“The Other End” wins top prize at Rio Film FestOctober 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 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |