Arts brief: Arpa Foundation plans summer networking mixer

Published: Friday August 21, 2009

Haik Gazarian’s Venezzia will have its U.S. premier at the Arpa International Film Festival in October.

Glendale, Calif. - The Arpa Foundation for Film, Music, and Art will host an industry networking event on Thursday, August 27 at 7 p.m. Actors, musicians, filmmakers, and AFFMA patrons will have the opportunity to meet and mingle at Katsuya, located at the Americana (701 Americana Way, Glendale). 

The foundation will be hosting the 12th annual Arpa International Film Festival Friday, October 23, to Sunday, October 25, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

The festival program includes the U.S. premier of Haik Gazarian's Venezzia, starring two of Latin America's great stars, Alfonso Herrera and Ruddy Rodriguez.

More than 50 feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos, and animations will be screened during the festival, including films from Armenia, Turkey, France, Iran, Spain, Lebanon, England, Israel, Palestine, and Germany.

Films by such organizations as Armenian Educational Foundation will be featured along side films starring Olympia Dukakis (Hove by Alex Webb) and Sting (Battle for Xingu).

This year, AT&T will present the Arpa/AT&T Award for Environmental Conservation and Stewardship at the 2009 Arpa Awards Gala and Reception, which will be hosted by the Hollyscoop Girls. The star-studded, red carpet event will be attended by stars of this year's films, as well as celebrities from the Hollywood community.

Past attendees include Atom Egoyan, Alanis Morissette, Frances Fisher, Shoreh Aghdashloo, Dean Cain, Vivica A. Fox, and Arsinee Khanjian. Stars will be in attendance to present awards to filmmakers, and to the recipients of the Armin T. Wegner Award, Arpa Career Achievement Award, and Arpa Foundation Award.

The foundation is offering a limited number of complimentary tickets to the networking mixer with the purchase of an all-access pass to the festival.

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