Kukaracha Armenian-Russian 3D animation film to premiere in YerevanApril 6, 2011 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 6, Yerevan’s Moscow cinema will premiere Kukaracha 3D animation film. The film came as a result of a joint work of TouchFX Armenian animation studio and Paradise Russian company. The budget of the film, created over the period of 4 years, comprised USD 4.5 million. Within a week of screening in Moscow, the film hit USD 1 million at the box-office. As film creators, TouchFX studio director and film producer Vahe Sargsyan and TouchFX technical director Vardan Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan, “the project met with skepticism at the very start. No one believed it will ever be completed. But, the hard part is just beginning. Armenia has serious potential. With professional young specialists, Armenian cinema will soon start a new life.” The first Armenia-Russian animation film lasts 77 min. The film will be screened during 3 weeks. Tickets cost – AMD 1000-2000. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |