5 MOVIES CREATED BY ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FILMMAKERS WITHIN GOLDEN APRICOT PROJECT FRAMEWORK

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 15, 2010 – 19:26 AMT 14:26 GMT

Golden Apricot festival signals start of a new stage in Armenian
cinema enabling young filmmakers’ talents promotion, festival manager,
filmmaker Harutyun Khachatryan stated.

According to him, 3 projects formed within Golden Apricot festival
framework, festival film school, Filmmakers without Borders and
Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform, allowed for creation of 12 movies to
be featured at 2011 Golden Apricot.

Within Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform framework, 5 young Armenian
filmmakers, Diana Kardumyan, Mariam Ohanyan, Gor Baghdasaryan, Artur
Sukiasyan and Artsvi Bakhchinyan participated in Istanbul International
Film Festival held April 8-10.

2 of the films featured, Diana Kardumyan’s Galata and Gor
Baghdasaryan’s Neighbors received full financing; Artur Sukiasyan’s
film was provided partial financing, Golden Apricot Art Director
Susanna Hautyunyan stated.

15 Armenian and 40 Turkish filmmakers applied for Armenia-Turkey Cinema
Platform participation, which suggests both countries’ interest in
the project.

Turkey presented 2 movies, with full and partial financing provided
for Don’t Loose Your Children and Regards from Hakob to Sukru movies
respectively.

"Regards from Hakob to Sukru, portraying lives of 2 railroaders,
living across the border from each other, may serve as a signal
for a new era in both our countries," project coordinator Artsvi
Bakhchinyan emphasized.

"Soldiers wage wars, politicians establish relations, and artists open
the borders. Trying to highlight the most burning issues of today in
their movies, they believe it’s possible to resolve problems through
the medium of art," Harutyun Khachatryan emphasized.