Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 13 2006

ARMENIAN FILMS RETURN FROM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS WITH PRIZES

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian films returned from
international film festivals with good results. Only at the New
Cinema (Novoye Kino) international festival held from September 29 to
October 7 in Smolensk, Armenian cinematographers gained three
"weighty prizes." Ruben Gevorgiants, Chairman of the Armenian Union
of Cinematographers, said this at the October 13 press conference.

Film director Armen Khachatrian’s 63-minute documentary "Hope,
Belief, Love" was awarded the festival’s Grand Prix. Edgar
Baghdasarian’s "Mariam" feature film received the Best Script prize
and Arman Yeritsian’s documentary "How Do You Do Felini" was given
first-class diploma.

Earlier, animator Naira Muradian’s animation film "Small Soldier" had
received Grand Prix on the Best Experimental Film nomination at the
International Film Festival held in Belarusian city of Mogilev. And
Hrant Hakobian’s documentary "Inhabitants of Forgotten Islands" was
awarded first-class diploma at the Kinoshock International Festival
of Anapa.

In E.Baghdasarian’s words, works by cinematographers of different
countries of the world were presented at the festival, but most of
prizes were received by Armenia. As he affirmed, many people shoot
films today, this is not difficult. "If you have money, you can shoot
a film, but not any film is a real one. One shoult shoot good films."