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11 FILMS TO BE SCREENED DURING GOLDEN APRICOT INTERNATIONAL FILM CONTEST

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  Golden Apricot 6th international film festival has selected 11 films to be featured in the “International feature competition” from 12 till 19 July in Yerevan. The jury consists of 6 specialists from the following countries: Kouyou Oguri (Japan), Albert Vidershpil (Hamburg Film Festival Director, Germany), Paco Poch (film producer, Spain), Erik Poghosyan (actor-scenario writer, USA), Nana Djordjadze (director, Georgia) and Arsine Khandjyan (actress, Canada). Within contest frameworks, the following films will be featured: Autumn (Ozcan Alper, Turkey), Be Calm and Count to Seven (Ramtin Lavafipour, Iran), Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (Edwin, Indonesia), Prince of Broadway (Sean Baker, US), Scratch (Michal Rosa, Poland), Room and a Half (Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Russia). The program also includes films of joint production (Be Good, Another Bank, Opium War, Looking for Palladin).

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  Iranian religious leaders call for death penalty for leaders of the popular demonstrations. At his five-day prayers sermon, hard line cleric Ahmad Khatami (who is close to the hard line faction of President ...

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  “I am hardly to be suspected in the pro-Western position, but in relation to gas sale to Russia, I would advise to Azerbaijan measure thrice and cut once. Russia a country that it is not always complied ...

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• 11 FILMS TO BE SCREENED DURING GOLDEN APRICOT INTERNATIONAL FILM CONTEST

  Golden Apricot 6th international film festival has selected 11 films to be featured in the “International feature competition” from 12 till 19 July in Yerevan. The jury consists of 6 specialists from ...

• ATTACKED IN FEBRUARY, ARCHBISHOP NERSES POZAPALYAN DIES IN HOSPITAL

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• POLICE TRIES TO DEFEND ORGANIZERS OF DINK’S MURDER

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• GERMANY'S ROLE IN ANNIHILATION OF ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO BE DISCUSSED IN FRANKFURT ON MAIN

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• CHARLES AZNAVOUR SUBMITTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO UN HEADQUARTERS IN GENEVA

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• ARTHUR ABRAHAM IS HEAVIER THAN HIS OPPONENT MAHIR ORAL

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• ARMENIAN TEAM’S HALFBACK HENRIK MKHITARYAN HIT GOAL IN METALLURG

  

• MOSCOW TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT XENOPHOBIA AND EXTREMISM

• 1829  The Russian army occupies Karin (Erzroom, Western Armenia).
• 1862  The Turkish Army led by Aziz pasha leave Marash towards Zeitoon.
• 1949  Opening of the Second Congress of Soviet Armenia's architects.
• 1980  The Armenian Government institutes annual bonuses named after Toomanyan, Issahakyan, Demirchyan, Soondukyan, Nalbandyan, and Zoryan.

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