“Bending the Arc” to open Greenwich Film FestivalMay 15, 2017 - 18:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bending the Arc, Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos' documentary about doctors working in a rural Haitian village, will serve as the opening film at the third annual Greenwich International Film Festival, which is set to run June 1-4 in Greenwich, Conn, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The film will screen June 2, followed by a Town Hall Panel Q&A moderated by Barbara Pierce Bush and featuring Ophelia Dahl (Partners in Health), writer/producer Cori Stern, Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health) and Rifat Latifi, M.D., from Westchester Medical Center, discussing the state of global healthcare. The event will kick off June 1 with its Changemaker Awards, honoring Christy Turlington Burns for her work with Every Mother Counts and Renee Zellweger for her leadership in the search for a cure for ALS. At the opening-night party on June 2, Sophia Bush will present the Best Social Impact Film Award, to be given to one film across all categories that promotes social change and awareness. The films in competition for the Social Impact Prize will be determined by the GIFF team and awarded by the jury. The prize will have a cash value of $10,000. The festival also will host a special performance open to the public by Flo Rida on June 2. Film highlights include Phillip Baribeau's Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story; Sophia Kruz's Little Stones; and writer/director Brett Haley's The Hero, starring Sam Elliott, Nick Offerman and Krysten Ritter. 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. |