YEREVAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. A regional seminar under the title "Cinema as Means of Inter-cultural Dialogue" will be held on the days of the "Voske Tsiran" (Golden Apricot") second international film festival to be held on July 12-17 in Yerevan. The seminar will be aimed at restoration of cultural contacts of the peoples of the region. Susanna Haroutiunian, Chairwoman of the Association of Film Journalists and Film Critics of Armenia, mentioned in her interview to Noyan Tapan's correspondent that today 90% of public in Armenia has vague idea about cinematographic activity in neighbor countries and about processes taking place in their cultural life in general. This situation not only leads to cultural isolation, but also has undesirable political-public consequences. "Pre-condition for understanding a neighbor is being acquainted with him. In this respect cinema has endless possibilities for understanding and sympathizing with people of other nation, other religion, other way of life," S.Haroutiunian emphasized. Cultural and cinematographic figures, journalists from Iran, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kazakhtsan, Russia, Turkey and other countries will participate in the seminar.

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