Film: Polish, German and French film days to be held on the sidelines of ‘Golden Apricot’ Yerevan Film Festival

Armenpress News Agency, Armenia
July 3, 2017 Monday


Polish, German and French film days to be held on the sidelines of
'Golden Apricot' Yerevan Film Festival



YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. The best French, German, Polish,
Brazilian and Russian films will be screened at the 14th ‘Golden
Apricot’ Yerevan International Film Festival on July 9-16, reports
Armenpress.

The festival organizers and representatives of embassies in Armenia
gave a press conference on July 3 speaking about the films.

“The cooperation with the French and German embassies has become a
good tradition since those countries have high-performing movie art.
We pay great attention to the European movie and try to screen their
best ones during the festival”, artistic director of the festival
Susanna Harutyunyan said.

German Ambassador to Armenia Bernhard Matthias Kiesler said within the
frames of the festival July 13 has been declared as German film day.
“According to statistics, 120 German movies have been screened during
‘Golden Apricot’ since 2004. I think we had our contribution to the
development of the festival”, he said.

6 German movies are presented at various programs of the festival.

Cultural adviser at the French Embassy in Armenia Alex Bortolan stated
that perfect French movies have been screened within the frames of the
festival of different years.

Meline Yeghoyan, Attaché of the Cultural Department of the Republic of
Poland in Armenia, said the festival is recognized not only in the
region but also in the world.

10 films are presented in the festival’s competition and
non-competition program.