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HAYAK 2014 FILM AWARD DEVOTED TO PARAJANOV
15:50 * 11.02.14
Hayak, the annual Armenian film award praising the best national
filmmakers, is this year devoted to Sergey Parajanov, a prominent
Soviet-Armenian film director and artist.
Applications are open from February 3 to March 10.
The award ceremony (which is the third in row) is due the National
Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre on May 1.
"The national film award, Hayak, can be said to have won the society's
appraisal, so we must be able to really make it a real holiday
for film-makers first of all," Gevorg Gevorgyan, the president of
the National Film Development Foundation, told a news conference
on Tuesday.
He said the organizers have this year changed the timeframes and
launched three new prizes.
"By the decision of the award's artistic council, Hayak 2014 is
devoted to Sergey Parajanov's 90th birthday. So on this occasion,
we have launched the special Hayak prize named after Parajanov,"
Gevorgyan added.
The participants whose contribution to the cinema art and the national
film industry will be evaluated as the best will be awarded with prizes
honoring the US-Armenian film and theatre director Ruben Mamoulyan
and the Soviet Armenian director, Hamo Beknazaryan, respectively.
The foundation's director said that 2012 movies not submitted for
last year's contest, as well as all the 2013 films are eligible for
this year's award without any genre restriction.
"There is no restriction of either quality or genre. With the exception
of TV soap operas, all other films are open for submission," said
Gevorgyan, adding that the selection will be made from among the
best products.
To qualify for the award ceremony, the films must either be an Armenian
production or address the national cinema art or otherwise focus on
Armenian topics. Gevogyan noted that an Italian director's movie,
The Silence of Peleshyan, won the year's best award in 2013.
"About 12-14 movies are expected to be from Armenia. The major part
will come from abroad - five to seven from Russia; also from the United
States, as well as from France. As for [other countries], we do not
know that yet, but the submission of bids has just begun, so [the
applicants] still have time to be notified of the award event. There
will be many documentary films and works by foreign-based Armenian
directors," Gevorgyan added.
This year's awards will be distributed in 15 nominations: best feature
movie, best actor, best operator, best scriptwriter etc.
The event sponsors are Orange Armenia and the Afina Palada company.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/02/11/hayak/
15:50 * 11.02.14
Hayak, the annual Armenian film award praising the best national
filmmakers, is this year devoted to Sergey Parajanov, a prominent
Soviet-Armenian film director and artist.
Applications are open from February 3 to March 10.
The award ceremony (which is the third in row) is due the National
Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre on May 1.
"The national film award, Hayak, can be said to have won the society's
appraisal, so we must be able to really make it a real holiday
for film-makers first of all," Gevorg Gevorgyan, the president of
the National Film Development Foundation, told a news conference
on Tuesday.
He said the organizers have this year changed the timeframes and
launched three new prizes.
"By the decision of the award's artistic council, Hayak 2014 is
devoted to Sergey Parajanov's 90th birthday. So on this occasion,
we have launched the special Hayak prize named after Parajanov,"
Gevorgyan added.
The participants whose contribution to the cinema art and the national
film industry will be evaluated as the best will be awarded with prizes
honoring the US-Armenian film and theatre director Ruben Mamoulyan
and the Soviet Armenian director, Hamo Beknazaryan, respectively.
The foundation's director said that 2012 movies not submitted for
last year's contest, as well as all the 2013 films are eligible for
this year's award without any genre restriction.
"There is no restriction of either quality or genre. With the exception
of TV soap operas, all other films are open for submission," said
Gevorgyan, adding that the selection will be made from among the
best products.
To qualify for the award ceremony, the films must either be an Armenian
production or address the national cinema art or otherwise focus on
Armenian topics. Gevogyan noted that an Italian director's movie,
The Silence of Peleshyan, won the year's best award in 2013.
"About 12-14 movies are expected to be from Armenia. The major part
will come from abroad - five to seven from Russia; also from the United
States, as well as from France. As for [other countries], we do not
know that yet, but the submission of bids has just begun, so [the
applicants] still have time to be notified of the award event. There
will be many documentary films and works by foreign-based Armenian
directors," Gevorgyan added.
This year's awards will be distributed in 15 nominations: best feature
movie, best actor, best operator, best scriptwriter etc.
The event sponsors are Orange Armenia and the Afina Palada company.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/02/11/hayak/