St. Petersburg hosts open cinema festival dedicated to Sergey ParajanovAugust 10, 2009 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Open Cinema short film festival organized in St. Petersburg is this year dedicated to Sergey Parajanov. Film forum will be held in the House of Cinema and Petropavlovsk Castle. The latter hosted a unique exhibition, displaying items brought from Yerevan museum.The halls of Engineers' House of Petropavlovsk Castle were overcrowded with visitors participating in the opening of the exhibition titled "Sergey Parajanpv's World". The event was attended by art critics, visitors of modern vernisages and Armenian Diaspora representatives from St. Petersburg. Parajanov's collages are often reproductions of great painters' works ornamented by feathers, shells and even watch mechanisms. Unfortunately, the original copies of collages were not brought to Yerevan. Exhibited items were restricted to their photos and great director's portraits, vesti.ru reports. 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. |