Italy Awards Filmmaker Karen Shahnazarov

ITALY AWARDS FILMMAKER KAREN SHAHNAZAROV
By Karine Danielian

AZG Armenian Daily
17/11/2006

Movies of Russian-Armenian filmmaker Karen Shahnazarov have been shown
in Rome, Piza and Carrara since October. During the 20 years of work
he shot 20 feature films but is mostly renowned for "We Are From Jazz"
musical, winner of a number of international awards.

As it transpired yesterday, Karen Shahnazarov was awarded Italy’s
Gastone Predieri award for his contribution to the art of filmmaking
and for developing Russian-Italian cultural relations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS