  "Looking for Palladin" to be screened in YerevanJuly 13, 2009 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the frames of "Golden Apricot" international film festival, Yerevan will host the presentation of "Looking for Palladin" (director: Andjey Krakovsky). The film tells about a young Hollywood agent sent to Guatemala to find two-time Oscar winner actor Jack Palladin who had been living in US for over 20 years.A very warm film featuring neither sex nor violence, it became a kind of bridge between different nations, cultures and age groups. " 'Looking for Palladin' reveals the prejudices of contemporary American youth," Krakivsky told a press conference. It was the first foreign film shot in Guatemala after "Tarzan and the Green Goddess" (1938), director said. Shot quite recently, "Looking for Palladin" has been already declared as the best film during Latin American film festivals in Orlando and Kunis as well as during Wine Country Festival in Napa.   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 |  Latest news Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive”  At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments.OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
