Ruben Gevorkyan's "Wizard's autumn" among Oscar nomineesSeptember 24, 2009 - 19:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Wizard's autumn" documentary by RA Cinematographers Union Chairman Ruben Gevorkyants, was nominated for Oscar Annual Academy Awards' Best foreign language film.According to Academy regulations, participation applications are to be filed till September 1, 2009. As Modern Culture Department expert at RA Ministry of culture Kristina Gushchyan reported, the application was filed two month ago. "Wizard's autumn" was created in 2008 by scriptwriter Ruben Gevorkyants, directors Ruben Gevorkyants and Vahe Gevorkyants. The film is dedicated to famous Italian scriptwriter, dramatist, poet and sculptor Tonino Guerra. In 2008, "Wizard's autumn" was granted the Grand Prix of "New films of 21st century", as well as Golden Laurel Prize (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2008) and presidential prize. 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 | 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. 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. |