The Yerevan International Film Festival of Short Films brings together film lovers, industry specialists, and all interested parties for the 9th time. This year it will be held on June 25-29. According to tradition, in addition to Yerevan, it also includes any of the cities of the republic, with the aim of activating the cultural life in the regions. This time, Gyumri was included in the program.
“Armenpress”At the press conference held in the press hall of Yerevan International Short Film Festival, Guzh Tadevosyan mentioned that the festival’s opening ceremony will take place on June 25, at 19:00, in the big hall of the Cinema House. The opening film of the festival is The Mist is Gone, presented by Seyed Ali Qassem from Iran.
“The festival program will continue on June 26 and 27 at the Yerevan Cinema House. The events of the festival will continue on June 28 and 29 in Gyumri, entrance to all the events of the festival is free. I must mention that directing the festival to the marzes is important not only from the point of view of activating the cultural life. In addition, our participants have the opportunity to get acquainted with Armenian film locations. The audience will also have the opportunity to watch award-winning short films of prestigious international film festivals,” said Guj Tadevosyan.
The main sponsor of the festival is the Municipality of Yerevan, and the supporter is the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Levon Hovhannisyan noted that this festival occupies an important place in the cultural calendar. It has become a platform recognized by the international film community.
“Today, this festival is one of the film festivals with gold status on the prestigious filmfreeway platform, which proves the festival’s high professional level and international reputation. We are the main sponsor of the festival for the 4th year already, and this year the Yerevan Municipality allocated AMD 20 million,” said Levon Hovhannisyan.
During the 9th Yerevan International Short Film Festival, creative meetings, viewing-discussions, master classes, presentations, exchange of experience and presentation of opportunities will take place. RA Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Daniel Danielyan, highlighting the holding of the festival, noted that it reflects the state policy and goals.
“We emphasize the activation of cultural life in the regions, and this festival includes that component. It attracts film lovers on the spot, performs an important cognitive and educational work. Another important circumstance is that the festival is not cut off from the outside world, it has international significance and year by year we see how the geography of participation expands,” said Daniel Danielyan.
This year, the 9th Yerevan International Short Film Festival received applications from 95 countries. Artyom Baghdasaryan, program director of the Yerevan International Short Film Festival, noted that 39 films from 22 countries were included in the competition program.
“This year there was also a large selection of Armenian films. I remember that in the first year of the festival, 3-4 films were accepted, which did not even look like a film. Today I am proud to say that in terms of quality, we have such films that we show alongside films that participated in the competition program of the A class, Venice, Berlin, Cannes and other similar festivals and won awards. By the way, the festival is the first in the region to accept films made with artificial intelligence,” said Artyom Baghdasaryan.
The competition program of the film festival includes: “International Program”, “National Program”, “Student Program”.
