  Le Premier Cercle to open Golden Apricot international film festivalJune 30, 2009 - 20:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "One Day in Europe" and "Arab Nights" will be organized in the framework of the VI International Film Festival Golden Apricot in Yerevan from July 12 to 19. Le Premier Cercle" ("the first circle"), film by French director Laurent Tuel will open "Golden Apricot" film festival. The producer of the film is the famous French Armenian film distributor Alain Terzian. This 95-minute thriller is about the Malakian clan which controls in the Southern France.Six French films will be screened at the festival. Polish films of Peter Lenartowicz, Michael Rosa and Andrzej Waida will be presented. Works of Andreas Drezen, 13 German producers, authors of "Germany 09": 13 short films of various genres. A Yerevan premiere of the joint German-Azerbaijani "Absurdistan" will be held. Polish, French, German and Dutch films will be screened in the framework of "One Day in Europe" program. Japanese films will be screened for the first time during the festival: a retrospective of Kohei Oguri films. Works of 6 of the American producers will be presented to the Armenian audience this year. Besides, in the framework of "Arab Nights" Lebanese films will be widely shown. Rob Nilsson will also organize master classes in Yerevan. The film festival "Golden Apricot" collaborates with embassies of France, US, Germany, Poland, Japan, Poland, as well as Unifrance, Goethe Institute, the Open Society Institute and Eurasia foundation.   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 OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security”  Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.IDBank issues 2nd tranche of dollar bonds of 2024 On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9. |
