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. |