12 culture news headlines from 6 countries in July
Armenia
Georgia presented Armenia with gift to celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations. Georgia’s government presented Armenia with the performance of State Academic National Song and Dance Ensemble “Rustavi” to celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations between the countries. This is what the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia in Yerevan Giorgi Saganelidze said to Sputnik correspondent. Georgia’s embassy to Armenia is planning other interesting events to celebrate the anniversary. Sputnik, Armenia culture ministry
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan considers setting up a film commission. A project of such commission has been discussed during the round table at the “Nizami” cinema centre in Baku, cbc.az informs. Elizabeth White, British Council Azerbaijan Director, as well as the representatives of Azerbaijan’s culture and tourism ministry, artists and culture experts participated in the event. “The film commission will promote the Azerbaijan’s culture and geography abroad. It will also promote the shooting sites that are available here. As a result, foreign filmmakers will come to Azerbaijan and shoot episodes here or even entire films. Thus, they will spend large financial resources here," Fikrin Bektashi, culture expert, said. The project in Azerbaijan is being implemented with the financial support of the British Council. cbc.az
Belarus
Finnish Culture Day was held in Minsk. It was the first time that the Finish Culture Day was celebrated in Minsk. The celebration was held on 100-year anniversary of Finland’s independence, CTV reports. CTV
Ukrainian singer won at Slavic Bazaar. Vlad Sytnyk, born in Luhansk, has won the International Festival of Arts "Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk". His score was equal to the one of Belarussian singer Yegor Sharankov; however, it was Sytnyk whom the jury gave the first place. Nobody got a Grand Prix, CTV reports. CTV, Khartia 97
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Belarus is preparing several files for inclusion in UNESCO cultural heritage lists. Belarus is preparing several nomination files for inclusion into the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage lists, Alla Stashkevich, Head of the Cultural Heritage Department at the Institute of Culture of Belarus, said at the roundtable hosted by BelTA's press center on 27 July. These are the ancient rite Yurievsky Khorovod (Yuriev Round Dance) and on forest beekeeping, a joint project with Poland. BelTA
Evgeny Matyuto (Cowek): “Artist has the right to introduce changes to urban environment”. A few years ago, Minsk began to transform. The heroes of the renewed city began to appear on its grey walls. Different, controversial, bright street art works immediately attracted attention and changed the atmosphere of city’s neighbourhoods. Evgeny Matyuto is talking about street art in his interview for the EU-EaP Culture and Creativity Programme. Please read the interview here. EU-EaP Culture and Creativity Programme
Georgia
Georgian film awarded at Odessa International Film Festival. “My Happy Family” film by the directorial duo of Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross has received recognition at the Odessa International Film Festival, NewsGeorgia informs. The award for 'Best Acting' went to actors' ensemble of “My Happy Family,” while Ekvtimishvili and Gross have been awarded for “Best Directing.” NewsGeorgia
Georgian theatre festival among 26 laureates for prestigious European award. Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre will compete for a prestigious Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe (EFFE) award on September 18 in Brussels, Belgium, agenda.ge informs. The European Festivals Association (EFA) revealed the selection of the 26 laureates from 715 festivals “for their exceptional quality, work, commitment and impact within their contexts and territories.” agenda.ge
Moldova
Moldova, Poland to deepen cooperation in culture, education and science. On 26 July, the governments of Moldova approved the signing of the Executive Program on the cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science for the years 2017-2020 with Poland, Moldova’s culture minister, Moldova’s Ministry of Culture reports. Moreover, the document requires cooperation of countries’ institutions in such fields as youth and sports, television, broadcasting, mass-media, state archives, and many others. Moldova’s Ministry of Culture
International film festival took place in Chisinau. The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Chisinau on 20-23 July, Moldova’s Ministry of Culture informs. Over 20 internationally acclaimed films have been screened during the festival. TIFF was organised with the support of the National Center for Cinematography in Romania and Moldova’s Ministry of Culture. Moldova’s Ministry of Culture
Ukraine
Ukrainian students and musicians won Erasmus+ grant. The Kotliarevskyi National Art University of Kharkiv and Conservatorio Superior De Musica De Vigo (Spain) has won Erasmus+ grant, Ukraine’s ministry of culture reports. Within the framework of the project five students from the Kharkiv University will spend the 2017-2018 academic year in the Spanish university. Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Ukraine and Belarus will work closely in culture. Yevhenii Nyshchuk, Ukraine’s minister of culture, and Boris Svetlov, Belarus’ minister of culture, has signed a programme of cooperation in the field of culture for 2017-2021, Ukraine’s ministry of culture reports. The signing ceremony was held during the official visit of Belarus’ delegation to Kyiv led by Belarus’ President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
