Wednesday, October 25
8:00 - 11:00 PM
CINESPACE
6356 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood

Thursday, October 26, 2006

The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Day/Evening Screenings, Street/Lot Parking

Arpa International Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre
Thursday, October 26

Tickets $11 per program/Arpa Membership $8/Half-Day passes $25
Tickets available at FanDango.com

11:30 am International Program 1

Awake Zion
Friendly Fire: Exposing the Gulf War Syndrome
Young, Jewish, and Left
3:15 pm International Program 2

Moongirl
Persepolis Recreated
Flyaway
Light Blue and Orange
Lucky
Unfair
Not Even for a Minute
You Can Handle Bullies
Stand Up

6 pm Armenian Program 1

David Bianchi's Soldier
Germany and the Secret Genocide
Witnesses
The Long Journey from the NFL to Armenia
The Foundation Project
7 pm Feature Program
Spielberg Auditorium

Joy in the Mourning
Mojave Phone Booth

8:45 pm Armenian Program 2

The Little Matchgirl
A Long Journey Home
Love Runs Red
Vort
The Story of My Name

9:15 pm Documentary Program

Spielberg Auditorium
Danny
White Shadows

11:45 pm Armenian Program 3

The Gates
The Love Within
The Slowww Zombie
Getting' Some: JAIL TIME
Cold Comfort

Please join the
Arpa Foundation for Film, Music & Art
In honoring Dr. J. Michael Hagopian
7:30 PM Reception
8PM Dinner
Brandview Collection
109 East Harvard Street
Glendale, California

Tickets $100 Tax Deductable Donation
Please Reserve Your Seat/Table ONLINE By October 22
Tickets Available Exclusively at www.AFFMA.org
Click on Reserve Tickets

For More Information Please Call
(323) 663-1882 Or Visit www.AFFMA.org

September 24, 2006, Toronto, Ontario

ARTIST APO TOROSYAN TO PRESENT DISCOVERING MY FATHER'S VILLAGE AT THE POMEGRANATE FILM FESTIVAL, TORONTO, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Armenian and Diaspora Cinema Masters Film Festival

Armenian and Diaspora Cinema Masters Film Festival will be held in San Paolo, Brazil. The event marks the the 15th anniversary of Armenia's independence. Films by Sergey Paradjanov, Vigen Chaldranyan, Albert Mkrtchyan and Ruben Kochar will be screened at the Festival. Atom Egoyan, Henry Vernoy and Robert Keshishyan will represent the Armenian Diaspora at the event. A total of 11 pictures will be screened.

The Festival is organized with participation of the Armenian Consulate General in Brazil, Armenian Ministry of Culture and San Paolo Culture Center. Armenia: a Country of Ancestors exhibition by Norayr Shahinyan young photographer from Brazil will also open at the Center. 30 photos out of more than 10 thousand shot in Armenia in 2004 will be shown, reports the Press Service of the Armenian MFA.

Starring:
Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Simon Abkarian

Release Date: 28 June 2006
Online Review and Synopsis- click here
Produced by Robert Guediguian, Production Company: Annee de Producion
Duration: 2h 5min

Synopsis
Aware that he is seriously sick, Barsam wishes to return to the land where he was born. He also wishes to bequeath something valuable to his daughter Anna. She is full of life certainties. He would like to teach her how to doubt herself. When he flees to Armenia, he makes sure to leave behind many clues enabling Anna to join him. This ‘forced’ voyage to an unknown country becomes what Barsam had wanted it to become for her: an initiation passage, a lesson in sentiments, a newly found adolescence… She will eventually locate him daydreaming under a blooming apricot tree in a small village lost in the lofty mountains of the Caucasus… Anna will doubt her own identity, her loves and her priorities, developing as a person in the process.

ARPA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES

The 2006 Arpa International Film Festival is accepting Armenian films for their 9th annual

festival in Hollywood, Ca.

LA, CA – The Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA) stages its festival in October for filmmakers exploring diaspora, war, exile, genocide, dual-identity and Armenian culture. The Arpa International Film Festival accepts films for competition in the following categories:

Feature Length (more than 41 minutes)

Short Film (less than 40 minutes)

Documentary

Animation

Entries must be received no later than June 30, 2006.

