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THE FIRST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN IN FEBRUARY 2012
Alisa Gevorgyan
"Radiolur"
09.09.2011 17:17
Today Armenian National Film Center, Orange Armenia and National
Film Development Fund announced their joint initiative to create
the National Film Awards, an annual open contest of the Armenian
filmmakers. It aims to foster and develop national film industry,
disclose new names, bring the Armenian audience back to cinemas,
get together film workers, support new projects of film industry and
preserve the best practices of national film industry.
Every year, the Jury will evaluate the films made during the previous
year. An exception will be made only for the first Awards, as it
will summarize the whole cinema production of the first 20 years of
independent Armenia.
The jury of the Awards composed of celebrated film and cultural
workers will award the National Film Prize after two voting phases. In
the first phase the jury will choose 2-3 film nominees for each
nomination category. In the second phase the names of the winners
will be announced. National Film Awards prizes will be awarded for
12 nomination categories, including, best picture, best director,
best cameraman, best screenwriter, best artist, best music, best
female actress, best male actor in a leading role, best short film,
best documentary feature, best animated film, best debut of the year.
Besides main nomination categories a special prize will be awarded
for the contribution to the Armenian film development.
According to the rules of the Awards only the films having been made
in Armenia in the period of 1991-2011 can participate in the first
awards. In future not only the films made in the RA, but also those
with Armenian themes and filmed by Armenian directors can participate
in the Awards.
According to Gevorg Gevorgyan, Director of the Armenian National
Cinema Center, members of the Jury have been elected very carefully.
It will be headed by RA People's Artist Sos Sargsyan and will include
Henrik Hovhannisyan, Karine Khodikyan, Suren Hasmikyan, Zaven Boyajyan,
Robert Amirkhanyan and others.
Alisa Gevorgyan
"Radiolur"
09.09.2011 17:17
Today Armenian National Film Center, Orange Armenia and National
Film Development Fund announced their joint initiative to create
the National Film Awards, an annual open contest of the Armenian
filmmakers. It aims to foster and develop national film industry,
disclose new names, bring the Armenian audience back to cinemas,
get together film workers, support new projects of film industry and
preserve the best practices of national film industry.
Every year, the Jury will evaluate the films made during the previous
year. An exception will be made only for the first Awards, as it
will summarize the whole cinema production of the first 20 years of
independent Armenia.
The jury of the Awards composed of celebrated film and cultural
workers will award the National Film Prize after two voting phases. In
the first phase the jury will choose 2-3 film nominees for each
nomination category. In the second phase the names of the winners
will be announced. National Film Awards prizes will be awarded for
12 nomination categories, including, best picture, best director,
best cameraman, best screenwriter, best artist, best music, best
female actress, best male actor in a leading role, best short film,
best documentary feature, best animated film, best debut of the year.
Besides main nomination categories a special prize will be awarded
for the contribution to the Armenian film development.
According to the rules of the Awards only the films having been made
in Armenia in the period of 1991-2011 can participate in the first
awards. In future not only the films made in the RA, but also those
with Armenian themes and filmed by Armenian directors can participate
in the Awards.
According to Gevorg Gevorgyan, Director of the Armenian National
Cinema Center, members of the Jury have been elected very carefully.
It will be headed by RA People's Artist Sos Sargsyan and will include
Henrik Hovhannisyan, Karine Khodikyan, Suren Hasmikyan, Zaven Boyajyan,
Robert Amirkhanyan and others.