Filmmaker David Mackenzie suggests opening film school in ArmeniaMarch 23, 2017 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government has received a proposal by Scottish film director and screenwriter David Mackenzie to open a school of cinematography in Armenia, prime minister Karen Karapetyan said on Thursday, March 23. "According to the proposal, the institution will be a partner of Los Angeles Film School, set to attract investments worth some $5 million," Aysor.am cited Karapetyan as saying. The minister of culture was instructed to review the proposal within two weeks and submit a response. Mackenzie is the co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films. He has made nine feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011) and Starred Up (2013). Photo: Lorey Sebastian Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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”. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |