Boris Grachevsky, Garri Bardin attend International Children's and Youth Film Festival in YerevanOctober 12, 2010 - 21:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 6th International Children's and Youth Film Festival was launched in Yerevan. Moscow cinema hosted the festival opening ceremony preceded by a gala concert. Among this year’s honorary guests, the festival welcomed the author of Eralash humoristic film journal, Boris Grachevsky, world-known director and animator Garri Bardin as well as actors and directors from Poland, Great Britain, SAR, Turkey and other countries. Honored Art Worker of Russia, composer Grigori Gladkov also delivered a greeting speech at the ceremony. The festival was opened with animated cartoons by Pilot studio. Several nominations, including I’ve Got Rights nomination aiming at spreading awareness on children’s rights will be featured at the festival. Over 80 films from 27 countries will be featured during the festival to last till October 16. 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 | Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive” At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments. OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. |