Cutting Rooms and Cognac
We hosted a masterclass with the Oscar-winning filmmaker of Hotel Rwanda and The Promise. Here are 19 takeaways.
Culture Check:
November 2017
November 28, 2017
Feeling left out of the culture? These are some interesting things that happened this November.
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Creative Armenia
Children of War screens at
Lincoln Center
November 17, 2017
Creative Armenia’s human rights anthology was screened in New York among 7 short films by Armenian filmmakers.
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Creative Armenia
Ruben vs.
Arthur
November 7, 2017
Their voices destroyed an empire - and captivated the hearts of a new nation. But the poet-singers did not think too much of each other.
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Ani Avakian-Kurtz
Tankian announces a
$5,000 music challenge
October 18, 2017
The Grammy-winning rock star Serj Tankian hosts the 7 notes music challenge.
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Creative Armenia
Conversation with
Volker Schlöndorff 1
October 3, 2017
The great German director talks about the dark histories of his famous friends, and much more in this interview on life and the movies.
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László Kriston
Finalists of Terry George's filmmaking challe
September 11, 2017
Human Rights Watch to host unveiling of the $5,000 winner on September 17.
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Creative Armenia
Dunkirk vs.
The Promise
October 8, 2017
In our first installment of the “Art of Contrast”, two films take on a monumental historical event - in very different ways.
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Bob Taciturn
Conversation with
David Thomson 1
July 18, 2017
The pioneering film critic and author talks movies, TV, and how to watch the past.
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Alec Mouhibian
The Armenians - or was it
Albanians?
June 17, 2017
What do Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Elia Kazan’s America America, and an episode of The Simpsons have in common?
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Creative Armenia
Ghost at the
Piano
June 6, 2017
You don’t just listen to the songs of this jazz phenom from Gyumri. They listen to you.
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Christopher Atamian
Creative Armenia launches at UCLA
May 3, 2017
At a historic reception set at UCLA last night, Creative Armenia was officially launched with a mandate to discover talent and empower stories of impact in the digital age.
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Creative Armenia
Godard's Inciting
Incident
November 24, 2017
Screenwriters call it the "inciting incident." It's that first moment in every movie where things change, and the story begins.
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Creative Armenia
Van Gogh's
Mysterious Supper
November 16, 2017
You have probably looked at Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece Café Terrace at Night. But what have you really seen?
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Creative Armenia
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Culture Check:
October 2017
October 30, 2017
Not paying attention to the world of the arts? We've got your back. These are some interesting things that happened this October.
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Creative Armenia
Conversation with
Volker Schlöndorff 2
October 10, 2017
On his hero Billy Wilder, directing Dustin Hoffman, and his misunderstood speech at the Oscars.
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László Kriston
Terry George and Eric Esrailian masterclass
September 24, 2017
Finalists of the Oscar-winning director’s filmmaking challenge honored
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Creative Armenia
Somerset Maugham and
the Armenian bishop
August 30, 2017
The most interesting Armenian character in English literature was a real man.
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Bob Taciturn
Conversation with
David Thomson 3
August 1, 2017
The discussion comes to a close on acting, binge-watching, meeting movie stars, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Twin Peaks, The Night Of, Casino, belief, and how opinions change.
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Alec Mouhibian
Back of the
Book
July 11, 2017
Ten questions for Philip Terzian, departing literary editor of The Weekly Standard.
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Creative Armenia
5 Ways of Looking at a Refugee
June 20, 2017
When Syria fell, millions of migrants fled the ruins of their homes. Could art possibly make sense of their fate?
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Creative Armenia
How to Fail an
Audition
May 23, 2017
And how to nail one. Tips from a Hollywood casting director on the five stages where things go right or wrong.
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Brad Gilmore
Dr. Strangelove's
War Room
May 2, 2017
What is the perfect scene? If you ask celebrated filmmaker Atom Egoyan, it's "the war room" from Dr. Strangelove.
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Creative Armenia
Charents vs.
Pamuk
November 21, 2017
The two writers never met each other. But they were connected by a shared fascination for a city that would tangle their destinies and reveal their differences.
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Vahram Danielyan
Serj Beyond
the System
October 24, 2017
From symphony to jazz to a haunting film score, here are six solo works by Serj Tankian and why they matter.
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Christopher Atamian
Interview with filmmakers of Pim Pam Pum
October 6, 2017
Asier Urbieta and Andoni de Carlos, winners of the Terry George Film Challenge, talk about their dangerous childhood and cinematic influences.
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Creative Armenia
Winners of Terry George's filmmaking challenge
September 18, 2017
Select finalists join forces in human rights film anthology Children of War
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Creative Armenia
Conversation with
David Thomson 2
July 25, 2017
The conversation turns to Virtual reality, live TV, sports, politics, director’s cuts, the future of editing, and Lassie’s antagonist.
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Alec Mouhibian
Creative Armenia launches operations in Yerevan
July 4, 2017
Terry George, Atom Egoyan join grand jury for $5,000 filmmaking challenge.
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Creative Armenia
The Misquotation of William Saroyan
June 13, 2017
His most famous words are haunting and brilliant. Also, he didn’t write them.
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Marc A. Mamigonian
The Secret of
Nationalism
May 16, 2017
In 1962, the great novelist of the USSR took a fateful trip to Armenia. This is the story of what he discovered.
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Liel Leibovitz
High Crimes &
Entertainment
May 2, 2017
On the epic art (and hidden dangers) of social impact movies.
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G.Hovannisian, A.Mouhibian