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Seventh International Film Festival for Children and Young People as a New Platform for the Cultural Rapprochement Between Armenia and Turkey
Written by Zara

In the framework of the 7th Festival, with the support of Eurasia Partnership Foundation and USAID, the project “Seventh International Film Festival for Children and Young People as a New Platform for the Cultural Rapprochement Between Armenia and Turkey” was implemented.

The aim of the project was to create a new platform for the cultural rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey through Organization of the Seventh International Film Festival for Children and Young People. Turkish filmmakers arrived in Yerevan to participate in the project as professional jury members, Turkish teenagers were involved in workshop activities, while the Turkish journalists came to illustrate the Festival and the Festival projects.

For the first time 9 teenagers from Armenia, Turkey and Georgia (3 from each country) participated in workshop, moderated by Turkish professional, which resulted in a short film.

With their initiative, project participants from Turkey visited Tsitsernakaberd, the memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.