“The Other End” wins top prize at Rio Film Fest October 21, 2016 - 16:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Felipe Sholl’s The Other End topped the Redentor Awards, presented to local productions in the Premiere Brazil competition of the Rio Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Scholl's quirky modern comedy, which was named best film, also saw leading actress Karine Teles take home the best actress award. Cristiane Oliveira’s A Woman and the Father was the other big winner in Brazil's main film festival, receiving a best director award, a shared best cinematography prize for Heloisa Passos and best supporting actress honors for newcomer Verónica Perrotta. The fest's jury was composed of Charles Tesson, artistic director of Cannes’ Critics' Week, who served as president; film directors Maria Augusta Ramos and Sandra Kogut; and Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro, whose latest feature film Dominion had its world premiere in the Panorama world cinema section. The Rio Film Festival, which ran Oct. 6-16, screened over 250 international and local films in more than 20 locations around the city with almost 200,000 tickets sold, according to organizers.  Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
