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"GOLDEN APRICOT" INTERNATIONAL FILM-FESTIVAL STARTS JULY 13
By Hasmik Harutyunyan
AZG Armenian Daily
05/06/2008
Culture
The 5th "Golden Apricot" international film-festival will start July
13 this year with Roman Balayan film "Birds of paradise".
Besides favoring film-lovers with 7-days culture festival the
multi-genre program of "Golden Apricot" will be also directed to the
development of the Armenian film, said Haroutiun Khachatrian on June
3 in "Urbat" (Friday) club.
According to him, the program of "Golden Apricot" is very satiated
this year. The office received applications of 400 films from 65
countries to participate in the festival.
The competitive program of the festival is divided into 4 parts -
art of acting, documentary, Armenian panorama and "Film-makers without
borders" regional contests.
In the series of Yerevan premieres the Armenian audience will watch the
film of Frenzies Ford Copola "Youth without youth", Goran Paskalievich
film "Optimists" and Vim Venders film "Shooting in Palermo".
Parajanov Award will be given to Vim Venders and Persian film-maker
Dariush Mehrdzu.
"Golden Apricot" will also touch upon the 100th anniversary of
William Saroyan showing films based on the film scenarios and works
of the writer.
The Armenian audience will be first time shown Saroyan's film "Good
work" shot in 1942.
Harutyun Khachatrian mentioned that Chairman of the festival Atom
Egoyan will hold mastery classes, and a film will be shot with
participation of Armenian young film-makers.
The closing ceremony of the festival will be held on June
19. A. Egoyan's film "Worship" will be shown. The film was involved
in the main competitive program of Cannes Festival and got the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury.
By Hasmik Harutyunyan
AZG Armenian Daily
05/06/2008
Culture
The 5th "Golden Apricot" international film-festival will start July
13 this year with Roman Balayan film "Birds of paradise".
Besides favoring film-lovers with 7-days culture festival the
multi-genre program of "Golden Apricot" will be also directed to the
development of the Armenian film, said Haroutiun Khachatrian on June
3 in "Urbat" (Friday) club.
According to him, the program of "Golden Apricot" is very satiated
this year. The office received applications of 400 films from 65
countries to participate in the festival.
The competitive program of the festival is divided into 4 parts -
art of acting, documentary, Armenian panorama and "Film-makers without
borders" regional contests.
In the series of Yerevan premieres the Armenian audience will watch the
film of Frenzies Ford Copola "Youth without youth", Goran Paskalievich
film "Optimists" and Vim Venders film "Shooting in Palermo".
Parajanov Award will be given to Vim Venders and Persian film-maker
Dariush Mehrdzu.
"Golden Apricot" will also touch upon the 100th anniversary of
William Saroyan showing films based on the film scenarios and works
of the writer.
The Armenian audience will be first time shown Saroyan's film "Good
work" shot in 1942.
Harutyun Khachatrian mentioned that Chairman of the festival Atom
Egoyan will hold mastery classes, and a film will be shot with
participation of Armenian young film-makers.
The closing ceremony of the festival will be held on June
19. A. Egoyan's film "Worship" will be shown. The film was involved
in the main competitive program of Cannes Festival and got the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury.