  Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy to open Golden Apricot film fest June 10, 2011 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cannes Film Festival awards winner Certified Copy, authored by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, will open Golden Apricot 8th international film festival. Out of 630 films submitted for participation, 150 films from 45 countries, 80% of them documentaries will be featured at the festival. The festival’s international competition action film program, as well as documentaries program will include 11 films each. Wim Wenders’ Pina will be screened at festival closure. Golden Apricot 8th international film festival is due July 10-17, 2011.   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 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. |
