Nune Manukyan: Communication with children enables us to see the world with different eyes

PanARMENIAN.Net - Participants and guests of Fifth International Children's and Youth Festival (which started in Yerevan on October 15) recently went to Gyumri.



They visited Trchunyan children's house, and after the concert of namesake dance ensemble communicated with children.



Children had the chance to communicate with renowned animator Edward Nazaryan, director of Winnie the Pooh, film critic Armen Medevedev, art director of Yeralash journal Boris Grachevsky and others.



"Every year within festival frameworks we visit 'Trunchyan' children's home, and the energy we get from children enables us to see the world with different eyes. I think, such celebrations should be organized more frequently," said Nune Manukyan, Head of Rolan Bykov foundation for Development of Cinema and Television for Children and Youth.



Fifth International Children's and Youth Festival was organized upon the initiative of Rolan Bykov Foundation. Its objective is to develop children's interest in cinema art, enabling them to watch the best children's and youth films shot over the recent years.



This year's festival program includes about 51 films from 23 countries. Renowned guests will conduct master classes in schools. For the fifth jubilee year, festival organizers plan to organize film premieres, meetings with audience and art critics. Within festival frameworks, it is also planned to celebrate the 80th birth anniversary of Sos Sargsyan. Yervand Manaryan and Rolan Bykov.