  Golden Apricot Third International Film Festival Opened in YerevanJuly 10, 2006 - 15:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The third International Film Festival Golden Apricot has opened in Yerevan with the digitized version of the first Armenian film "Namus" shot by founder of the Armenian cinema Hamo Bek-Nazarov.The films will be represented in three nominations: fiction films, documentaries and Armenian panorama. Honorary guests of the festival Artavazd Peleshyan, Marco Bellocchio, Moshen Makhmalbaf and outstanding Italian screenwriter Tonino Guerra will be granted awards after Sergey Parajanov for the contribution to the development of world cinematography. To note, well known Armenian film director, member of the European Film Academy Harutyun Khachatryan is the director of the festival.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat  To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
