Glendale Int’l Film Festival adds “Aram, Aram” to lineupSeptember 29, 2016 - 13:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the more high-profile showings at the Glendale International Film Festival will be "Aram, Aram" starring Levon Sharafyan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sharafian, a veteran actor in Armenia but still a stranger to most American audiences, plays Arsen, an Armenian immigrant struggling to take care of his wayward grandson, Aram. Sharafyan said he expects a warm welcome from the Glendale community. "The characters may inspire some and may make others reflect upon their life choices," Sharafyan said, using an English translator. "I do believe that, for some immigrants, when they see my character in “Aram, Aram,”they will see a part of themselves up there on the big screen." The third annual Glendale Film Festival will be held at two locations — MGN Five Star Cinema and Pacific Theatres — set to show more than 100 works of film, web series and documentaries — many by local filmmakers. Longtime actress and director Velvet Rhodes runs the festival and will this year dedicate the eight-day event to women filmmakers and the city of Glendale. As part of the festival, there will also be several panels and seminars, two screenplay-reading contests and an awards ceremony. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |