FOR THE FIRST TIME ARMENIAN FILMS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE FILM MARKET OF CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Noyan Tapan
May 12, 2009
Yerevan, May 12, Noyan Tapan. Armenia for the first time will
officially participate in the Film Market to be held between May 13
and 22 at the Cannes 62nd International Film Festival. The National
Cinema Center, a legal successor of "Hay Film" will represent Armenia.
As Gevorg Gevorgyan, director of the Cinema Center told a press
conference on May 8, with support of Armenia’s ministry of culture, the
Center will present in a separate pavilion of Cannes Film market two
dozens of Armenian films, including live-action, full-length and short
films, animation, documentaries. Particularly, "Priestess" by Vigen
Chaldranyan, "Border" by Harutyun Khachatryan, "Tangled parallels"
by Hovhannes Galstyan, "Sunrise of a mourn street" by Albert Lazarian
will be demonstrated at the most cinematically sophisticated public.
"Refuge" of Martun Harutyunyan will also be screened during the
festival.
According to Gevorkyan, the year of 2009 has been favorable for
the Armenian cinema, as during this year Armenian films are also
to be screened in a number of international festivals as well. As
administration of the "Golden Apricot" film festival told a Noyan
Tapan reporter, Armenian films will possibly be demonstrated during
a documentary film festival in Turky this November and at the
International Istanbul festival next April.