ATCP films to be screened this year at Golden Apricot July 1, 2011 - 16:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the framework of the Golden Apricot 8th international film festival all five films of the Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform (ATCP) will be screened, according to Art Director for Golden Apricot Susanna Harutyunyan. Within the 30th festival in Istanbul, on April 12, 2011, world premieres of the ATCP films were presented. These films are: Galata by Diana Kardumyan, Puppet Theatre by Canaya Ozden, Don’t Get Lost Children! by Gulengul Altinas, The Master of Doves by Artur Sukiasyan and Neighbours by Gor Baghdasaryan. Altinas’ Don’t Get Lost Children! presents a fragment from the history of an Armenian children's camp in Istanbul, where Editor-in-Chief of Agos Istanbul newspaper was brought up. In 2010, ATCP allotted joint grants on the part of Armenian and Turkish cinematographers for 8 films, screened with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia and the Foundation of European Cooperation. The 8th Golden Apricot festival will take place in Yerevan on July 10- 17. 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 | 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. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |