Yerevan, May 12, Noyan Tapan. Armenia for the first time will officially participate in the Film Market to be held between May 13 and 22 at the Cannes 62nd International Film Festival. The National Cinema Center, a legal successor of "Hay Film" will represent Armenia. As Gevorg Gevorgyan, director of the Cinema Center told a press conference on May 8, with support of Armenia's ministry of culture, the Center will present in a separate pavilion of Cannes Film market two dozens of Armenian films, including live-action, full-length and short films, animation, documentaries. Particularly, "Priestess" by Vigen Chaldranyan, "Border" by Harutyun Khachatryan, "Tangled parallels" by Hovhannes Galstyan, "Sunrise of a mourn street" by Albert Mkrtchyan will be demonstrated at the most cinematically sophisticated public. "Refuge" of Martun Harutyunyan will also be screened during the festival. According to Gevorkyan, the year of 2009 has been favorable for the Armenian cinema, as during this year Armenian films are also to be screened in a number of international festivals as well. As administration of the "Golden Apricot" film festival told a Noyan Tapan reporter, Armenian films will possibly be demonstrated during a documentary film festival in Turky this November and at the International Istanbul festival next April.

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