‘PEACE’ FILM ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM 4 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Tert.am
11:10 ~U 25.12.09

Filmmakers Narine Lazarian and Arsen Azatyan pitched their
feature-length film "Peace" at this year’s Connecting Cottbus, an
East-West co-production market, as part of FilmFestival Cottbus in
Germany, where filmmakers can submit new feature film projects to
an audience of European professionals in order to find partners for
successful realization.

Azatyan, in speaking with Tert.am, stated that their project "Peace"
was one of the 13 chosen to be pitched during the November session.

This is the first time that an Armenian film project has been presented
at Connecting Cottbus.

According to the filmmaker, their company, Aysor-Plus Film Productions,
received partnership proposals from companies from France, the
Netherlands, Czech Republic and Hungary.

Also supporting the project are RA Ministry of Culture and Armenia’s
National Film Gallery. The film is set to begin production in 2010
and is dedicated to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress