ArmInfo.  "Anora," a tragicomic Cinderella story set in a murky modern world of New York strippers,  Russian billionaires and incompetent gangsters, won the coveted Oscar  for best picture on Sunday, world media report. 

ArmInfo. The House of Culture of the Russian-Armenian University (RAU) hosted a screening of the film "Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev" by the head of the creative workshop of the IMRK RAU, associate professor, film director, actor, producer and screenwriter Edgar Baghdasaryan. This was reported by the press service of the RAU.

ArmInfo.The Armenian National Film Academy just chose to nominate for the 2025 Oscars a movie  titled "Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev" (directed by E. Baghdasaryan - ed.) instead of Shoghakat Vardanyan's "1489", which tells about the grave consequences of the Artsakh war. This was  stated in an article  by the newspaper's publisher Harut Sassounian in The California Courier.

ArmInfo.On September 29, the annual Koreez Educational Oscar award ceremony for students of different age groups was held at the Karen Demirchyan Sport/Concert Complex.

ArmInfo. During the closing ceremony of the 21st Golden Apricot International Film Festival, its  founder Harutyun Khachatryan presented the Thaler Parajanov Award for his contribution to world cinema to Oscar-winning American director Alexander Payne.

ArmInfo. The International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" continues close cooperation with foreign  embassies and international organizations.

ArmInfo. One of the best American film and theater actors, the outstanding Kevin Spacey will  be guest of honor at the 21st Golden Apricot International Film Festival.

ArmInfo. Atom Egoyan's new film, the drama "Seven Veils", will open the 21st  Golden Apricot  Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) 2024., which will be held in Yerevan from July 7 to 14. The world premiere of the film took place last September at the Toronto Film Festival.

ArmInfo.The famous works of Ennio Morricone, which millions of viewers know thanks to a number of  cult films, will be performed in Yerevan by the Italian orchestra ROMA SINFONIETTA.

ArmInfo.n. "The Last Repair Shop", a short documentary featuring an Armenian man who was  persecuted in the 1980s in Azerbaijan, won an Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards. The film is directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers. 

ArmInfo. American actor, Emmy Award winner, Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo shared  on his X account (formerly Twitter) a post by Kim Kardashian, in which she calls on President Joe Biden to stop the new genocide of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh by the Azerbaijanis." 

ArmInfo.On September 5, the opening ceremony of the Starmus world science and art festival, which this year was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first  mission to Mars , took place at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and  Concert Complex .

ArmInfo. Irish screenwriter, director Terry George will be president of the Golden Apricot 19th Yerevan IFF International Feature Film competition jury.

ArmInfo.The world famous Hollywood actor, film director and producer, Oscar winner Sean Penn condemned the US authorities for selling weapons to Turkey.

ArmInfo. The spacious hall of the Sevan Recreation Center for Writers of Armenia with a balcony enveloping it offers a breathtaking view of Lake Sevan, over which  seagulls soared in free flight, on August 23 gathered film critics,  directors, actors, media representatives and other artists of  Armenia.