NAREGATSI ART CENTER TO HOST MEETING WITH FILM DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER DON ASKARIAN JAN. 21-25

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.01.2010 13:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On January 21, Naregatsi Art Center will launch
"Meeting with Film Director, Photographer Don Askarian" four-day
program which includes exhibitions, film screenings and master classes.

The meeting will enable young film directors to exhibit their works
for participation in master classes, Naregatsi Art Center’s press
office reported.

Don Askarian was born in Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh in 1949. In
1967, he moved to Moscow where he studied history and art. He worked
as an assistant-director and film critic for a year after his study.

In 1975-1977, Askarian was imprisoned. In 1978, he emigrated from the
USSR to West Berlin. For the last 25 years he has lived and worked
in Germany, The Netherlands and Armenia, where he founded his own
film companies. Askarian is a prize-winner at several international
film festivals.