WEEK OF ARMENIAN FILMS TO BE HELD IN SAO PAULO ON SEPTEMBER 19-24
SAO PAULO, JULY 25, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On September 19-24,
within the framework of events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of
independence of Armenia, a Week of Armenian films under the title
"Ararat: Film masters of Armenia and Diaspora" will be held at the
biggest cultural complex of Brazil, "Sao Paulo Cultural Center".
Works of Sergei Parajanov, Haroutiun Khachatrian, Vigen Chaldranian,
Albert Mkrtchian and Ruben Kochar, as well as the films by Atom Egoyan,
Henry Vernoy and Robert Keshishian (11 films) will be presented to
Brazilian audience. At the suggestion of Brazilians, the musical film
"My Sardarapat" will also be presented.
As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press and Information department
of the RA Foreign Ministry, the event is organized by the joint
efforts of the Consulate General of Armenia in Brazil, RA Ministry
of Culture and Culture Secretariate of Sao Paulo.
On the same days, the photo exhibition named "Armenia, the country
of my ancestors" by young Brazilian Armenian photographer Norayr
Shahinian will be opened at the same cultural center. Three dozen
big-sized photos from the 10 thousand ones that he did in Armenia in
2004 will be presented at the exhibition.