PanArmenian News Network
July 14 2005

GOLDEN APRICOT IS OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE ARMENIAN CINEMA TRADITION

14.07.2005 05:36

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Robert Kocharian today met with
a delegation of cinema figures, who arrived in Armenia to participate
in Golden Apricot – 2005 International Festival, reported the Press
Service of the Armenian leader. In the course of the meeting the
President thanked the guests for active participation and noted that
owing to the festival participants being well-known, it has been
widely recognized and will make its contribution to development of
the cinema. R. Kocharian said he wished for the Yerevan festival to
become annual. «Organization of festivals like this is very important
to Armenia,» the President remarked, adding «it provides an
opportunity to restore the good traditions of the Armenian cinema, as
well as understand what happens in the cinema world and get involved
in it.» According to the President this will also allow reviving the
tradition of visiting cinema theaters. In his opinion, as in any
field, one has to have a competitive, actual program to succeed in
the cinematography. In his turn festival President Harutyun
Khachatryan noted that prominent cinema figures have arrived in
Armenia. In his words, this year the geographic boundaries of the
festival were much wider, and the number of famous works of film
directors increased as well. The parties discussed matters of further
fate of the festival, conveying cinema experience of their countries
for development of cinema production in Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress