Malatya film festival organizers refrained from using Armenian brandSeptember 18, 2010 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Organizers of an international film festival to be held in Malatya, Turkey, from November 26 to December 2, decided that the prize to be handed to the winners will be named Crystal Apricot, instead of Golden Apricot planned earlier, Cihan news agency reported. Milliyet newspaper said in mid August that Golden Apricot festival will feature 100 films, with 10 000 euro for the best film and 3 000 euro for the best director, best actor and best actress respectively. The article mentioned in conclusion that “Golden Apricot festival is also held in Yerevan.” Meanwhile, the center of Golden Apricot International Film Festival said that GAIFF, hosted by Yerevan annually, has nothing to do with the festival to be held in Malatya. “We can take Turkey to court for using our brand,” the center said in a statement. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |