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YEREVAN, MAY 29, ARMENPRESS. "Parajanov – Lover of Beauty" full-length movie will presumably participate in Locarno film festival, which is scheduled to held on August. The movie will be introduced to the Armenian public for the first time within the framework of "Golden Apricot" 10th International Film Festival, which will launch on July 7-14. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the co-director and actor Serge Avédikian stated that notwithstanding the movie was introduced in 3 nominations of Cannes Film Festival, it did not participate in the festival.
Among other things Serge Avédikian underscored: "We had not received any answer before the final stage of the festival and actually the movie did not appear in the Cannes Film Festival this year. Although we received a message from Locarno film festival, which stated that they want to watch the movie." In addition Serge Avédikian noted that the issues regarding the movies participation in the abovementioned festival will be clarified in 10 days.
The idea of shooting a movie dedicated to the last 20 years of the gifted artist belongs to Ukrainian producer and filmmaker Olena Fetisova, who became the screenwriter, co-director, and co-producer of the movie.
Article by Tatevik Grigoryan
Photo by Yuri Mechitov