NIKA AWARD TO BE LAUNCHED IN MOSCOW

“Nika Award” of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts will take place on 3 April. Famous artists having Armenian roots also are nominated in different nominations of the award.

“The Vanished Empire” by Karen Shakhnazarov is nominated as the best film; Armen Djigarkhanyan is nominated in the “best second role actor” nomination, Roman Balayan’s “Paradise Birds” is nominated in “best film of CIS and Baltic countries”.

The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow.