Garri Bardin: Ugly Duckling - an attempt at promoting tolerance in societyOctober 14, 2010 - 21:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ugly Duckling is an attempt at promoting tolerance in the society, world famous animator and director Garri Bardin stated. As he told October 14 news conference in Yerevan, “Ugly Duckling is a story about the life of a little outcast among ordinary people.” “I had a happy childhood, so it’s a hard to characterize the Ugly Duckling as an autobiographical film. However, everyone associates himself with the film character, going back to his childhood grievances.” Dwelling on his further plans, the director spoke of his work on a short film Rondo, however, omitting the details. 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |