Independent Films Festival kicks off in YerevanMay 28, 2011 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first pan-Armenian Independent Films Festival kicked off in the National Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan on May 28. “22 films will be screened in 4 nominations,” organizer of the event, CEO and President of the Center of Armenian Noncommercial Cinema (CANC) Artashes Hovannesian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The festival jury headed by filmmaker Arman Manaryan includes film director David Safaryan, cameramen Ashot Mkrtchyan and Levon Grigoryan, script writer and director Gagik Zakoyanm Deputy Culture Minister Naira Yeghiazaryan and amateur filmmaker Arayik Sharbatyan. The best 5 films selected by the jury will be screened at UNICA film festival to be held August 20-28 in Luxemburg. 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. |