Definitely want to encourage all to come out and see excellent independent cinema - and a couple of classics, too!
FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE FRIDAY 10/24: Theatre 1 / Theatre 2 6pm: Shorts Program 1 / “My Big Fat Armenian Family” 8pm: Opening Night Film – “The River Ran Red” / “The Flyboys” 10pm: “Strength and Honour / “Familiar Voices”
SATURDAY 10/25: Theatre 1 / Theatre 2 12 p: Shorts Program 2 / “Yai Wanonanable – Enemy of God” 1:45 pm: “We Drank the Same Water” / Filmmaker Panel Discussion 3:15 pm: Mary Apick’s “Checkpoint” & Iranian Film / Music Video Program 6 pm: “Float” / Shorts Program III 8 pm: Rita Hayworth tribute, featuring “Blood and Sand” / Shorts Program IV 10:15p: “Sela Maniyo” / “Children of the Congo”
Sunday 10/26: Theatre 1 11 am: “The Kolaborator”; “The Morganthau Story”; “Armenia: An Open Wound” 1 pm: “A Road Less Travelled: The Handjian Story”; “S.F. Hye” 3 pm: “Darfur NOW” & Q&A with Ted Braun 6 pm: Arpa Awards Ceremony - Red Carpet/Cocktail Hour 7 pm: Arpa Awards Ceremony - Emceed by ReelzChannel’s Jill SImonian 9pm: RECEPTION
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Arpa’s highlight events include the world premiers of J. Michael Hagopian’s “The River Ran Red” on the festival’s Opening Night, Friday October 24 at 8pm. The screening will be followed by a reception. Other Friday highlights include Mark Mahon’s “Strength and Honour” starring Michael Madsen and Richard Chamberlain (10pm); “Familiar Voices” with Mia Farrow; and “The Flyboys”, starring Jesse James and Steven Baldwin. International luminary Serge Avedikian’s film “We Drank the Same Water” will screen on Saturday at 1:45pm. And Tadeh Daschi’s “The Witch of Portobello”, based on author Paulo Coelho’s novel will screen on Saturday at 6pm.
Arpa will present a new 35mm print of 20th Century Fox’s “Blood and Sand”. On the heels of Vanity Fair’s November cover story featuring actress Amy Adams as film icon Rita Hayworth, Arpa salutes Hayworth’s breakout film by director Rouben Mamoulian. It will screen at 8pm on Saturday, October 25 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
PANEL DISCUSSION Filmmakers Tadeh Daschi, Hrag Yedalian, Mark Mahon, Eric Nazarian, and Roger Kupelian will discuss their current and upcoming films during a special program dedicated to contemporary projects. The panel event is open to all filmmakers, film students, festival guests and will be moderated by producer Zoe Kevork on Saturday, October 25 at 1:45pm.
ARPA AWARDS CEREMONY Additionally, the festival recognizes individuals in the film industry with achievement and humanitarian awards. 2008 recipients also include Theodore Braun who will receive the Armin T. Wegner Award for his film “Darfur Now”; and Marco Khan will be named Breakthrough Artist of the Year for his performances in “10,000 B.C”, “Iron Man”, and “Don’t Mess with Zohan.” Honorees and winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony attended by such celebrities as Patricia Kara (“Deal or No Deal’), Frankie Jay Allison (“Miami Vice”, “Ocean’s 11”), Ken Davitian (“Borat”), the Hollyscoop Girls and will be hosted by ReelzChannel’s Jill Simonian on Sunday, October 26 at the Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.
ABOUT AFFMA Arpa International Film Festival, which goes green in 2008, is produced by Arpa Foundation for Film, Music, and Art (AFFMA), a non-profit organization dedicated to artists exploring identity, multi-culturalism, war, exile, genocide and global empathy.
TICKETS & INFORMATION For schedule and tickets, visit www.AFFMA.org or call (323) 663-1882.
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