 Armenia hosts WebApricot 5th Pan-Armenian Online Film Festival March 11, 2016 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - WebApricot 5th Pan-Armenian Online Film Festival was held in Yerevan, with the results summed up on March 3. The Golden Apricot International Film Festival and the webtv.am Armenian online cultural TV channel organized the festival, VivaCell-MTS serving as the General Partner. “The experimental project launched 5 years ago has now grown into an established festival,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said. “I am sure that these young people will claim more achievements in the future, making all of us proud.” The fifth edition of WebApricot kicked off on February 3, with Jury Board members Mikael Dovlatyan (director), Ruzan Bagratuni (film journalist), and Gohar Hakobyan (journalist) presenting the results, based on 24 films, submitted to webtv.am’s official YouTube channel. Lusine Papoyan and Garik Avagyan shared 1st prize for “Radiola” and “I heard a sweet voice…” respectively, each of them set to receive an AMD 200 000 monetary award. The movie “I wanted a studio” by Arpi Balyan got an incentive award, while Arman Ayvazyan took the Audience award for the film “Crossroad” which gathered the largest number of views. The winners will have an opportunity to use professional movie making equipment free of charge for 10 days.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards  IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback.European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. |
