  9th Golden Apricot Festival program to feature 150 films June 15, 2012 - 20:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This year 9th annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival will feature 150 films, festival’s program director Michael Stamboltsyan said. 1200 applications were filed this year for participation in the event. According to Mr. Stamboltsyan, 12 movies will be screened in the feature films nomination, with the program’s geography stretching from Chile to Iran. The section includes Vassily Sigarev’s “To Live” movie, Pierre Schoeller's political drama “The Minister”, Sergei Loznitsa's Second World War drama "In the Fog", etc. As the festival’s deputy director Ara Khanjyan noted, the event will also feature Armenian documentaries. “This year, both feature films and documentaries will be screened in the framework of ‘Armenian panorama’ contest,” Raffi Movsisyan, the nomination coordinator said, noting that most of the applications have been submitted for “Koriz” nomination. 9th Golden Apricot Film Festival is scheduled for July 8-15.   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 |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
