Hollywood to host 12th Annual Arpa International Film FestivalAugust 22, 2009 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arpa foundation will be hosting the 12th annual Arpa International Film Festival Friday, October 23, to Sunday, October 25, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The festival program includes the U.S. premier of Haik Gazarian's Venezzia, starring two of Latin America's great stars, Alfonso Herrera and Ruddy Rodriguez.More than 50 feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos, and animations will be screened during the festival, including films from Armenia, Turkey, France, Iran, Spain, Lebanon, England, Israel, Palestine, and Germany. Festival attendants will also have the opportunity to watch Alex Web's "Hove", starring Olympia Dukakis. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |