Boris Khlebnikov’s “Aritmiya” wins top prize at Russia’s Kinotavr FestJune 15, 2017 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boris Khlebnikov’s Aritmiya (Arrhythmia) took home the Grand Prix at Russia’s main national film festival Kinotavr, which drew to a close Wednesday, June 14 in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Focused on the breakdown of a marriage between two doctors, the drama will have its international premiere later this month in the official selection of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Rezo Gigineishvili was named best director for Zalozhniki (Hostages), a retro thriller which premiered in the Panorama Special section of this year's Berlinale. The film's director of photography, Vladislav Opelyants, received best cinematography honors. Kantemir Balagov's Tesnota (Closeness), which premiered last month in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, was chosen as best debut feature. The film also collected the critics' award. Arrhythmia's Alexander Yatsenko was named best actor, and Inga Oboldina was earned best actress honors for her role in Kirill Pletnev's Zhgi (Burn). The Grirory Gorin best screenplay award went to Vitaly Suslin and Ivan Lashin, writers of Suslin's Golova. Dva ukha (Head. Two Ears). The jury's special diploma was awarded to Roman Volobuyev's Blockbuster. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |