Armenian actor awarded Grand Prix in "Atspindys" International FestivalOctober 12, 2009 - 22:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Atspindys" third International Film festival was recently held in Visaginas, Lithuania. Festival program included 8 spectacles belonging to different genres (drama, comedy, tragicomedy, pantomime and romance). Event brought together actors from England, Belarus, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, France and Armenia.Armenian actor Aram Hovhannisyan was awarded Grand Prix in Best Male Role nomination. Elena Dudich from Mogilevsk Dramatic Theatre was recognized as the best female actress for her role in "Growling Sparrow". Among actors invited to participate in "Atspindys" there were laureates of international contests and festivals. "We are happy to see more and more actors from different countries becoming interested in festival," "Atspindys" director Maria Tanana says. Actors were evaluated by an international professional jury presided over by playwright, member of International Association of Theatre Critics Nina Mazur and an independent jury presided over by Asta Selunene, Head of local-self government body's Department for Education and Culture. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |