  Golden Apricot 6th International Film Festival is due in Yerevan on Jul. 12-19April 15, 2009 - 22:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 6th International Film Festival will launch Yerevan on Jul. 12-19. "Closed Circle" French movie starring the famous Jean Renaut, who portrays an Armenian, will open the festival. Over 300 application for participation were filed from 60 countries of the world. Competition program will feature 3 sections: Action films, Documentary films and Armenia Panorama.European cinema will be mainly represented by Polish movies retrospective, featuring works of Ezhi Skvolovski. Arabian nights programs will be continued and master classes organized. Special attention will be given to Armenian cinema. This year the Festival will host a number of jubilees including 80th anniversary of Bagrat Hovhannesyan and Arman Manaryan, 70th anniversary of Nerses Hovhannesyan. Graduate works: "Tjvjik" by Manaryan and "The Beginning" by Artavazd Peleshyan will be screened in commemoration of 90h anniversary of National Cinematography Institute. The festival will host Directors Without Boundaries 3rd Forum, Golden Apricot newspaper will be circulated to cover daily festival news.   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 |  Related sections Latest 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. |
