DOCUMENTARIES OF TURKISH, IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN FILM MAKERS TO BE DEMONSTRATED IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
May 05 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the documentary
film program “Film Makers Without Borders”, the Golden Apricot cinema
development fund and Art-film will show 3 Turkish documentaries, 2
Russian and 3 Iranian ones at the cinema hall of the National Picture
Gallery on May 7. All eight documentaries have been demonstrated at
various international film festivals and won awards. Art Director of
the Golden Apricot international film festival Susanna Harutyunian told
NT correspondent that the same program enviasages demonstration of 7
Armenian documentaries in Turkey in May. The works of Armenian film
directors will be shown once again in Turkey, this time during the
1000 and One Documentaries film festival to be held in the period
of September 29 to October 5, 2006. It is envisaged to organize
discussions and meetings with film directors of various countries
during the festival. The Armenian documentaries will be also
demonstrated at the Kinoshock international festival in the Russian
city of Anapa in October. According to S. Harutyunian, Iranians also
had the opportunity to watch these Armenian documentaries in February
of this year.