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ASSOCIATION OF FILM CRITICS AND FILM JOURNALISTS OF ARMENIA IS 10
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Association of Film Critics and
Film Journalists of Armenia is 10. Famous film critics, theorists,
critics and journalists are involved in this non-state organization
founded in 1996. The goals of the organization are to support keeping
and development of artistic and aesthetic standards in the national
film art as well as to support propaganda, spreading and study of the
film art as an unseparable part of the national culture. As Susanna
Haroutiunian, the Association Chairwoman mentioned in the interview to
the Noyan Tapan correspondent, just a year after its foundation, in
1997, the Association of the Film Critics and Film Journalists of
Armenia became the FI PRE SCI national branch of the International
Film Critics Association. The organization chairwoman stated that the
association members, as a FI PRE SCI jury member or chairman,
participated in numerous film festivals, including ones of Berlin,
Karlovy Vary, Moscow, Pusane, Ritterdam, Vienna, etc. In
S.Haroutiunian's words, on the initiative of the association heads,
seminars, courses, festivals, conferences were organized, catalogues,
reference books, proceedings and other literature concerning the
sphere were published during the 10-year activity. In this sense, the
"Armenian Film: 1924-1999" complete and all-embracing catalogue,
published in 2000 is characteristical.
The complete picture of the Armenian cinematography started from the
first steps is presented here. In S.Haroutiunian's words, on the
initiative of those responsible for the association, the "Golden
Apricot" (Voske Tsiran) Yerevan international film festival was
founded which has become traditional one and wins bigger recognition
in the world year by year.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Association of Film Critics and
Film Journalists of Armenia is 10. Famous film critics, theorists,
critics and journalists are involved in this non-state organization
founded in 1996. The goals of the organization are to support keeping
and development of artistic and aesthetic standards in the national
film art as well as to support propaganda, spreading and study of the
film art as an unseparable part of the national culture. As Susanna
Haroutiunian, the Association Chairwoman mentioned in the interview to
the Noyan Tapan correspondent, just a year after its foundation, in
1997, the Association of the Film Critics and Film Journalists of
Armenia became the FI PRE SCI national branch of the International
Film Critics Association. The organization chairwoman stated that the
association members, as a FI PRE SCI jury member or chairman,
participated in numerous film festivals, including ones of Berlin,
Karlovy Vary, Moscow, Pusane, Ritterdam, Vienna, etc. In
S.Haroutiunian's words, on the initiative of the association heads,
seminars, courses, festivals, conferences were organized, catalogues,
reference books, proceedings and other literature concerning the
sphere were published during the 10-year activity. In this sense, the
"Armenian Film: 1924-1999" complete and all-embracing catalogue,
published in 2000 is characteristical.
The complete picture of the Armenian cinematography started from the
first steps is presented here. In S.Haroutiunian's words, on the
initiative of those responsible for the association, the "Golden
Apricot" (Voske Tsiran) Yerevan international film festival was
founded which has become traditional one and wins bigger recognition
in the world year by year.