 German film screened during Golden Apricot festivalJuly 18, 2009 - 00:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The sixth day of Golden Apricot festival began with the official opening of German films. Visitors had the chance to watch "Jerichow" a film by Christian Petzold. The film features the story of two men and a woman involved in a love triangle. Its heroes - discharged serviceman Thomas, distrustful entrepreneur Ali and charming Lora - thirst for love, but the burden of the bitter past prevents them from trusting one another. Another cinema house in Yerevan - Nairi - hosted the presentation of "Gemrany 09", a film containing 13 short episodes featuring the problems of German society. On July 14 and 15, visitors had the chance to watch "Murder File: Hrant Dink" (Osman Odjan) and "Bliss" (Beatitude). The former film depicts the moral psychological situation leading to the assassination of Agos daily's Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink (2007) while the latter is a romantic drama by Andreas Drezen featuring the sufferings of an elderly married woman.   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 |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