Submission rules and entry form are available online at www.AFFMA.org or www.WithoutABox.com. For sponsorships and ad book opportunities, please contact Arpa at (323) 663-1882 or via e-mail at affma_filmfestival@yahoo.com. For additional information, please contact the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music & Art at (323) 663-1882.

www.AFFMA.org

Opening this weekend in 24 cities nationwide:

For the trailer see:|
http://www.americangun-movie.com/

Screenplay by

Steven Bagatourian & Aric Avelino

Starring:


Donald Sutherland

Forest Whitaker

Marcia Gay Harden

Linda Cardellini

Nikki Reed

Executive Producer: Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey Skoll, Chris Adams
An IFC and participant Films Production

A bright student, a single mother, a school principal, and a gun shop owner, all connected by one thing: guns. This powerful series of interwoven storylines shows how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically affects and shapes lives. Opening end of April, 2006.

Garden In Khorkhom2003, 16mm, 14min.
Inspired by the works and words of Armenian American painter Arshile Gorky.

Sandias Eustacy 2004, DVD, 6min
A musical composition by Serj Tankian (of System of a Down) inspired by Komitas about a wandering ! girl whose melancholy inspires illusions of love towards a crane.
Hypnotize/Mezmerize – System of a Down2005, DVD, 14 min.
Produced by: SonyBMG
This film on the band System of A Down, inspires a rich palette of colors and textures and bridges the gaps between visual art, sound art, cinema and rock video.
 
 
THREE SHORT FILMS ON IDENTITY
Introduced by Nora Armani.
Tuesday, March 28th, 5:30 pm; ArcLight Cinemas
 
The Medlar Tree–Diary of an Unemployed Woman/Le Néflier–Journal d’une Chômeuse (U.S. Premiere)
(France, 2004, 36 mins.)
Director/ Screenwriter: Isabelle Ouzounian; Producer:Flagrant Délit Productions
An unemployed woman takes refuge in the suburban house of a male friend when her lover leaves her and roams the streets, videotaping people she picks at random and asking them personal questions.
 
The Garden of Khorkom/Le Jardin de Khorkom (U.S. Premiere)
(France, 1998, 20 mins.)
Director/ Screenwriter: Isabelle Ouzounian.
In this poetic and realistic fable on suffering in exile, three principal characters, representing three generations, try to find a place for themselves under the sun.
 
Worm/Vort (Los Angeles Premiere)
(USA, 2005, 32 mins.)
Director: James Martin; Writer: Shahe Mankerian; Producers: Jaymes Wheeler, Soseh Haroutounian, Yeghia Tchakmakian, Shahe Mankerian, Yvette Khalafian.
Filmed in one continuous half-hour steadicam shot, "Worm" is the story of three Armenian friends, ushers in their best friend's wedding, who struggle to define the meaning of love in their personal lives and love in the context of national identity.
 

The Night is Bright(a/k/a Bright is the Night) (U.S. premiere)
Wednesday, March 29th, 10:15 pm; ArcLight Cinemas
(Ukraine, 2004, 98 mins.)
Director: Roman Balayan; Screenwriters: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Roman Balayan; Producer:  Makdos Film
A solitary scientist, who specializes in communication with deaf, dumb and blind children, finds his life in upheaval with the arrival of an attractive intern from Moscow.  “The drama of Roman Balayan’s "Bright Is The Night" is worth appreciating for its delicate and lyrical visual images.” – Alexander Fedorov, FIPRESCI, Moscow Film Festival 2004.
 
Armenian Lullaby (Los Angeles premiere)
Wednesday, March 29th, 10:15 pm; ArcLight
(USA, 2005, 6 mins.)
Director/Producer: Irina Patkanian; Author of Poem: Rafael Patkanian (1830-1892)
Dedicated to the mothers of soldiers everywhere, this is avideo poem about a mother singing a lullaby to her child, calling on different birds associated with various professions.
***Playing with THE NIGHT IS BRIGHT***

CONTACT for Armenian Program:
Nora Armani
Guest Curator
Silver Lake Film Festival
(917) 318 2290
info@noraarmani.com

Oh! Man

Oh! Uomo

Directed by Yervant Gianikian

& Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2004, Italy

The documentary film "Oh, Man" concludes the experimental filmmakers’ pacifist trilogy on World War I (starting with "Prisoners of War" [1995] and "On the Heights All Is Peace" [1998]). Rare archival footage is reworked to interpret the consequences of physical suffering and violence during wartime. 71 min.

Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi will be present to introduce this screening, which will be held in the Titus 1 Theatre.

Yervant Gianikian studied architecture in Venice and wrote his thesis on the silent cinema of the 20's and the Russian films of Ivan Mozzhukin. In 1981, he made his first archive compilation film Karagoez catalogo 9,5 with Angela Ricci Lucchi.

Angela Ricci Lucchi. After studying painting with Oskar Kokoschka, Angela Ricci Lucchi became a visual artist. Moving to Milan, she began to work in Mail Art and shot her first film in 8mm. She met Yervant Gianikian in 1975 and work with him since.

Saturday, February 18, 2:00 PM
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019

(212) 708-9400, General Info.

For updated information film program call (212) 708-9480.
Film Admission (does not include Museum gallery admission):

Adults: $10, Students (w. full-time ID) & Seniors (65 and over with ID): $8, MoMA members: Free

Please Note: Film admission tickets can only be purchased *IN PERSON* at the Film and Media Center at MoMA.

First Call For Entries:

Yerevan International Film Festival, 10-15 July 2006  
    
GOLDEN APRICOT

Deadline for entries is 15 April 2006. Entry form and eligibility guidelines are available on the festival’s website www.gaiff.am.

Send your submission to:
Susanna Harutyunyan or Mikayel Stamboltsyan
Program Department
Yerevan International Film Festival - GOLDEN APRICOT
#5 Byron, 375 009 Yerevan, ARMENIA
Tel./ Fax: +374 10 56 44 84

If you have any questions regarding the festival or the submission procedure, please contact the program department at info@gaiff.am 

Simon Abkarian plays Ben Barka in:

''J'ai vu Tuer Ben Barka''

(I saw Ben Barka Get Killed)

Morocco Times 11/3/2005
Serge le Peron's film “J'ai Vu Tuer Ben Barka”, which sheds light on the enigmatic demise of the former Moroccan leading political opposition activist, Mehdi Ben Barka, was screened on Tuesday in Rabat, reported the partisan Arabic daily Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki .
J'ai vu Tuer Ben Barka, co-directed by Serge le Peron and Saîd Shimi, was broadcast Tuesday evening in Mohammed V theatre. Many politicians and human rights figures as well as ordinary citizens attended the event to see how the two directors could bring back Ben Berka to screen.
According to the directors, the film is not about Ben Barka. Le Peron said that “the film is based on the kidnapping, when Ben Barka had disappeared without trace after being picked up by French police in 1965.”
The film was based on the statement of the witness George Figon, whose “death is considered the key of the enigma,” explained Serge Le Peron. “Thanks to him, we could deduce many possibilities about Ben Barka's death,” he added.
Figon's testimony, which was published in the weekly French magazine L'express, set him back his life. Georges Figon, who had testified earlier that Oufkir stabbed Ben Barka to death, was later found dead, and ostensibly believed to have committed suicide.The directors of the film, Serge Le Peron and Saïd Smihi, chose Figon's death as a point of departure for the story. The directors have chosen the French actor Simon Abkarian, of Armenian origins, to play the role of Ben Barka. “Abkarian has a great talent, a humanity and universality. A Moroccan actor would not have such universality,” they said.
The film, being a Moroccan Spanish and French production, is planned to be simultaneously shown in France, Spain and Morocco.

