150 reels from 24 countries applies to ReAnimania animation film festivalAugust 11, 2009 - 21:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The program of the first Yerevan-based ReAnimania international animation film festival has been publicized. Animation reels will fight for victory in the following categories: "Best Short Film," "Best feature film," Best Graduation Film"," Best TV series", "Audience Award", " RA ministry of culture Award", "Children's Special notice".Premiere of the following films will be held: "WALTZ WITH BASHIR" by Israeli director Ari Folman, "SITA SINGS THE BLUES" by the U.S. director Nina Paley , "IDIOTS AND ANGLES" by U.S. director Bill Plympton, "PERSEPOLIS" by French directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. Various workshops will be organized at the festival: Workshops on directing animation, 2D traditional animation, 3D animation (not CGI), storyboarding, animation character design to be held at the festival. The first Yerevan ReAnimania international animation film festival will take place from October 3 to 6. 150 reels from 24 countries have already applied to take part in ReAnimania. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |