Levon Minasian's The Piano to be screened at disability film festivalFebruary 10, 2012 - 16:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Picture This, an international disability film festival showcases films about disability and films that were produced, directed or written by people with disabilities will kick off on Feb 13 under the motto "Eleven years of excellence" in Calgary, Canada. According to Calgary Herald, over 40 films will be screened over three days, including The Piano by Armenian-French filmmaker Levon Minasian. The film, which won the Best of Festival award, is about Louissine, a young talented pianist who is blind. Unfortunately, her piano doesn't fit through the door of her house, leaving her to practice the same piece over and over again in her front yard.   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
