Famous animator Robert Sahakyants would have celebrated his 60th anniversary todayAugust 30, 2010 - 17:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Famous animator Robert Sahakyants would have celebrated his 60th anniversary today, August 30. Robert Sahakyants was born on August 30, 1950 in Baku. In 1964, Sahakyants moved to Yerevan, where he graduated from middle school and was accepted to Khachatur Abovyan Pedagogic Institute. Four years later he was expelled from school for failing to attend classes. But by that time (1970), he was already working at ArmenFilm Studio as an animator. Sahakyants was the scriptwriter and artistic director for almost all his films, which were awarded at international festivals in France, Italy, Germany, Japan, as well as soviet festivals in Kiev, Yerevan, Moscow, Tallinn. After a lengthy illness and major operation, Robert Sahakyants died on September 24, 2009 in Yerevan. 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 | 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. |