GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan 11th International Film Festival program presented. VivaCell-MTS is traditionally the General Partner of the Festival
06-05-2014 16:38:50 | Armenia | Culture
GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan International Film Festival presented its 11th edition at a joint press conference held in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and its General Partner, Armenia’s Leading Telecommunications Operator VivaCell-MTS.
«As one of the most popular forms of art, cinema inevitably bears the birthmarks of the Nation, and represents its culture and history. VivaCell-MTS is committed to supporting Armenian cinematography, because it believes - the new generations of Armenians should be able to get exposed to the full richness of the past and our present-day experience through the magic of cinema. Cinematography has a huge potential in shaping and preserving national identity, becoming a live documentation of the national identity and its heritage. VivaCell-MTS wishes the Golden Apricot creativity, full cinema halls, and appreciation of the public», commented VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan 11th International Film Festival is scheduled for July 13-20 this year. Just as at its previous editions the event is to invite best of the world cinema works, as well as the most celebrated figures of the world film industry to Yerevan.
This year the whole festival is programmed in the honor and memory of Sergei Parajanov on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of this great artist. The whole program including the visual concept of the festival presentation is inspired by Parajanov. In order to present as widely as possible this outstanding Armenian artist all his films will be screened as part of a Retrospective program. Furthermore, various films, dedicated to his life and arts will be presented. Apart from that, a special photo exhibition presenting the artist will be displayed at MOSCOW cinema for the whole period of the festival.
GOLDEN APRICOT will traditionally present its competition film program in four main categories: the International Feature Competition, the International Documentary Competition, the Armenian Panorama and the Apricot Stone (short film competition program held primarily for beginner filmmakers). The films will be evaluated by the invited Boards of Jury.
It is worth to mention that the festival has received around 1500 film submissions this year from 95 countries. This growth in numbers once compared with the previous years (1200 submission in 2013) comes to once again prove the constant growth of the international film community attention towards Yerevan film festival.
The festival non-competition programs - the Yerevan Premieres, Retrospective and Tribute more specifically, will present critically acclaimed films, both newly released and classical works of the world cinema, to the Yerevan audience. The screenings will be accompanied by meetings with the filmmakers and Q&A sessions. Open master classes for interested students and cinema lovers will be held by the renowned filmmakers.
Directors Across Border and Armenia -Turkey Cinema Platform – the regional co-production forum-workshops will be held during the festival. It should be noticed that these two events can truly be considered not only as essential driving forces for the regional film industry development but as powerful artistic tools capable to foster the promotion of a peaceful dialogue and cooperative bridges between neighboring countries.
The festival launch will be preceded by Cinema Journalists Across Borders special three-day workshop-training held by international experts of cinema journalism. The training participants, who are young film critics-journalists, will later be involved in the editorial team of GOLDEN APRICOT daily newspaper being published on the festival days.
VivaCell-MTS... You are connected!
VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia’s leading mobile operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market. The company follows the guidance provided by ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility). For more information, visit www.mts.am
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Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at www.mtsgsm.com
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