Berlin Int’l Film Festival to feature movie on Armenian GenocideJanuary 29, 2016 - 11:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The movie “Houses without doors" by Syrian-Armenian Avo Kaprealian will premiere at the Berlinale, Kantsasar newspaper said in a Facebook post. The film portrays the changes in the life of an Armenian family on Aleppo’s frontline in Al Midan, an area that brought shelter to the persecuted Armenians 100 years ago and many displaced Syrians today. From the balcony of his home, the director films with a small camera the changes in his neighborhood and his own family, interweaving his images with extracts from classical films to illustrate the parallels between the Armenian Genocide and Syrians’ reality today. Berlin International Film Festival will be held on February 11-21. Avo Kaprealian was born in 1986 in Aleppo and is from a Syrian-Armenian family. He left his hometown to study theater at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. He took part in several film workshops organized by DocMed, Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts and Screen Institute Beirut on the development of film ideas in general and his feature documentary “Houses without doors” which he filmed entirely by himself. Related links: Top stories 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. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |