ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
July 3, 2017 Monday


Armenian Culture Minister intends to stimulate domestic film industry

Yerevan July 3

Ani Mshetsyan. In 2016, 41 cultural projects were implemented in
Armenia, including in the international format, Armenian Minister of
Culture Armen Amiryan announced at the budget hearings in the Armenian
Parliament.

According to the Minister, in 2016, 712,383 people visited museums of
Armenia. At the same time, he stressed that compared with the same
period of 2016, this year there is an increase in visits to museums by
20-30%. Minister predicted that by the end of the tourist season this
figure could reach 45%.

According to Amiryan, in the reporting year, 971 museum exhibits were
restored. Another 2303 exhibits are subject to recovery. "The museum
funds were enriched by 9,836 exhibits as a result of excavations and
donations," he said, adding that many exhibits appeared in the funds,
and it became necessary to create new museums.

He also informed that in 2016 its doors after repair again opened
house-museum of Martiros Saryan. Repair work is carried out in the
museums of Derenik Demerchyan, in Goris, in the house museum of Sero
Khanzadyan, in Dsekh in the house museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Speaking about the domestic film industry, Minister said that it is
planned to open a film school with a training period of 6 months and
invite representatives of international film companies, for example,
experts from New York Film Academy. "Creating the institute of cinema,
we will try to solve these problems, and later, our experts will be
able to shoot 8-10 films," the minister said.

To stimulate domestic film industry, Amiryan also suggests creating a
national cinema network that will include 30-40 cinemas, which will
provide 400 million views of one film. It is also planned to give free
passes to schools for the introduction of the younger generation to
the cinema art.