Strasbourg, 9.04.2025 Co-production Support The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund...
Strasbourg, 9.04.2025 Co-production Support The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 23 feature films, including 5 documentaries and 2 animations, for a...
“Anora” takes home Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison! Swipe to see award winners, IMDB portrait studio highlights and more! Sean Baker, Vache Tovmasyan, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Yura...
By Rupen Janbazian Arshile Egoyan may carry a last name synonymous with cinematic artistry, but his work, ‘Before They Joined Us,’ marks a powerful, singular voice in the Armenian and Canadian film communities. Rooted in deeply personal narratives, his latest short film draws on his mother’s childhood experience, weaving...
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, has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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...
