ARMENIAN FILM DIRECTOR AWARDED DUTCH PRIZE

ARMENPRESS
Dec 13, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS: An Armenian film director, Harutyun
Khachatrian, one of the founders of the Golden Apricot film festival,
was selected by a jury to be awarded the Dutch Prince Claus award
for 2007.

The certificate and a monetary award of 25,000 euros will be handed
to him on December 14 by the Dutch ambassador to Georgia and Armenia.

The Golden Apricot festival office said Harutyun Khachatrian was
chosen to receive the award for his contribution to promoting dialogue
between conflicting nations.

The film director is the second Armenian to be awarded the
prize. Earlier it was given to an Armenian comedian actor Mikael
Poghosian.

The Prince Claus Fund was inaugurated in 1996, named in honor of
Prince Claus of The Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from
the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually
since 1997 to honor individuals and organizations reflecting a
progressive and contemporary approach to the themes of culture and
development. Recipients are mainly located in Africa, Asia, Latin
America, and the Caribbean.

Honorees are determined by a jury of honorary chairmen who are experts
from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.

The most important consideration of the jury is the positive effect
of a laureate’s work on a wider cultural or social field.

The Principal Award of ~@ 100,000 is presented during a ceremony at
the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in December every year. The additional
awards of ~@ 25,000 each are presented in the Dutch embassies in the
countries where the recipients live in December and January.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress