FIRST ANNUAL PARAJANOV-VARTANOV AWARDS TAKES PLACE IN BEVERLY HILLS

NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY
APRIL 15, 2010
BEVERLY HILLS

BEVERLY HILLS, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. To recognize
the underappreciated role women play in the lives of artists, the
first annual Parajanov-Vartanov Awards will be held in Beverly
Hills on 18 April. This year’s prize winners are the spouses of
the filmmakers Sergei Parajanov (Svetlana Sherbatiuk) and Mikhail
Vartanov (Svetlana Manucharian). Mrs. Parajanov and Mrs. Vartanov
have stood by their husbands in the difficult times of persecutions
and significantly contributed to the preservation of these masters’
oeuvres. The founder of the Beverly Hills Film Festival, Nino Simone,
will also be honored with the Parajanov-Vartanov Award. The awards
ceremony will be preceded by a showing of Vartanov’s "Parajanov: The
Last Spring" at UCLA in the James Bridges Theater. The screening will
be accompanied by a short classical music concert and a photography
exhibition. The screening is cosponsored by the UCLA Armenian Studies
Program, the Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies,
and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies.