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Arpa International Film Festival Concludes in Hollywood

The 29th Arpa International Film Festival opened on September 24 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood and ended on September 27 with an awards ceremony. The four-day festival screened 51 films from 23 countries: short films, documentaries, feature films, music videos and animation. The festival was organized by the Los Angeles-based Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA), founded in 1995 by Sylvia Minasyan. According to the Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Tamara Stepanyan, who lives in Paris and Armenia, received the most awards: her film Arto's Country was named best film and best screenplay. The film is Armenia's official submission to the 99th Academy Awards.