Animator Robert Sahakyants dies in YerevanSeptember 24, 2009 - 22:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After lingering illness and serious operation, animator Robert Sahakyants died in Yerevan today.Robert Sahakyants was born in 1950 in Baku. Since 1964 he was residing in Yerevan, where he finished school and was suspended from Khachatur Abovyan Institute for non-attendance. By that time he started working at Armenfilm Studio as an animation artist and later as an animation director. He authored around a hundred films, many of which were granted awards at international festivals in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan as well as Kiev, Yerevan, Moscow, Tallin. 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. |