Golden Apricot passions flaring upReview of June 22-27 cultural events. Renowned Claudia Cardinale, who co-starred in Henri Verneuil’s Mayrig (Mother) film, will attend the opening ceremony of the festival. The actress will be awarded a silver copy of a thaler made by Sergei Parajanov during the years of his imprisonment. June 27, 2010 PanARMENIAN.Net - Out-of-competition program will feature retrospective shows and Yerevan premieres, including Berlin Film Festival 2010 Winner, Semih Kaplanoglu’s Honey; Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Revisited; Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No. 6. Films by Henri Verneuil, Atom Egoyan, Sergei Parajanov will be screened within retrospective show framework to mark the famous film directors’ jubilees. The Festival will close with screening of Serge Avedikian’s Chienne D'histoire, which was featured at Istanbul international film festival. The Festival program also includes Yerevan Nights event – open air screening of festival films, as well as Jazz-Cinema musical competition with participation of Armenian jazz bands as part of the festival. Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Association Cyprus hosted a screening of My Name is Aram documentary directed and produced by Carmen Labaki. Meanwhile, Nicosia Jazz Festival in Stasikratous featured Koharapayl Armenian jazz band, who present Armenian folk music with modern arrangement. Moscow hosted Armenian stage director Hakob Ghazanchyan’s I am a Seagull play. The play, starring Russian actors, was presented to Moscow audience with the assistance of CIS Intergovernmental Humanitarian Cooperation Fund (Rossotrudnichestvo). Armenian Ministry of Diaspora and the Union of Writers of Armenia signed a memorandum of cooperation which envisages conduction of the Forum of Armenian Books to be held in the framework of One Nation, One Culture festival, which kicked off in April and will last until November. Mane Amirjanyan / PanARMENIAN News Most popular in the section The Oscar-winning helmer who hopes to return to Armenia many, many times ICAE2018 proves a success Telling a story in a single image Chance to have another dream More articles in this section The other side of music Instrumental injuries How Indians turned into Armenian Gypsies Law-abiding and peace-loving Armenian Renaissance Ahead of Europe | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |