Yerevan International Film Festival
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Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" is a Yerevan
-based annual film festival. The objectives of the festival are "to present new works by the film directors and producers in Armenia
and foreign cinematographers of Armenian descent and to promote creativity and originality in the area of cinema and video art". The 5th Golden Apricot Film Festival took place in July, 2008.
The "Golden Apricot" Annual Film Festival was established in 2004 in Yerevan
, by the “Golden Apricot” Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development. Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan
was named President of the festival since 2005.
The Festival is dedicated to the theme of Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations, and features a multitude of films representing various nations and religions, collectively depicting the richness of the human experience.
In 2005 the establishment of a network of filmmakers of the region entitled Directors Across Borders was initiated by the "Golden Apricot" Film Festival.
Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
-based annual film festival. The objectives of the festival are "to present new works by the film directors and producers in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
and foreign cinematographers of Armenian descent and to promote creativity and originality in the area of cinema and video art". The 5th Golden Apricot Film Festival took place in July, 2008.
History
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, by the “Golden Apricot” Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development. Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
was named President of the festival since 2005.
The Festival is dedicated to the theme of Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations, and features a multitude of films representing various nations and religions, collectively depicting the richness of the human experience.
In 2005 the establishment of a network of filmmakers of the region entitled Directors Across Borders was initiated by the "Golden Apricot" Film Festival.
Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.
Categories of Competition
- feature, short, documentary, student and debut, animation and experimental as well as video art.
List of Major Awards
The major awards at the YIFF are the Golden Apricot and Silver Apricot prizes for feature, documentary and Armenian panorama films. Lifetime achievement is recognized by the Parajonov's Thaler Award, named in honour of Sergei Parajanov.| Year | Category | Name | Director |
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| 2008 | Lifetime | Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf... , Dariush Mehrjui |
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| 2008 | Feature Film | The Mermaid | Anna Melikian Anna Melikian Anna Melikian is an Armenian film and TV director/ producer whose work has been recognized with several awards... |
| 2008 | Documentary | Women See Lot of Things | Meira Asher |
| 2008 | Panorama | The Blue Hour | Eric Nazarian Eric Nazarian Eric Nazarian is an Armenian-American film director and screenwriter.His film The Blue Hour premiered at the 2007 San Sebastian International Film Festival andwas selected by Nanni Moretti to screen at the 25th Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy.... |
| 2007 | Lifetime | Paolo & Vittorio Taviani Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters... |
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| 2007 | Feature Film | Import/Export Import Export Import Export is an Austrian film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated to the Palme d'Or in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward in Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic and... |
Ulrich Seidl Ulrich Seidl Ulrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ... |
| 2007 | Documentary | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan |
| 2007 | Panorama | Screamers | Carla Garapedian Carla Garapedian Carla Garapedian is a documentary filmmaker. She directed "Children of the Secret State" about North Korea and was an anchor for BBC World News... |