Main sponsor of Golden Apricot Film Festival awarded with "Mantashyan Knight" gold medalJuly 13, 2009 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 12, Moscow Movie Theater in Yerevan hosted the opening ceremony for Golden Apricot 6th International Film Festival. Over 1000 people attended the ceremony. Ralph Yirikian, General Manager of VivaCell-MTS, main sponsor of Golden Apricot Film Festival, was awarded with "Mantashyan Knight" gold medal, instituted by RA Ministry of Culture. "A belief in success of the festival makes us even today, on the opening day of 6th Festival, launch preparations for the next, 7th Golden Apricot," Ralph Yirikian emphasized. 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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |