Film on Karabakh awarded with New York based Tribeca Film Festival prize

May 4, 2007 - 15:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian director Vartan Hovhannissyan's «A story of people war and peace» won New York based "Tribeca Film Festival" prize in "New Names" nomination. The film shot in 2006 by "Bars media" studio of documentary films tells about the war in Karabakh. The director of the film also received $25 000 premium, RFE RL reports.



Tribeca Film Festival has been founded in 2002 by the initiative of Robert De Niro, Jane Rozenthal and Graig Hatkoff aiming at assisting activation of Manhattan after the tragic events of September 11, 2002.



This year 275 films from 40 countries, including Levon Grigoryan's "Memories about Sayat-Nova" documentary film participated in the film festival.
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