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High qualified films will compete for `Golden Apricot'
14:07, 15 June, 2012
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, ARMENPRESS: The program of the 9th international
film festival Yerevan `Golden Apricot' will present its 4 traditional
competitions.The selected 150 films will be presented in the feature,
documentary, `Stone' (short films) and `Armenian Panorama' sections.
The chief of Yerevan international film festival program Michael
Stambulcyan told Armenpress about this on June 14. He said, that the
films were selected after long discussions, they have a perfect
quality, the whole amount of the films is 150, from 44 countries. `We
cannot select more, as the halls are not so many. Everybody will find
a film , that he will like a lot'- he said. Michael Stambultcyan
mentioned, that the competition jury has to work very hard,as the
selected films have a great quality, it will be hard to select the
best one. But this does not mean, that the prize sections will be
added. `We deliberately do not add the prize sections, in order the
value not to fall down'- said Stambultcyan. There is not an Armenian
film among the competition film list, because there can not be found
any Armenian film of such a good quality. `If there was such a film,
there is no doubt, we would include it'- said he. The head of
international program of feature films jury will be worldwide famous
film director, Cannes festival prizewinner, and a member of 2011 jury
Viktor Erise. French film critic Charles Teson, German film critic
Fred Kelemen, Polish film critic Hanwus Kazda and sound director
Roland Ghazaryan will also be among the jury stuff. The 9th
international film festival of Yerevan `Golden Apricot' will be
implemented by the support of Armenian Ministry of Culture.
From: A. Papazian
14:07, 15 June, 2012
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, ARMENPRESS: The program of the 9th international
film festival Yerevan `Golden Apricot' will present its 4 traditional
competitions.The selected 150 films will be presented in the feature,
documentary, `Stone' (short films) and `Armenian Panorama' sections.
The chief of Yerevan international film festival program Michael
Stambulcyan told Armenpress about this on June 14. He said, that the
films were selected after long discussions, they have a perfect
quality, the whole amount of the films is 150, from 44 countries. `We
cannot select more, as the halls are not so many. Everybody will find
a film , that he will like a lot'- he said. Michael Stambultcyan
mentioned, that the competition jury has to work very hard,as the
selected films have a great quality, it will be hard to select the
best one. But this does not mean, that the prize sections will be
added. `We deliberately do not add the prize sections, in order the
value not to fall down'- said Stambultcyan. There is not an Armenian
film among the competition film list, because there can not be found
any Armenian film of such a good quality. `If there was such a film,
there is no doubt, we would include it'- said he. The head of
international program of feature films jury will be worldwide famous
film director, Cannes festival prizewinner, and a member of 2011 jury
Viktor Erise. French film critic Charles Teson, German film critic
Fred Kelemen, Polish film critic Hanwus Kazda and sound director
Roland Ghazaryan will also be among the jury stuff. The 9th
international film festival of Yerevan `Golden Apricot' will be
implemented by the support of Armenian Ministry of Culture.
From: A. Papazian