YEREVAN GOLDEN APRICOT FESTIVAL RECEIVES INVITATIONS OF COOPERATION FROM
ROTTERDAM AND PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
YEREVAN, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. For cooperation
with the Golden Apricot Yerevan International film festival and with
Armenian cinematographers, as well as their great contribution to
the world cinematography world-famous film directors Godfrey Reggio,
Krzsystof Zanussi, Dong-ho Kim and scriptwriter Antonio Guerra were
awarded gold memorial medals of RA Ministry of Culture and Youth
Affairs. The awards were given to them by Minister Hasmik Poghosian
at the July 15 meeting at the Ministry.
Film director Haroutiun Khachatrian, General Director of the Golden
Apricot festival, assured that the festival could not fully form
without the state support and financing.
The festival director also declared that this young festival has
already received invitations of cooperation from Rotterdam and Pusan
festivals. In 2007 January RA Ministers of Culture and Foreign Affairs
will leave for Rotterdam to sign the respective agreement-memorandum.