PREMIERE OF ROBERT GEDIKIAN’S FILM TAKES PLACE IN AUSTRIA

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Dec 18 2006

VIENNA, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Austrian
premiere of the film "Return to Armenia" by the French Armenian
film-maker Robert Gedikian took place at Vienna’s Burg Cinema
on December 12. The premiere was organized by the Austria’s
Armenian Apostolic Church Council (Chairman Hayk Asenbauer),
as well as the management of the French Institute and the Burg
Cinema, under the honorary sponsorship of the Armenian and French
ambassadors to Austria. According to the RA MFA Press and Information
Department, the film’s author Robert Gedikian was also present at the
premiere. Welcoming the film’s demonstration in Austria, the Armenian
Ambassador Ashot Hovakimian noted in his speech that it represents an
opportunity to become acquainted with the art of the famous Diasporan
Armenian filmmaker and to discover the spirit of the Year of Armenia in
France. The event was attended by Austrian officials, public figures,
art workers, reporters and members of the Austrian Armenian community.