Winner of the 2004 OneMinutesJr Award
Category "Best of the world"



NAME: Narineh Daneghyan
COUNTRY: Armenia
CITY: Yerevan
AGE: 13

Hello, I am Narineh, I am thirteen. 'Chalk painting' is my first film, hopefully not my last. I study journalism and film-making at 'Manana' Youth Educational-Cultural Center. I have been attending the center since 2000, and the film-making club since last year, when 'Manana' announced a competition of best scenarios for one-minute films.

My script was among the winning entries; when everything was ready, I asked my friend David to be my cameraman, this is part of the process of making the film. My younger brother Roman is also one of the actors in the film. 'Chalk painting' is my directorial debut, and it is Roman's third film as an actor. We are not family of actors, however, my father is a painter, and my mother is a teacher. My grandpa also lives with us and he tells me a lot of nice stories. I disagree with grandpa when we are watching TV, I am very fond of football and he is not, I never miss a match. My favourite team is the Dutch team.
My hobbies are watching films and reading; Jules Verne is my favorite writer. I like sitting in my room and travelling around the whole world in my imagination. I feel like a hero, I even make friends with dogs, although I am afraid of them in real life. Being a great lover of adventures, I also like the film «Troy». I wish I was the director. I have not started a new film yet, I am still thinking of an idea; I prefer to keep it secret anyway, we will wait and see.

Further information and links:

The right to play – Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Convention on the Rights of the Child – in 35 languages

UNICEF in Armenia

Manana Youth Center (Armenian youth media NGO)

OneMinutesJr website

Voices of Youth

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