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GOLDEN APRICOT TO OPEN WITH "LE PREMIER CERCLE" STARRING JEAN RENO
Lilit Nurijanyan
http://hetq.am/en/culture/golden-apric ot/
2009/06/10 | 15:03
Culture
This year's Golden Apricot Film Festival will open with Laurent
Tuel's film "Le Premier Cercle", starring the famous French actor
Jean Reno. Jean Reno plays Milo Malakian the ruthless godfather of
an Armenian crime family in southern France.
The 6th annual Golden Apricot festival will take place in Yerevan
from July 12-19. 110 films from 40 countries were chosen out of 430
entries from 65 countries.
Golden Apricot's Artistic Director Sousanna Harutyuyan stated at
a press conference held earlier today that the Armenian version of
the "Color of Pomegranates" would be shown at the festival to mark
the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the film's director Sergei
Paradjanov and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film itself.
She mentioned that participating in the event would be everyone
involved in the making of "Color of Pomegranates".
This year the festival will also on the works of well known Armenian
filmmakers Bagrat Hovhannisyan and Arman Manaryan, on the occasion
of the 80th jubilee.
Three world known directors will also be travelling to Yerevan to
take part in Golden Apricot - Polish director Jerzy Skolimovsky,
Kohei Oguri from Japan and Rob Nilsson from the U.S.A.
Festival Director Mikayel Stambultsyan that an informational program
entitled Made in Armenia" will highlight films shot in Armenia in
recent years by Armenia's National Film Center and by the documentary
film studio "Hayk".
Lilit Nurijanyan
http://hetq.am/en/culture/golden-apric ot/
2009/06/10 | 15:03
Culture
This year's Golden Apricot Film Festival will open with Laurent
Tuel's film "Le Premier Cercle", starring the famous French actor
Jean Reno. Jean Reno plays Milo Malakian the ruthless godfather of
an Armenian crime family in southern France.
The 6th annual Golden Apricot festival will take place in Yerevan
from July 12-19. 110 films from 40 countries were chosen out of 430
entries from 65 countries.
Golden Apricot's Artistic Director Sousanna Harutyuyan stated at
a press conference held earlier today that the Armenian version of
the "Color of Pomegranates" would be shown at the festival to mark
the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the film's director Sergei
Paradjanov and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film itself.
She mentioned that participating in the event would be everyone
involved in the making of "Color of Pomegranates".
This year the festival will also on the works of well known Armenian
filmmakers Bagrat Hovhannisyan and Arman Manaryan, on the occasion
of the 80th jubilee.
Three world known directors will also be travelling to Yerevan to
take part in Golden Apricot - Polish director Jerzy Skolimovsky,
Kohei Oguri from Japan and Rob Nilsson from the U.S.A.
Festival Director Mikayel Stambultsyan that an informational program
entitled Made in Armenia" will highlight films shot in Armenia in
recent years by Armenia's National Film Center and by the documentary
film studio "Hayk".