Young Filmmakers’ Documentary Screenings
2014-06-18
News
A press conference concluding the "Young Documentarians" short film competition took place today at Tumo, with the participation of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. In November 2013, Tumo called for aspiring young filmmakers between the ages of 17 and 26 to submit their ideas to the “Young Documentarians” workshop contest. Workshop leaders Ara Shirinyan, Arman Yeritsyan and Harutyun Mansuryan then assisted participants in developing their ideas into documentary films with the assistance and guidance of international filmmakers and specialists, including Laurie Ann Schag, Maria Sahakyan and Sean McAllister.
Competition participants were asked to submit proposals related to social and political issues. Ambassador John Heffern noted the difficulty of tackling such issues and congratulated all filmmakers for taking on this challenge.
Out of the 28 films entered into the competition, 14 were selected to compete for the categories of Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography by an international jury including German director Christiane Büchner, Iranian documentary filmmaker Marjan Safinia, Russian-American editor Alla Kovgan and American film professor Richard K. Berg. Winners will be announced on June 20th at an awards ceremony in the Blue Auditorium at Moscow Cinema.
Additionally,10 documentaries were screened today at Tumo Cinema and a further 11 will be screened tomorrow, June 19th, at 17:30. Entrance is free of charge.