IT’S ME INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL STARTS IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Apr 25 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, NOYAN TAPAN. It’s Me (Yes Em) international youth
film festival started on April 25 at Cinema House with the showing
of Tiran Karapetian’s "Jugha" documentary film. The festival is
organized for already the fourth time on the initiative of the Union
of Cinematographers of Armenia. 105 films out of 220 films presented
in advance selected by the contest commission will be shown in the
days of the festival.

Chairman of festival, film director R. Gevorgiants greeted the
participants and said that majority of film directors who applied
for taking part in the festival are young creators. Most of them will
take part in the festival for the first time. "This fesival is held
just for them, for these creators to be able to present their works
and pave the way for themselves," R. Gevorgiants emphasized.

The festival’s steering committee has instituted 8 prizes: the best
fiction film, the best documentary film, the best student work, the
best cameramen’s work, the best producer’s work, the best musical
clip, the best animation film, the best video-art. All participants
will receive a diploma, a prize and a monetary award.