World-known people likely to participate in creation of feature film about Armenian GenocideDecember 16, 2010 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director of the National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCC) Gevorg Gevorgyan said that the NCC negotiates with several famous filmmakers and script writers around the project for creation of a film about the Armenian Genocide. “We sent letters to world-known filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg, now we are waiting for their replies,” Gevorgyan told a press conference in Yerevan, summarizing the results of 2010. According to him, the film, which is planned to be finished until 2015, is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Gevorgyan also said that the NCC plans to implement a range of important projects in 2011, including a newspaper publication, organization of cinema awards ceremony, retrospective screening of films by outstanding filmmakers – Dmitri Kesayants, Edmond Keosayan and Roman Balayan, etc. “Besides, a big concert program – Arno Babajanyan’s music in films – is also envisaged to be organized. It will be dedicated to the 90th birth anniversary of great Armenian composer Arno Babajanyan,” said Gevorgyan. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |