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GOLDEN APRICOT FESTIVAL HAS NEW COMPETITION PROGRAM
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June 24 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- The 8th Golden Apricot International Film Festival has a
new competition program, "Apricot Stone," which includes short films.
During a press conference held on Friday organizers of the competition
program film directors Aram Shahbazyan, Vardan Hakobyan, Gagik Ghazare,
Lusine Sargsyan and script writer Astghik Simonyan presented the
films and the jury members.
Golden Apricot gives the young filmmakers the opportunity to fulfill
their ideas, express their own requirements and standards for selecting
films and also make their own voting under this new competition title.
The festival has received 135 film entries, 25 out of them from
18 countries were selected for the competition. Thierry Lenouvel
(France) is invited to be the Jury President of the program. The
other jury members are: famous film expert Olga Shervud (Russia)
and Garine Torossian, Canadian-Armenian film director.
The following films are included in the "Apricot Stone" competition
program:
"Via Gori," George Barbakadze, Australia "I Could Be Your Grandmother,"
Bernard Tanguy, France "It's a Long Way Home," Gregory Rentis,
USA/Greece "Glasgow," Piotr Subbotko, Poland "Return," Harri
J. Rantala, Finland "The Piano Tuner," Olivier Treiner, France "Slugs,"
Maria Lundqvist, Sweden "Awaiting Her," James Joint, Honduras "Story of
Nobody," Manfredi Lucibello, Italy "Ambitious," Ainur Askarov, Russia
"Laaf," Loic Tanson, Thierry Besseling, Luxemburg "On the Other Side,"
Livia Coullias Blanc, France "Mephisto," Laurence Vaissiere, France
"Peter Grass is Dead Twice," Jean-Jacques Cunnac, France "Flower
Dance," Lusine Sargsyan, Armenia "The Baby," Mohammadreza Hajipour,
Portugal "Bycicle," Serhat Karaaslan, Turkey "Lighthearted Boy," Marco
Gianfreda, Italy "Waiting," Jow Zhi Wei, Singapore "Wingled Illusion,"
Tatev Isakhanyan, Armenia "Galata," Diana Kardumyan, Armenia/Turkey
"Morning, Noon, Evening...and Morning," Gayaneh Jiji, France/Syria
"Lemonary," Vasiliy Fenin, Russia "Sea of Desires," Shota Gamisonia,
Russia "Hotel Chambord," Dorothee Baert, Belgium "L'or blanc," Adama
Salle, Morroco
The 8th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be
held from July 10-17, 2011, thanks to the faithful partners VivaCell
MTS corporation, as a general sponsor and the Ministry of Culture as
a state support.
news.am
June 24 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- The 8th Golden Apricot International Film Festival has a
new competition program, "Apricot Stone," which includes short films.
During a press conference held on Friday organizers of the competition
program film directors Aram Shahbazyan, Vardan Hakobyan, Gagik Ghazare,
Lusine Sargsyan and script writer Astghik Simonyan presented the
films and the jury members.
Golden Apricot gives the young filmmakers the opportunity to fulfill
their ideas, express their own requirements and standards for selecting
films and also make their own voting under this new competition title.
The festival has received 135 film entries, 25 out of them from
18 countries were selected for the competition. Thierry Lenouvel
(France) is invited to be the Jury President of the program. The
other jury members are: famous film expert Olga Shervud (Russia)
and Garine Torossian, Canadian-Armenian film director.
The following films are included in the "Apricot Stone" competition
program:
"Via Gori," George Barbakadze, Australia "I Could Be Your Grandmother,"
Bernard Tanguy, France "It's a Long Way Home," Gregory Rentis,
USA/Greece "Glasgow," Piotr Subbotko, Poland "Return," Harri
J. Rantala, Finland "The Piano Tuner," Olivier Treiner, France "Slugs,"
Maria Lundqvist, Sweden "Awaiting Her," James Joint, Honduras "Story of
Nobody," Manfredi Lucibello, Italy "Ambitious," Ainur Askarov, Russia
"Laaf," Loic Tanson, Thierry Besseling, Luxemburg "On the Other Side,"
Livia Coullias Blanc, France "Mephisto," Laurence Vaissiere, France
"Peter Grass is Dead Twice," Jean-Jacques Cunnac, France "Flower
Dance," Lusine Sargsyan, Armenia "The Baby," Mohammadreza Hajipour,
Portugal "Bycicle," Serhat Karaaslan, Turkey "Lighthearted Boy," Marco
Gianfreda, Italy "Waiting," Jow Zhi Wei, Singapore "Wingled Illusion,"
Tatev Isakhanyan, Armenia "Galata," Diana Kardumyan, Armenia/Turkey
"Morning, Noon, Evening...and Morning," Gayaneh Jiji, France/Syria
"Lemonary," Vasiliy Fenin, Russia "Sea of Desires," Shota Gamisonia,
Russia "Hotel Chambord," Dorothee Baert, Belgium "L'or blanc," Adama
Salle, Morroco
The 8th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be
held from July 10-17, 2011, thanks to the faithful partners VivaCell
MTS corporation, as a general sponsor and the Ministry of Culture as
a state support.