YEREVAN, JULY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The organizers of the Golden Apricot (Voske Tsiran) 5th International Film Festival are sure that the suuccessful realization of the newly - born Pan-Armenian Film Project will create Armenian and Panarmenian cinematographic environment. Moreover, it is by this very initiative that Armenia will have a place in the world cinema sphere. Famed Armenain and abroad - living Armenain cinematographic figures who take part in the program wish to make the film festival the cultural platform where creative conceptions and qualified film production will be periodically born. On July 19, during the meeting of Armenian film directors cimena critic Davit Mouradian noted that the Panarmenian Film Project forum is one of the most interesting and cleverest ways of providing the progress of Armenian cimena. According to him, "each of the Armenian directors living and creating in different parts of the world bears inside not only the Armenian essence but also the experience of the culture in which he lives and creates". And celebrated Canadian Armenian film director Atom Egoyan considered the project realizeable, "The beauty of the project is in the fact that several individual handwritings can be seen in one film. For us this project is a challenge. We should think how we can rouse interest in the world audience. The problem is how directors will be able to cover their individual expenditures". Famous film director Roman Balayan who lives in Russia, sees the main problem of the project in the script. "The most difficult period will be when the script is ready: agreements, disagreements". Roman Balayan didn't agree to the two names of a feature film and a documentary decided in advance, "I didn't like the so-called grave Armenian themes of "land" and "home". Not long ago a poor man was selling something at the hotel. I came up to him, talked to him. It was a wonderful person, a very good man. The film could be shot about him also. Do only the Armenians have home and land in the world?" At the end of the meeting Roman Balayan addressed to those who are going to work at the films, saying, "The world isn't so interested in how we cry as it is in how we laugh".

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