Yerevan hosting Month of European Cinema 

ArmInfo.November in the Armenian capital was marked by screenings of contemporary European films. The  Union of Cinematographers of Armenia, with the financial support of the European Union, announced the start of the European Film Month in Yerevan, which is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, written by the French writer and poet Andre Breton; in 1924.

According to the press service of the organizers of the month, during  November, in the large cinema hall of the Cinema House, those who  wish will be able to watch European films that have won such  prestigious awards as the Oscar, became laureates of the festival in  Cannes, Locarno, etc. The month opened with a screening of the  masterpiece by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali (1929)  in a new restored version. 

The program includes a total of 10 films produced in 2024, which will  be shown (during November) every Friday and Saturday at 19:00. In  particular, the program includes a new film by Mohammad Rasoulof,  "The Seed of the Holy Fig", a psychological thriller about the  protests in Iran, which this year won a special jury prize at the  Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar, the Lithuanian  film "Toxic", which won the main prize at the Locarno Film Festival,  a new film by director Andrea Arnold, who has become a modern classic  of British cinema, "Bird", a documentary by Spanish director and  guest of honor at the Golden Apricot Film Festival Albert Serra,  "Days of Solitude", etc. The implementation of the program was also  facilitated by the Embassy of France in Armenia, the Embassy of  Switzerland in Armenia, the Embassy of Austria in Tbilisi, the Goethe  Center, EUNIC Armenia and the Danish Institute