War drama “Insyriated” wins Europa Cinemas Label prizeFebruary 18, 2017 - 15:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Insyriated, Philippe van Leeuw's drama about a Syrian family caught in its home while its city is under siege, has won the Europa Cinemas Label prize as the best European film in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. “Insyriated could not be more vital and topical, and an entirely appropriate winner of the Label,” the jury said in a statement. Insyriated is set in a Damascus apartment and shows the members of a household, a microcosm of Syrian society, as they struggle with the horrors of the war raging outside. It stars Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bou Abboud, Juliette Navis and Mohsen Abbas. The film will now receive distribution assistance to help it screen across the Europa Cinemas network, which consists of more than 1,000 art house cinemas across 41 European countries. Insyriated was produced by Belgium's Altitude and Liaison Cinematographique of France and is sold internationally by Films Boutique. 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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |