Vietnam picks “Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” for Oscars contentionSeptember 17, 2016 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Vietnam has selected “Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” as its contender for the Academy Awards foreign-language race, according to Variety. The coming of age story set in the 1980s and seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy, is an adaptation of a best-selling novel by Nguyen Nhat Anh. The film was directed by Victor Vu, a Vietnamese-American with a string of hits in Vietnam. It enjoyed a strong commercial release in Vietnam from October last year. It grossed some $3.5 million. Production was by Galaxy Entertainment. International sales were handled by Fortissimo Films. The Oscars selection, made by the Ministry of Culture, is only the sixth time that Vietnam has submitted a film in the category. 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. |