Star to be placed in honor of Aznavour at start of Golden Apricot Festival
Saturday,
July 06
The major event of the 10th Jubilee Golden Apricot Film Festival this
year will be the visit of world-famous French Armenian singer and
movie actor Charles Aznavour. A star will be placed in his honor in
the square named after him in Yerevan, the festival director Harutyun
Khachatrian said at a meeting with journalists today.
Besides, the festival will start with the 1960 French crime drama film
`Shoot the Piano Player’ starring Charles Aznavour.
The tenth Golden Apricot Festival will be held in Yerevan on July
7-14. This year the festival has received 1,200 applications fro 94
countries.
The jury will be headed by internationally famous Hungarian film
director Istvan Szabo. The 2013 Golden Apricot Festival will celebrate
the 75th anniversaries of Artavazd Peleshian and Nerses Hovhannisian
along with the 110th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian.
05.07.2013, 19:23
Aysor.am
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