Greek award-winning film director Theo Angelopoulos diesJanuary 25, 2012 - 11:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Greece's award-winning film director Theo Angelopoulos died after being hit by a motorcycle while crossing a street. He was 76. According to AFP, Angelopoulos died of cerebral haemorrhage at a hospital near the coastal city Piraeus, where he was transferred following the accident. Angelopoulos became an emblematic figure of Greek cinema beginning in the 1970s. His "Eternity and a Day" won the coveted Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998. He directed more than a dozen films, most of them examining society in contemporary Greece. "He was admitted to an intensive care unit suffering from serious head injuries, internal bleeding and several fractures," said George Georgiades, head of the intensive care unit at the private hospitalwhere Angelopoulos was taken. The filmmaker suffered heart failure while in the hospital and eventually succumbed to his injuries, he said. A police source said the director had been working on a new film at the time of the accident. "We are all in mourning for this great director, who has honored his homeland with his work," government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis said minutes after the news of his death. Born on April 27, 1935 Angelopoulos studied law and had first wanted to become a writer or a poet. Among his films are "Megalexandros" which received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1980 and "Ulysses' Gaze" which received the Grand Jury prize at Cannes in 1995. He was a central figure of Greece's "New cinema" of the 1970s. Angelopoulos was a special guest at the 2010 Golden Apricot International Film Festival and was awarded Parajanov Thaler prize. 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 | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |