Serge Avedikian’s History of Dogs to be screened at Golden Apricot July 12, 2011 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 8th international film festival will host a Yerevan premiere of History of Dogs film by Armenian-born French director Serge Avedikian. “I made a trip to Istanbul to shoot the History of Dogs. The film is a medium through which the history of the city is analyzed. The film is an allusion. I object to direct portrayal of the Armenian Genocide,” Avedikian said. While the modern-day Istanbul is promoted as a European capital of culture, who remembers that thousands of dogs have been exterminated in 1910 for the sake of westernization and progress? In the film, Istanbul residents reflect upon the interactions they have today with the street dogs in their neighborhood. From European downtown to the distant suburbs, the diversity of views illuminate a society in evolution, its contradictions and its dynamics. 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. |