Hasmik Poghosyan: "Golden Apricot" Film Festival became Armenia's visiting cardJuly 10, 2009 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Over the past 5 years, "Golden Apricot" 6th International Film Festival, has passed a long way, gaining wide recognition."Every year we look forward to "Golden Apricot" festival, in anticipation of seeing organizers' successive surprise. My colleagues abroad many times expressed interest in the festival. So I can say for sure that "Golden Apricot" has become our successive visiting card," RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan said. "If we are known in countries like Laos and Honduras, we can say that 'Golden Apricot' has become one of the best known film festivals," Creative director Susanna Harutyunyan said. "Festival carries out its activities in close cooperation with Culture Ministry. And we are happy to announce that every year we receive more and more claims, with more and more notable cinematographers expressing desire to attend the festival," Harutyun Khachatryan said. 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 | 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. |