National Cinema Center elaborated international agreements on shooting joint filmsDecember 16, 2009 - 21:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Cinema Center's principal achievement of 2009 was the elaboration of international agreements with foreign film production companies, according to Gevorg Gevorgyan, Director of the National Cinema Center of Armenia. "Those agreements will enable us to make joint investments, raising the quality of films, as well as bring together actors from various countries," he told Wednesday a news conference. At that, he noted that Armenia, Russia and France concluded agreement on shooting Maria Sahakyan's "Alaverdi" film. France has agreed to invest 650 thousand, Russia - 195 thousand and Armenia - 65 thousand. "We receive application packages, and send them to artistic council for approval," Gevorgyan said, answering journalists' question on funding criteria. In that regard, he said that the 2009 State Budget envisages AMD 405615.3 allocations to the National Cinema Center. According to him, the Center funds worthy projects, not elaborated by Armenian producers. These include children's broadcasts (such as Hay Aspet), "Gzhuk" satiric newsreel etc. Many of the films shot under the funding of National Cinema Center will be screened during national and international festivals, Gevorgyan said. Among them is "Don't Look into the Mirror" (director: Suren Babayan). It is also planned to send the films to Argentina, Romania, Slovakia, United Arab Emirates and Russia. The best film was Harutyun Khachatryan's "Border" which received 10 awards. Hovhannes Galstyan's "Bonded Parallels" came next. 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 | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. 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. |