Third annual Worcester Armenian Film Festival to take place Apr 2March 21, 2016 - 10:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The third annual Worcester Armenian Film Festival will take place on April 2, at Worcester State University, the Armenian Weekly reports. The festival will begin with a short film by Talin Avakian titled “Two Tales of a City.” This is the third year a film by Avakian, a Worcester native, will be shown at the festival. Each film has touched on different journeys in Western Armenia. Avakian’s latest film is focused on the city of Diyarbakir. Filmmaker Eric Nazarian, director of the upcoming film adaptation of Chris Bohjalian’s bestselling novel “The Sandcastle Girls”, will discuss the history of Armenian cinema to the present time, and the landmark masterpieces and evolution of Soviet cinema. He will then present three personal narrative films for discussion. Nazarian will present “I Hate Dogs” by Suzanne Khardalian, a film about one of the last survivors of the Armenian Genocide residing in France. In addition, he will show “The Last Tightrope Dancer” by Inna Sahakyan and Arman Yeritsyan. The film tells the story of Zhora, 78 years old, and Knyaz, 77 years old, who were once the most celebrated tightrope dancers in Armenia. Finally, Armen Khachatryan’s “RETURN or WE EXIST 2” follows the lives of members of an Armenian family from the Sasun region, and their continued ties to the village of their birth. 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 | Fly Arna license suspended, says Armenia official The license of the Armenian airline Fly Arna has been suspended for six months, an official says. President stresses Armenia’s clear position to achieve peace On the eve of the International Francophonie Day, the Armenian President met with French intellectuals. Termination of servicing of MIR cards. IDBank It will not be possible to ensure the full operation of MIR cards in IDBank’s POS-terminals and ATMs Pashinian meets border villagers on possible land transfer to Azerbaijan Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province. |