Gyumri to host Azerbaijani film festival

The Caucasus Center for Peacemaking Initiatives, in collaboration with the British Embassy to Armenia, is organizing an Azerbaijani film festival, Stop, in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri.

The Center expects the event to promote an environment of direct communication to introduce the Armenian audience with the best samples of the contemporary Azerbaijani film industry.

Asked by Tert.am why Gyumri was selected a hosting city, the head of the Center, Georgy Vanyan, promised to give an answer after the festival.

The festival program includes four short-length movies produced in Azerbaijan between 2007 and 2008. One of the films is a documentary.

The film series lasts an hour and 33 minutes. The best film to be awarded a prize in the Audience Sympathy nomination will be selected as a result of voting.

All the films have been translated into Armenian. People from capital Yerevan and other cities and towns will be offered special transportation to attend the event.