PRESS RELEASE
October 8, 2013
ARMENIAN DRAMATIC ARTS ALLIANCE
CONTACT: Zhelbert Zohrabian, 818-620-5468
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
ADAA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PANEL FEATURES HEADLINERS
AT THE WRITERS GUILD, NOV. 8 PAUL AWARDS EVENT
LOS ANGELES, California – The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is
pleased to present its first industry panel at the WGA Theater, 135 S.
Doheny Drive, in Beverly Hills on November 8, 7pm, to discuss how
Armenian artists can navigate their careers in entertainment.
“Make the Connection: Linking Armenians in the Entertainment Industry”
will feature a VIP panel that includes Ovation-nominated director and
former CAA literary agent Michael Peretzian; film producer Robert
Papazian (Rome); novelist Aris Janigian (This Angelic Land), and
Emmy-winning TV producer Hank Saroyan. More VIP panelists will be
announced closer to the event. The panel will be moderated by ADAA
Founder, writer/producer Bianca Bagatourian.
The panel is a rare opportunity to learn key strategies straight from
current industry leaders. A wine and cheese reception will follow.
The panel event is sponsored by City National Bank. Other sponsors
include The Dramatists Guild, Final Draft, and various individual
donors.
On the same evening, ADAA will be presenting the 4th Biennial Lillian &
Varnum Paul 2013 Screenwriting Award. Finalists for the $10,000 prize
are: “1915,” by Garin K. Hovannisian & Alec Mouhibian; “The 13th Image,”
by Yervand Kochar in collaboration with Jeani Di Carlo; and “The Second
Journey,” by Levon Minasian & Eric de Rocquefeuil. The three finalist
screenplays are being evaluated by an esteemed honorary jury: Anahid
Nazarian (Producer, American Zoetrope Productions), Michael Goorjian
(Emmy-Winning Actor) and Hank Saroyan (Emmy Winning TV Producer).
The Lillian and Varnum Paul Screenwriting Award is administered by ADAA
through the generosity of the Paul Family through the Western Diocese of
the Armenian Apostolic Church, under the auspices of His Eminence
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese.
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance’s mission is to make the Armenian
voice heard on the world stage through the dramatic arts of theatre and
film. The organization accomplishes this mission by supporting
playwrights and screenwriters and providing production opportunities,
research tools, networking resources and writing awards.
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