11 CULTURE NEWS HEADLINES FROM 6 COUNTRIES IN MAY
Armenia
Russian language week to take place in Armenia. Yerevan-based Russian center of science and culture organizes Russian language week in Armenia. Events within the Week will take place across the country from 2 to 8 June. The Russian language week is dedicated to the 25thanniversary of CIS. Newsarmenia.am
Armenia’s culture ministry offers its help in restoring Palmyra monuments. Armenia’s ministry of culture wrote a letter to its Syrian counterparts offering assistance in restoring Palmyra historical monuments. This proposal has been already discussed by the Syrian culture minister and Armenia’s ambassador to the country. News.am
Azerbaijan
Baku hosted Azerbaijan fashion week. The event is aimed at promoting Azeri fashion industry and supporting young talented designers. The Week, supported by the country’s ministry of culture and tourism, was attended by fashion experts from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and France, including famous French designer Jean-Claude Jitrois. 1news.az
Belarus
Encyclopedia “Culture of Belarus” was presented in Minsk. The edition includes 6 volumes prepared during the last seven years. 600 scientists and cultural workers wrote over 15 thousand articles describing Belarus culture from a new perspective taking into account developments from the last 25 years, TV channel CTV reported. CTV
Georgia
Tbilisi hosted international film school “Community of young filmmakers.” On 30 May, the international cinematography school “Community of young filmmakers” kicked-off in Tbilisi. It comprises participants from Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The School is being held with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Co-operation of CIS member states and partner organization in Georgia, Sputnik-Georgia repor
International festival of children’s films “Golden butterfly” takes place in Tbilisi. Programme of the film competition includes contestants from Europe, Middle East, the US and Bangladesh. This year, the film festival “Golden butterfly” – conducted annually since 2011 – takes place in the framework of “Check in Georgia” project aimed at promoting Georgian image on international arena. Sputnik-Georgia
Caucasian jazz festival will be held in Georgia from 8 to 11 June. Together with Georgian jazz musicians, the festival will be attended by artists from the US, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, organizers say. The festival foresees joint training program of Jamie Ebersolda, a famous American jazz saxophonist, and a two-week educational program of the Tbilisi State Conservatory. The event is organized by an NGO “Art bridge” with the support of the country’s ministry of culture and monument protection. Sputnik-Georgia
Moldova
Moldova hosted Days of Slavonic literature and culture. The event took place from 25 to 29 May and was dedicated to 25th anniversary of Moldova’s independence, Sputnik-Moldova
Ukraine
Chairman of State Cinema Committee asks Parliament to pass bill on state support to national cinema. Lawmakers have already passed the document in the first reading, UKRINFORM reported. The bill would attract European and American filmmakers, Pylyp Illienko, Chairman of the State Cinema Committee, said at a press conference, adding that Ukraine may become one of the most perspective platforms for Western filmmaking industry. Argumenty i Fakty, UKRINFORM
“Children KinoFest” festival kicked off in Ukraine. It is an annual international festival of films for children and teenagers founded in Ukraine in 2014. This year, films are being demonstrated in 18 cities across the country. According to Ukrinform, “Children KinoFest” is the biggest film festival in Eastern Europe for youth audience. Ukrinform
Ministry of culture to launch several pilot projects for villages to be conducted in the framework of decentralization reform. The ministry will pick up 3-5 villages to build multi-functional cultural institutions, Yevhen Nyshchuk, Ukraine’s minister of culture, told LB.ua. LB.ua
