ARMENIAN DOCUMENTARY WINS TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE
ARMENPRESS
May 04 2007
NEW YORK, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: A Story of People in War & Peace,
directed by Armenian film director Vartan Hovhanesian, was recognized
the winner of the 6th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York in the
category of Best New Documentary Filmmaker. The film is about the
horrors of war and its effects that uses footage from the conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Winner received $25,000 cash and the art award "Nelson Mandela,
Johannesburg, South Africa," created by Bruce Weber.
This year’s Festival included 157 features and 88 short films from 47
countries. The world competition winners were chosen from 18 narrative
and 16 documentary features from 25 countries. Two awards were also
given to honor New York films, which were chosen from 14 narrative
and eight documentary features. Of the 62 short films in competition,
awards were given for best narrative, best documentary and student
visionary film.
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro,
Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff after the attacks on the World
Trade Center to help economically and culturally revitalize Lower
Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music, and culture.
The Festival’s mission is to assist filmmakers to reach the broadest
possible audience, enable the international film community and the
general public to experience the power of film, and to promote New
York City as a major filmmaking center.