ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN FILMS STARTS IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Dec 13 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The annual festival of European
films started in Yerevan on December 12 with show of the "Christmas
Holiday at the Front" German full-length film and "Perished Art" Polish
short animated film at the "Moscow" theater. At the press conference
preceded the start of the festival, convened by the Ambassadors of the
European Union member countries accredited in the RA, Robin Liddell,
the First Advisor of the European Commission delegation to Armenia
stated that the festival will be held this year in Gyumri and Kapan as
well, correspondingly on December 14-17 and 16-19. In Mr.Liddell’s
words, the festival films will be shown in Yerevan with payable
tickets, in Kapan and Gyumri with free tickets. He also stated that
all the money gathered as a result of show of the films in Yerevan
will be used for charity purposes. He mentioned that the festival of
European films being held in Armenia already for the third time has
become traditional one. The festival was organized in Gyumri the last
year, and the city of Kapan was also involved in the festival this
year. "Our goal is to present the European cinematographic art in the
marzes as well, as people here, being far from the capital, are not,
in particular, involved in cultural programs," R.Liddell emphasized.