  Vrej Kassouny: Max Howard characterized Armenia as the Silk Road of modern animation  August 30, 2010 - 17:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - ReAnimania 2010 international animation film festival will launch on September 9 in Yerevan. The festival will feature 263 films from 45 countries, including Singapore, Japan, China and Turkey. Nairi movie theater, Naregatsi art center as well as Cascade art complex will host animated film screenings. As festival director Vrej Kassouny stated at August 30 news conference, 23 acclaimed guests, including Max Howard, executive and producer at Walt Disney Feature Animation, were invited to participate. “Howard was enthusiastic about our festival, characterizing Armenia as the Silk Road of modern animation,” Kassouny stressed. Armenia hosted the first ReAnimania film festival in 2009.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
