"DAYS OF ARMENIAN FILM" HELD IN ROMANIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 18:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Days of Armenian film passed from November 9 to
11 in Romania in the House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca. The event
was organized by the embassy of Armenia in Romania with assistance
of House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca and the regional branch of the
Armenian Union of Romania. The opening ceremony was attended by the
Ambassador of Armenia in Romania Eghishe Sarkisyan, director of the
Department of Culture and Education of the Cluj-Napoca municipality
Ion Christopher and other officials and artists.
Works of Armenian film director Sergei Parajanov, "Ararat" of Atom
Egoyan have been presented. Films produced by the Union of Armenians in
Romania "Strunga" about orphans, survivors of the Armenian Genocide,
who sought refuge in the Romanian city Strunga, "Armenopolis" about
the city of Armenopolis (now Gerla), built by Armenians.
During the event a photo exhibition "Armenia and its people have been
also organized.