Armenia to feature 19 films at Cannes Film FestivalApril 9, 2010 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National film center delegation led by the head of the center Gevorg Gevorgyan will participate in Cannes International Film Festival and movie market on April 12-23. In Cannes Film Festival contest program, Armenia will be presented by Arman Chilingaryan’s Quick March film. Among 19 Armenian films to be featured at the festival are: Hovhannes Galstyan’s Bonded Parallels; Suren Babayan’s Don’t Look into the Mirror; Hrach Keshishian’s A Slain Dove. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |