ARMENIA DISPUTES "THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES" FILM WITH UKRAINE
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 13 2014
13 May 2014 - 2:25pm
Armenian cinematographers are protesting against a screening of
Sergey Parajanov's film "The Color of Pomegranates" at the Cannes Film
Festival as a Ukrainian film. Director of the Armenian National Cinema
Center Gevorg Gevorkyan emphasized that the film belonged to Armenia,
Gazeta.ru reports.
The materials for restoration of the film at the Martin Scorsese
World Film Foundation were presented by Armenia and the Russian Film
Fund (where almost all Soviet Armenian films were kept), according
to Gevorkyan.
Ukrainian media said that the country will be represented at the
Cannes Film Festival by "The Color of Pomegranates."
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/culture/55092.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 13 2014
13 May 2014 - 2:25pm
Armenian cinematographers are protesting against a screening of
Sergey Parajanov's film "The Color of Pomegranates" at the Cannes Film
Festival as a Ukrainian film. Director of the Armenian National Cinema
Center Gevorg Gevorkyan emphasized that the film belonged to Armenia,
Gazeta.ru reports.
The materials for restoration of the film at the Martin Scorsese
World Film Foundation were presented by Armenia and the Russian Film
Fund (where almost all Soviet Armenian films were kept), according
to Gevorkyan.
Ukrainian media said that the country will be represented at the
Cannes Film Festival by "The Color of Pomegranates."
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/culture/55092.html