Armen Jigarkhanyan Wins Top Theater Prize in Moscow
Serj Tankyan in Yerevan
Farewell to the “Golden Apricot” On July 18 ended 7 th “Golden Apricot” film festival in Yerevan. The festival held July 11-18.
And during the festival were shown about 120 films.
ARMENIAN SHORT FILM WINS AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-17
The film tells the story of the eradication of Constantinople’s dogs by Young Turks. According to official data, in 1910, there were about 100,000 dogs in Constantinople. Young Turks, who headed the Ottoman Turkish government then, aiming to eradicate 30,000 stray dogs within a night, moved them to a deserted island, where they died.
On July 11-15, “Barking Island” will be shown during the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan.
Actor, film director, scriptwriter and producer 55-year-old Serge Avedikian was born in Yerevan, to a family repatriated from France; however, in 1970s, his parents returned to France.
