  French-Armenian director joins Cannes film festival jury April 18, 2018 - 18:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French-Armenian film director, screenwriter and producer, Robert Guediguian will be a jury member at the 71st Cannes film festival. As stated on the official website of the festival, Robert Guediguian, raised in Marseille, attracted the attention of critics back in 80s while the major success for the producer was the movie “Marius and Jeannette”, reports Sputnik Armenia. Together with Guediguian, other members of jury were announced to be French actress Lea Seydoux, Russian film director Andrey Zvyagintsev, Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, American actress Kristen Stewart, Chinese actor Chang Chen, Burundian singer-songwriter Khadja Nin and American screenwriter Ava DuVernay. The president of jury will be famous Australian actress Cate Blanchett. Cannes film festival will start on May 8 and will last till May 19․  Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. The United States believes there should be an international mission to provide transparency.   Partner news |  Latest news Azerbaijan, Jordan sign deal on defense cooperation  Azerbaijan and Jordan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense, according to an official statement.Iran vows to “decisively” defend sovereignty, national interests The Iranian embassy in Armenia has defended its “defensive and proportional action in in occupied Palestine.”Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan won gold at the ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janiero.Kazakh President arrives in Armenia President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Armenia on an official visit on April 15. |
