  The Lark Farm to open 4th Golden Apricot film festivalJune 8, 2007 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lark Farm shot by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani will open the 4th Golden Apricot film festival to be held in Yerevan July 9-14, festival founder Harutyun Khachatryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Taviani brothers, scriptwriter Antonia Arslan and some actors will attend the premiere, he said, Novosti Armenia reports. The Lark Farm is a joint work of Italy, Spain, UK, France and Belgium with a 9.7 million-euro budget. The film examines the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Turkish forces in 1915. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani have sought to recreate the events of the period by concentrating on the fate of one Armenian family. The film's screenplay is based on a novel by Antonia Arslana literature professor now living in Italyand deals with the history of Arslan's family, a respectable middle-class Armenian family living in a provincial Turkish city. Golden Apricot, which is rated as the most prestigious in the region, will kick off in Charles Aznavour Square, at the Moscow cinema.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