Hamazkayin-Boston presents the screening of:

The Genocide in Me

A film by Canadian-Armenian film maker, Araz Artinian


Venue : Kendall Square Cinema [1 Kendall Square, Building 1900, Cambridge, MA]
Date : Sunday, November 20, 2005
Time : 4:30 PM [screening at 4:30 followed by Q&A w/ Ms. Artinian at 5:30 PM]
Tickets : $10.00 per person
Please call us at (617)331-0426 or email us at info@hamazkayin-boston.org to
obtain tickets
Parking : Available next to the cinema at discounted rate of $2.70 for four hours with validation

Production Company: Serendipity Point Films Producer: Robert Lantos Screenplay: Atom Egoyan, based on the novel by Rupert Holmes Principal Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard

www.wherethetruthliesfilm.com
www.thinkfilmcompany.com

	The title of Where the Truth Lies conjures up the elegant and seductive enigmas for which Atom Egoyan is so highly 
	acclaimed. Starring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth and based on the book by Rupert Holmes, Egoyan’s latest look at the 
	dark secrets which animate the world is a sumptuous and suspenseful evocation of the golden age of the American 
	dream factory. With his trademark style, he wryly and stylishly reveals the seamy, debauched underbelly of fame. In 
	this haunting mystery, perverse realities are concealed behind a bright façade of prestige and stardom. Dangerously 
	sexual, the film is bound to create controversy.

	Lanny Morris (Bacon) and Vince Collins (Firth) are the most popular entertainers in the late fifties, comedy stars 
	of stage and screen and the nobility of the telethon circuit. When a beautiful young woman is found dead in their 
	hotel room, they are seemingly innocent of wrongdoing and never charged with any crime, but the scandal forces them 
	to go their separate ways to pursue successful solo careers. Fifteen years later, obsessive fan and upstart reporter 
	Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman) tries to uncover what happened to this deified showbiz duo. Soon, the young woman 
	finds herself out of her depth as she probes into the past of this pair who have never entirely given up their wanton 
	ways. As the film ventures into the netherworld of Lanny and Vince's sexual proclivities, Karen is confronted with 
	the truth that lies behind their smooth exteriors.

	Firth is pitch-perfect as the alluring British straight man, while Bacon is a whirlwind of energy as his wacky 
	sidekick. Egoyan skilfully recreates the glossy veneer of the entertainment industry of yore in this fascinating 
	exploration of the gaping chasm between private identity and public persona. The film is intricately structured: 
	from a delicate, tangled web of competing narratives, voiceovers and flashbacks, we must glean the truth from the 
	fiction. As we learn more and more of Lanny and Vince’s ugly secrets, the audacious and intelligent Where the Truth 
	Lies takes us to places we never dreamed of - high and low - all set against the background of the glitz and glamour 
	of old Hollywood.

Screenplay: Steven Bagatourian and Aric Avelino Director: Aric Avelino Producer: Ted Kroeber Executive Producer: Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey Skoll, Chris Adams, Peter Schlessel, Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, Holly Becker Cast: Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Tony Goldwyn, Christoper Marquette, Nikki Reed, Arlen Escarpeta, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Melissa Leo, Schuyler Fisk.     SYNOPSIS A bright student, a single mother, a school principal, and a gun shop owner, all connected by one thing: guns. American Gun is the debut film of director/co-writer Aric Avelino, and stars Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Tony Goldwyn, Christopher Marquette, Nikki Reed, Arlen Escarpeta, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Melissa Leo, and Schuyler Fisk. This powerful series of interwoven storylines shows how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically affects and shapes lives.

Aram Hekinian was born and raised in Brittany, France by an American mother and an Armenian father. Aram's early exposure to the stage was through the theater company his mother directed. Aram went to university to study Math and Physics Engineering, but his love for music and theater would not be forgotten. Aram came to America in the mid 90's and has trained in acting at the School for Film and Television, Herbert Berghof Studios and The Lee Strasberg Institute. Aram appeared in several films and television shows, but longed to create his own work. In fall of 2001, Aram began a collaboration with Aruna Naimji Among the work Aram and Aruna have conceptualized, shot, and produced, you will find BEAUTY MAGAZINE a 16 mm short film shot with a Bolex and BREST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL a one minute award winning festival trailer. In fall of 2004, Their new film was born, ONE BALLOON, introducing Lucid Realism, a new narrative concept. Aram Hekinian is an artist that chose to express himself through Acting, Filmmaking, and Music. His influences are Yoshi Oida, Stanislavzki, Louis de Funes, Orson Wells, Fritz Lang, Luc Besson, Georges Lucas, Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Mark Carro, Philip Glass, Samuel Barber, Depeche Mode, Gabriel Faure, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, M.C. Esher, Eugene Ionesco, Boris Vian, Albert Einstein, Hubert Reeves, C.G. Jung.