YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Sunchild first regional environmental festival consisting of two stages, dedicated to Armenia's and whole Caucasian region's environmental problems was completed with a prize distribution. Many environmental events, including rubbish disposal, tree planting, photo and painting exhibitions, shows and competitions of environmental films, seminars were held during the two stages of the festival held in April and October, organized by the RA Charity Fund of Conservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values. Ruben Khachatrian, festival's Chairman, assured that Sunchild was able to solve festival's main mission, it created a wide field of dialogue and cooperation among regional countries. The festival's head said that after seeing 16 films presented for the competition, the representatives of three commissions decided that this year there will be no nomination The Best Film on Wildlife and the prize fund is transferred to the next year festival's fund. In the main nomination, The Best Regional Film, the prize was given to director Martin Marecek's film "Source" (Czech Republic-Azerbaijan). The prize in the nomination The Best Environmental Film was given to Director Nikolay Davtian for his film "Shikahogh" and the jury's special prize was given to the Iranian film "The Old Man from the South." Besides, the authors of all five films shot within the framework of the program "VivaCell and Children for Nature" were given diplomas.

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