  Jury of 6th international film festival Golden Apricot announcedJune 19, 2009 - 20:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jury of the 6th international film festival Golden Apricot has been announced. Three main competition programs are submitted to the festival held between July 12 and 19: international live-action movie, documentary and Armenian panorama. Films will be evaluated by five categories of jury. As Mikael Stamboltsyan, one of Golden Apricot founders told journalists today, jury for "International live-action movie" is headed by Japan producer Kohey Oguri. Among Jury members are Arsine Khanjian, Pedro Almodovar's first producer Paco Poch, Eric Boghosian. Aleksander Rodnyansky will head documentary film jury. Armenian panorama jury will be chaired by the producer from the Netherlands Hayk Balian.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
