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"GOLDEN APRICOT" SECOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO GO UNDER WATCHWORD "ARMENIA AT CROSSROAD OF CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURES"
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Golden Apricot"
second international film festival under the watchword "Armenia at
Crossroads of Civilizations and Cultures" in which artists of 45
countries of the world will particpate, starts in Yerevan on July
12. Haroutiun Khachatrian, the Director of the festival, a film
director stated this at the June 16 press-conference. According to
Haroutiun Khachatrian, the goal of the festival is to gather directors
of different ethnic, national, religious, aesthetic belonging and their
films. The solemn opening ceremony, to which world famous directors
among them Nikita Mikhalkov, Yos Stelling, Klod Miller, Atom Egoyan,
etc. are invited will take place at the Alexander Spendiarian National
Opera and Ballet Theater. Director Edgar Baghdasarian's "Mariam" film
will be shown after the opening ceremony. Haroutiun Khachatrian also
mentioned that the festival will have three competitive programs:
the art of acting, documentary and "Armenian Panorama"; as well as
numerous extra-competitive programs "Documentary World," "Yerevan
Premieres," "Russian Program," "Tribute of Respect," "Artsakh Diary,"
"Genocide-90," "Day of France." A regional seminar "Film as Mean
of Intercultural Dialogue" as well as classes of mastery will be
held by famous directors during the days of the festival. Susanna
Haroutiunian, a member of the organization committe of the fetival
informed journalists that in contrast to the previous festival, this
year a new prize is envisaged for the competitive programs of the art
of acting and documentary films. A portrait of Sergey Paradjanov, a
world-famous film director will be pictured on that prize. And prize
winners of the "Armenian Panorama" competitive program will be given
"Golden Apricot" prizes this year as well.
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Golden Apricot"
second international film festival under the watchword "Armenia at
Crossroads of Civilizations and Cultures" in which artists of 45
countries of the world will particpate, starts in Yerevan on July
12. Haroutiun Khachatrian, the Director of the festival, a film
director stated this at the June 16 press-conference. According to
Haroutiun Khachatrian, the goal of the festival is to gather directors
of different ethnic, national, religious, aesthetic belonging and their
films. The solemn opening ceremony, to which world famous directors
among them Nikita Mikhalkov, Yos Stelling, Klod Miller, Atom Egoyan,
etc. are invited will take place at the Alexander Spendiarian National
Opera and Ballet Theater. Director Edgar Baghdasarian's "Mariam" film
will be shown after the opening ceremony. Haroutiun Khachatrian also
mentioned that the festival will have three competitive programs:
the art of acting, documentary and "Armenian Panorama"; as well as
numerous extra-competitive programs "Documentary World," "Yerevan
Premieres," "Russian Program," "Tribute of Respect," "Artsakh Diary,"
"Genocide-90," "Day of France." A regional seminar "Film as Mean
of Intercultural Dialogue" as well as classes of mastery will be
held by famous directors during the days of the festival. Susanna
Haroutiunian, a member of the organization committe of the fetival
informed journalists that in contrast to the previous festival, this
year a new prize is envisaged for the competitive programs of the art
of acting and documentary films. A portrait of Sergey Paradjanov, a
world-famous film director will be pictured on that prize. And prize
winners of the "Armenian Panorama" competitive program will be given
"Golden Apricot" prizes this year as well.