Karabakh Film Screened in the Czech Republic

It sounds like it is similar in some ways to A Dark Forest in the Mountains.

A film titled "A Story of People in War and Peace" produced by Vardan Hovhannisian was screened at the festival of documentaries in Brno, Czech Republic. The film shot by an Armenian reporter tells about the fate of those who fought in the Karabakh war.

CT2 channel, Lidovskiye Noviny, Prague Post, Radio Cesko and other mass media cover the festival.

Armenian films need even more exposure! Too bad there isn't more information regarding a DVD release or even a theater premiere. Perhaps they should take lessons from the Priestess?

Source: PanArmenian

SunChild: Armenia's First Regional Environmental Festival!

SunChild is organized by Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets and Golden Apricot Fund for Cinema Development and will take place between April 1-15 of 2007, in Dilijan, Armenia. Here are some more details:

The aim of the festival is to create a background with suitable conditions for bringing up a healthy and strong generation, taking care for the nature of their own country as well as of neighboring countries and protecting the assets and treasures that were created by mankind throughout thousands of years. In this sense, the festival provides wide opportunities for cross-cultural communication and dialogue.

One of the most important goals of our festival is to develop within the new generation the love, care and understanding towards the nature surrounding them. Our children will inherit this planet, and it is not only important in what condition they inherit it, but even more, whether they will be prepared to live in harmony with nature, to preserve and care for its beauty.

Armenian Film programs from the festival will be screened at different International Environmental festivals worldwide.

Armenia's hippies, unite!

Source: SunChild Festival

The Independence of Armenia's Art

Armenia Now has a really good article about the the near loss of Armenia's artistic resources. Jivan Gasparyan also talks about his experiences from that time.

You can find the article here.