AZG Armenian Daily #049, 18/03/2006
Armenian Genocide
TAVIANI BROTHERS TO SHOOT A FILM ABOUT GENOCIDE
Europe Assigns 600.000 Euros
The March 9 sitting of Eurimages foundation of the Council of Europe
took a decision to assign 600.000 euros to famous Italian filmmakers
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani brothers to shoot “The Larks’ Hamlet”
feature film dealing with the Armenian Genocide. All members of the
foundation’s jury except for Turkish one voted for the decision. This
foundation that supports European film production has 32 member states.
According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Armenia, French chairman
of the foundation Jacques Toubon resolutely backed this decision in
his speech and accused Turkey of the Genocide calling it a historic
fact. Despite dissatisfaction of the Turkish representative and
official Ankara, the jury’s opinion remained unchanged.
By Tamar Minasian