‘GOLDEN APRICOT’ IS A NEW EXPERIENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ARENA

Yerkir.am
July 20, 2007

"The ‘Golden Apricot’ festival is to be saluted because it showed
that Armenians too have to be seen on the international arena,"
Armenian actor Murad Janibekian has told a news conference.

He found it hard to say how the festival would go. "It sometimes takes
decades to reach a success, and because we are a small country with
little resources, we can’t say for sure what is going to happen,"
he said.

He could not say a lot about the future of the Armenian cinematography
since he has not been shot in an Armenian movie. He has been living
for years in Russia, working with Russian actors and studios.

When asked what has the Armenian cinematography to do to reach the
European standards, he said, "They tried to copy American films, mostly
in the genre of thriller, to get into the market and acquire European
standards. If your resources are too small you should not produce
your own movies because they represent you on the international arena."