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Three films become finalists in contest announced by Armenian Dramatic
Arts Alliance
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Three films are
the finalists of the Biennial Lillian & Varnum Paul 2009 Screenwriting
Award announced by the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA): Music
for Strangers by Eric Nazarian (U.S), Moskvitch, My Love by Levon
Minassian (France), and The Bedouin by David Deranian and Anthony
Zanontian (U.S). ADAA reported this on June 8.
Screenplay submissions were received from across the United States,
Europe and Armenia. The films should be based on Armenian themes and be
written in English.
The three finalist films will be evaluated by an honorary jury
including filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Producer and Vice-President of
Development at Alcon Entertainment, Steve Wegner, and director Michael
Peretzian.
The winner, whose name will be announced in Los Angeles on August
28-30, will get 000.
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance's mission is to make the Armenian
voice heard on the world, which the organization accomplishes by
supporting playwrights, screenwriters and producers as far as possible.
Besides the Lillian and Varnum Paul Screenwriting Award, ADAA also
administers the William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting, the deadline for
which is February 15, 2010. For more information please visit the
website www.armeniandrama.org.
Arts Alliance
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Three films are
the finalists of the Biennial Lillian & Varnum Paul 2009 Screenwriting
Award announced by the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA): Music
for Strangers by Eric Nazarian (U.S), Moskvitch, My Love by Levon
Minassian (France), and The Bedouin by David Deranian and Anthony
Zanontian (U.S). ADAA reported this on June 8.
Screenplay submissions were received from across the United States,
Europe and Armenia. The films should be based on Armenian themes and be
written in English.
The three finalist films will be evaluated by an honorary jury
including filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Producer and Vice-President of
Development at Alcon Entertainment, Steve Wegner, and director Michael
Peretzian.
The winner, whose name will be announced in Los Angeles on August
28-30, will get 000.
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance's mission is to make the Armenian
voice heard on the world, which the organization accomplishes by
supporting playwrights, screenwriters and producers as far as possible.
Besides the Lillian and Varnum Paul Screenwriting Award, ADAA also
administers the William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting, the deadline for
which is February 15, 2010. For more information please visit the
website www.armeniandrama.org.