17:34 | 27.02.14 | News | 3740

Winners of "60 Seconds of Inclusive Cinema" awarded

ArmenTel (Beeline trademark) and British Council awarded the winners of "60 Seconds of Inclusive Cinema" contest. The contest was organized for the students of TUMO Center for Creative Technologies within the 12th British Film Festival in Yerevan.

Before the start of the contest, on February 23-27, special guest of the Festival, Matt Hulse, Director of "Dummy Jim"  film conducted special master classes for pupils of TUMO Center. Over 3 days, the British film director familiarized the children with peculiarities of visualization of the inclusive topic in the films as well as ways of conveying the idea of the film only in 60 seconds.

Upon the completion of the master classes, the pupils presented 1-minute films which were included in "60 Seconds of Inclusive Cinema" contest. Mariam Baretsyan, Maria Sargsyan, Marine Gazazyan and Tigran Galechyan were recognized the authors of the best films and were awarded Sony Xperia E C1505 smartphones.

"On behalf of ArmenTel, I congratulate all the participants of the contest. Demonstrating a creative approach and finding interesting solutions, they made a great impression on the jury members. I am sure many of these talented children will play a major role in development of Armenian cinematography in future and we will continue supporting such programs which will change our lives for the better", noted ArmenTel CEO Andrey Pyatakhin.

The 12the British Film Festival was organized by British Council, British Embassy in Yerevan and UNICEF this year. ArmenTel is the general sponsor of the Festival. --0--