Golden Apricot jury composition announcedJuly 8, 2011 - 17:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 8th international film festival jury composition was announced on July 8. The festival hosts five groups of juries in charge of categories to be evaluated. Feature Films group jury will be headed by the The Guardian and London Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm. Documentary films evaluation group will be led by a Bulgarian film critic Bojidar Manov. Elena Stishova of Russia will lead Armenian Panorama jury. FIPRESCI and Ecumenical juries will include international film experts and critics and members of the association of independent churches respectively. Yerevan will host Golden Apricot 8th international film festival on July 10-17. 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. |