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    PR Web (press release), WA
    Sept 28 2005

    Arpa International Film Festival Opens with "Khachaturian" and "One
    Dollar Curry"


    Beginning on Monday, October 3, 2005 the Arpa International Film
    Festival kicks off its 8th annual event at ArcLight Cinemas,
    Hollywood. More than 50 features, documentaries, shorts and animated
    films from 18 different countries will be presented through Thursday,
    October 6.

    Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2005 -- Beginning on Monday,
    October 3, 2005 the Arpa International Film Festival kicks off its
    8th annual event at ArcLight Cinemas, Hollywood. More than 50
    features, documentaries, shorts and animated films from 18 different
    countries will be presented through Thursday, October 6.

    This year's nominated feature films are Jodi Binstock's `Call
    Waiting', produced by Don Roos; Vijay Singh's `One Dollar Curry';
    Tahmineh Milani's `Unwanted Woman'; and Rene Gabri's `Love &
    Suicide.' Nominated documentaries are Peter Rosen's `Khachaturian';
    Carmen Labaki's `Armenians of Lebanon'; Aaron Weisblatt's `Between
    Two Worlds'; Gary Null's `The Drugging of Our Children; and Hagop
    Goudsouzian's `My Son Shall be Armenian'.

    2005 Arpa Official Selection includes the work of Caroline Aaron,
    Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ed Asner, Catherine Bell, Eric Bogosian, Dan
    Bucatinsky, Vikram Chatwal, Erica Christensen, Andy Dick, Jenna
    Elfman, Isaac Hayes, Roger Kupelian, Danica McKellar, Michael Moore,
    James Oxford, Timilee Romolini, Jane Seymour, Diego Velasco, and
    Sevag Vrej. Joanelle Romero will receive the Armin T. Wegner Award
    for `American Holocaust - When It's All Over I'll Still Be Indian',
    an examination of the link between Adolf Hitler's treatment of German
    Jews and the U.S. government's "ethnic cleansing" of American
    Indians.

    Arpa is a resource for international filmmakers who address the
    issues of diaspora, multi-culturalism and global empathy. The
    non-profit art organization has grown into a dynamic forum for world
    cinema in Los Angeles.

    The festival concludes with a gala awards ceremony at the Hollywood
    Roosevelt Hotel on Friday, October 7.

    For more information, please visit www.AFFMA.org or call (323)
    663-1882
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