BFI London Film Fest lineup announcedSeptember 5, 2012 - 17:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The BFI London Film Festival will screen 225 features including 14 world premieres and a further 111 live action and animated shorts, Deadline said. Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is the previously announced opener and Mike Newell’s Great Expectations closes the fest. There are 12 films in the main competition and gala presentations include Ben Affleck’s Argo, Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet, Roger Michell’s Hyde Park On Hudson and the world premiere of Rolling Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane. The festival runs Oct. 10-21 in the British capital. 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. |