“At the meeting we talked about the joint production of movies since both countries have the necessary preconditions to receive support for film-making. An important fact is that Armenia and Latvia are members of the European ‘Eurimage’ program which enables to receive funding for joint movie production. There was also a talk on screening the Latvian films within the frames of “Golden Apricot” Film Festival”, the Deputy Culture Minister told Armenpress correspondent.
As for the literature field, the sides talked about translations, participation of festivals. “We emphasized the importance of translations of Latvian tales into Armenian, and vice versa. Latvian tales are already being translated into Armenian, we agreed that the Armenian tales will also be translated into Latvian soon, considering the opportunity of their translations under the assistance of the Culture Ministry of Armenia”, he said.
Nerses Ter-Vardanyan said the sides discussed also the issue of Latvian participation in international festivals being held in Armenia, for instance, High Fest,...
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