HOVHANNES GALSTYAN: WE AIMED TO ESTABLISH NEW PARTNER RELATIONS AT CANNES FILM MARKET
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 31, 2010 – 16:50 AMT 11:50 GMT
Film director Hovhannes Galstyan said that much should be done prior
to participation in the main competition program of the Cannes Film
Festival.
“However, there are four programs, participation in which should
become a national holiday,” he told a press conference on May 31.
According to Galstyan, the applicants’ goal is participation in
the Festival’s film market, which provides great opportunities for
presenting and exchanging films with other countries.
“We participated in the Cannes Festival for the second time, what
obliged us to present our country and try to establish new partner
relations. And we have succeeded in it,” Director of Armenia’s National
Cinema Center Gevorg Gevorgyan said.
He noted that English, Norwegian, Russian, Indian, Czech and French
companies displayed interest towards the Armenian cinema.
“In addition, we needed to present our festivals, such as Golden
Apricot and Reanimation,” stressed Gevorgyan.
According to him, Hovhannes Galstyan found overall funding for his
new film – Gabriel and Mary – in the framework of the film market.
Two Armenian films were screened at the Cannes film market: Suren
Babayan’s Do Not Look in the Mirror by and Hovhannes Galstyan’s
Interlaced Parallels.
From: A. Papazian