  British Film Festival launched in Yerevan on International Women Day March 8, 2011 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The opening ceremony of the 9th British Film Festival took place on March 8 International Women Day at Moscow Cinema. The Grand Opening started with the performance of VO.X Britpop Band. In his opening speech Charles Lonsdale, HM Ambassador to Armenia stated that some of the films featured reflect the issues of the women. The Ambassador expressed hope for the films to help women in the struggle for their rights, regardless of social position. The Opening Ceremony was followed by the screening of "Made in Dagenham" movie featuring the story of Rita, a feisty factory worker who took on the biggest corporation in the world, Ford Motors. What started as a dispute over pay leads to an uprising amongst the women workers of 60s Britain that changed history. The festival will last till March 13 in Yerevan. The towns of Vanadzor and Kapan will host the festival on March 10-12 and 14-16.   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 |  Latest news Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
