Armenian cinematography to hold national cinema award for the first time.

Yerevan will hold for the first time in the Armenian cinematography National Cinema Award ceremony scheduled for March 18 this year. The honorary statuettes are already ready.

The statuette is 42 cm in tall, depicting connection of forefingers and blunt fingers on a marble base.  Connection of both hands is used to depict search of an image, which is ‘hayak’ in Armenian. Hence, the award is called HAYAK. The author of the statuette is an actress Isabella Nersisyan.

The award is an annual open creative contest for the Armenian cinematographers, National Cinema Center of Armenia press service informs. Its goal is to promote and develop national cinematography and reveal new names.

Over 92 movies are presented for the contest, featuring 28 full-length, 22 short, 10 animation and 32 documentaries. The award will be granted in 12 categories. Besides, there will be four Grand Prix for the contributions to the motion picture industry of Armenia. The jury consists of 11 members, presided by Armenian famous actor Sos Sargsyan. Website will be available soon at www.hayak.am.