Boris Khlebnikov’s “Aritmiya” wins top prize at Russia’s Kinotavr Fest June 15, 2017 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boris Khlebnikov’s Aritmiya (Arrhythmia) took home the Grand Prix at Russia’s main national film festival Kinotavr, which drew to a close Wednesday, June 14 in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Focused on the breakdown of a marriage between two doctors, the drama will have its international premiere later this month in the official selection of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Rezo Gigineishvili was named best director for Zalozhniki (Hostages), a retro thriller which premiered in the Panorama Special section of this year's Berlinale. The film's director of photography, Vladislav Opelyants, received best cinematography honors. Kantemir Balagov's Tesnota (Closeness), which premiered last month in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, was chosen as best debut feature. The film also collected the critics' award. Arrhythmia's Alexander Yatsenko was named best actor, and Inga Oboldina was earned best actress honors for her role in Kirill Pletnev's Zhgi (Burn). The Grirory Gorin best screenplay award went to Vitaly Suslin and Ivan Lashin, writers of Suslin's Golova. Dva ukha (Head. Two Ears). The jury's special diploma was awarded to Roman Volobuyev's Blockbuster.  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 |  Latest news 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.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
