The Thessaloniki Film Festival welcomed two of the most prolific stars of contemporary cinema, radiant Juliette Binoche and gifted Ralph Fiennes, on Friday, November 1st, at Olympion theater. The two renowned actors received the...
The winner of the Virtual Reality competition at the 28th Ji.hlava IDFF was announced. The Best VR Award went to Dreaming of Lebanon by Martin Waehlisch and Cynthia Sawma (United States), an interactive documentary which uses the latest...
The Prize for Contribution to World Cinematography will be presented at the 34th Message to Man IFF to the legendary director and cinematic visionary Artavazd Peleshyan. Film scholars have described Peleshyan as “the man who redefined the laws of cinema, an elemental...
Armenian-American Aram Yacoubian has been recognized on Cartoon Brew’s prestigious 2024 U.S. Animation Power List, ranking at #43 out of 60 influential figures. As VP of Feature Animation at Netflix and celebrating a decade...
American expert maps the best of Czech visual culture – The ‘Identita’ film is coming to Czech cinemas this October and will be shown abroad. Nicholas Lowry, an American with Czech roots Czech filmmakers...
Sean Baker’s ANORA, which stars Armenian actors Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan, has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Karren Karagulian is a regular in Sean Baker’s films, having starred in...
Sean Baker’s ANORA, which stars Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan, premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and received a seven and a half minute standing ovation. Karren Karagulian, who is a regular...
The European Film Academy has added a record 709 new members for 2024, including director Jivan Avetisyan (Armenia), director, choreographer, writer, and performer Kosta Karakashyan (Bulgaria), and producer Hasmik Avetisyan (Germany). The membership list...
Photo: Q&A with Kadir Akın & Garo Paylan facilitated by Dr. Matthew Ari Jendian -Photos by Nicholas Jendian FRESNO — On Friday, April 19, 2024, Fresno hosted the film RED, an official selection of 2018 The Pomegranate Film...
Artsakh’s professional actors, all of whom have been forcefully displaced from their ancestral lands, are currently rehearsing the play, “An Enemy of the People,” by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, under the leadership of director and producer Karine Kocharian. The play is expected to premiere in late June in Yerevan. The cast consists exclusively of actors from Artsakh. The Armenian government does not provide any...
The Thessaloniki Film Festival welcomed two of the most prolific stars of contemporary cinema, radiant Juliette Binoche and gifted Ralph Fiennes, on Friday, November 1st, at Olympion theater. The two renowned actors received the Festival’s honorary Golden Alexander award prior to the screening of the monumental film The English Patient (1996),...
The winner of the Virtual Reality competition at the 28th Ji.hlava IDFF was announced. The Best VR Award went to Dreaming of Lebanon by Martin Waehlisch and Cynthia Sawma (United States), an interactive documentary which uses the latest technology of volumetric video, stereoscopic 360° viewing and 3D animation. The VR competition jury members...
The Prize for Contribution to World Cinematography will be presented at the 34th Message to Man IFF to the legendary director and cinematic visionary Artavazd Peleshyan. Film scholars have described Peleshyan as “the man who redefined the laws of cinema, an elemental force in filmmaking akin to Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein.” Among his admirers were Francis Ford Coppola,...
Armenian-American Aram Yacoubian has been recognized on Cartoon Brew’s prestigious 2024 U.S. Animation Power List, ranking at #43 out of 60 influential figures. As VP of Feature Animation at Netflix and celebrating a decade at the company this year, Yacoubian has rapidly advanced from supporting content acquisition via valuation...
American expert maps the best of Czech visual culture – The ‘Identita’ film is coming to Czech cinemas this October and will be shown abroad. Nicholas Lowry, an American with Czech roots Czech filmmakers have just finished shooting their first feature film, titled IDENTITA: A film about Czech graphic...
Sean Baker’s ANORA, which stars Armenian actors Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan, has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Karren Karagulian is a regular in Sean Baker’s films, having starred in all of the director’s films. In his speech, Sean Baker called the actor his “lucky...
Sean Baker’s ANORA, which stars Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan, premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and received a seven and a half minute standing ovation. Karren Karagulian, who is a regular in Sean Baker’s films, plays Toros, while Vache Tovmasyan plays Garnick. The film is being...
The European Film Academy has added a record 709 new members for 2024, including director Jivan Avetisyan (Armenia), director, choreographer, writer, and performer Kosta Karakashyan (Bulgaria), and producer Hasmik Avetisyan (Germany). The membership list also includes Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett. The European Film Academy seeks to support and...
Photo: Q&A with Kadir Akın & Garo Paylan facilitated by Dr. Matthew Ari Jendian -Photos by Nicholas Jendian FRESNO — On Friday, April 19, 2024, Fresno hosted the film RED, an official selection of 2018 The Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto, and the crowd gathered had the opportunity to hear from the producer...
Artsakh’s professional actors, all of whom have been forcefully displaced from their ancestral lands, are currently rehearsing the play, “An Enemy of the People,” by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, under the leadership of director and producer Karine Kocharian. The play is expected to premiere in late June in Yerevan. The cast consists exclusively of actors from Artsakh. The Armenian government does not provide any financial assistance and thus this theatre troupe must rely on the donations and support of individuals to bring this new production...
