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UCLA alumni Michael Ashjian (third from the left) and Alex Kalognomos (second from the right) have taken the helm this year at the Arpa International Film Festival. The festival features films from a variety of countries, including Spain, the United States, Armenia, Cuba and Canada. Sylvia Minassian (second from the left) is the founder of Arpa. (Courtesy of Alex Kalognomos)

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Fourteen years ago, UCLA alumnus Alex Kalognomos first attended the Arpa International Film Festival as a patron. It was not until a few years later while waiting to enter a screening that Kalognomos was whisked away by a volunteer in need of help during the festival.

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UCLA alumni take over Arpa International Film Festival

By Samantha Mannis

Nov. 10, 2014 1:49 a.m.