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AGBU Press Office
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone 212.319.6383 x.118
Fax 212.319.6507
Email [email protected]
Website www.agbu.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 7, 2005
AGBU LONDON CO-SPONSORS FIRST UK ARMENIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN 25 YEARS
New York, NY - For the first time in two and a half decades, London
will play host from February 11 - 17th to an Armenian film festival
entitled, "Return to the Promised Land: London Armenian Film Festival,"
showcasing some of the finest Armenian films from around the world.
The weeklong festival at Ciné Lumière in the city's South Kensington
neighborhood, co-curated by Gareth Evans and Nora Armani, will
include panel discussions, exhibitions by photographer Ann Doherty
and filmmaker Gariné Torossian, and over a dozen films.
In addition to Armenian Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's "Calendar"
(1993) and Georgian Armenian Sergei Paradjanov's classic "Color of the
Pomegranates" (1969), a number of more recent films by Hiner Saleem
("Vodka Lemon," 2003), Tigran Xmalian (Lovember, 2004), and Egoyan
("Ararat," 2002) will be featured.
In addition to the support of AGBU London, event sponsors include
the Institut Français, Film London, UK Film Council, Benlian Trust,
Pemart, and the Canadian High Commission in London.
A complete listing of London Armenian film festival events can be
found online at www.institut-francais.org.uk.
For more information on AGBU and its mission to promote the Armenian
heritage worldwide, visit www.agbu.org.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone 212.319.6383 x.118
Fax 212.319.6507
Email [email protected]
Website www.agbu.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 7, 2005
AGBU LONDON CO-SPONSORS FIRST UK ARMENIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN 25 YEARS
New York, NY - For the first time in two and a half decades, London
will play host from February 11 - 17th to an Armenian film festival
entitled, "Return to the Promised Land: London Armenian Film Festival,"
showcasing some of the finest Armenian films from around the world.
The weeklong festival at Ciné Lumière in the city's South Kensington
neighborhood, co-curated by Gareth Evans and Nora Armani, will
include panel discussions, exhibitions by photographer Ann Doherty
and filmmaker Gariné Torossian, and over a dozen films.
In addition to Armenian Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's "Calendar"
(1993) and Georgian Armenian Sergei Paradjanov's classic "Color of the
Pomegranates" (1969), a number of more recent films by Hiner Saleem
("Vodka Lemon," 2003), Tigran Xmalian (Lovember, 2004), and Egoyan
("Ararat," 2002) will be featured.
In addition to the support of AGBU London, event sponsors include
the Institut Français, Film London, UK Film Council, Benlian Trust,
Pemart, and the Canadian High Commission in London.
A complete listing of London Armenian film festival events can be
found online at www.institut-francais.org.uk.
For more information on AGBU and its mission to promote the Armenian
heritage worldwide, visit www.agbu.org.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress