  Open Cinema Festival dedicated to Sergey Parajanov due in St. Petersburg on August 7August 6, 2009 - 21:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The fifth international Open Cinema Festival of short films and animations dedicated to renowned director Sergey Parajanov's 85th birth anniversary is due in St. Petersburg on August 7. "Visitors will be introduced to the most significant short films created over the past 2 years. The style of motion pictures will vary from live action films to animations and experimental videos," organizers note.More than 500 candidates from 23 countries have submitted applications for participation. The non-competition part will introduce participants to 16 international festival programs, as well as Russian cinema schools and cinema film studios. European film distributors' retrospective shows and best short film collections will be screened as well. Festival opening was preceded by the exhibition titled "Sergey Parajanov's World - Art without Frontiers". It opened Thursday in the Engineers' House of Petropavlovsk Castle. The exhibition which lasted several days introduced visitors to 50 photos from the collection of Parajanov Museum in Yerevan. The original version of Parajanov's "Color of Pomegranate" will be screened on August 7 in the town's Cinema House, marking the official start of the festival program. Film presentation will be followed by contest and festival shows, as well as retrospective shows featuring international festivals organized worldwide. Festival program includes Anton Adasinsky's master-class and the conference on "Sergei Parajanov's Form Plastics: Pro et Pro". Attended by leading cinematographers and art critics, the conference will focus on the great director's creative art. Festival closing will take place on the beach near Petropavlovsk Castle. On Friday, August 14, the best motion pictures included in the non-competition part of festival program will be screened. Winner award ceremony, the first over the entire course of the festival's history, will be organized in the open air, NEWSru.ua. reports.   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 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. |
