7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

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The 7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from July 11 to 18, 2010.[1]

This edition of the festival was dedicated to the anniversaries Arni Verno and Atom Egoyan. Other filmmakers who presented their films at the festival were Theodoros Angelopoulos and Fatih Akın.[2]

About the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) (Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia.[3] The festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the “Golden Apricot” Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. The GAIFF is continually supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RA, the Ministry of Culture of the RA and the Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development.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".[4]

Awards GAIFF 2010

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Cosmos Reha Erdem Turkey Turkey, Bulgaria Bulgaria[5][6]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film My Joy Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine Ukraine, Germany Germany, Netherlands Netherlands
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Together Pavel Kostomarov Russia Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Woman With Five Elephants Vadim Jendreyko Germany Germany, Switzerland Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan Armenia Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Down Here Comes Chahbazian Belgium Belgium, France France
Jury Special Mention Uncle Valya Nikolay Davtyan Armenia Armenia
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute to Henri Verneuil Armenia Armenia, France France
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" Theodoros Angelopoulos Greece Greece
Claudia Cardinale Italy Italy
Special Prize "Master" Claire Denis France France
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Iceland Iceland
Lee Chang-dong South Korea South Korea
Stanislav Govorukhin Russia Russia
FIPRESCI Award On the Path Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria Austria, Croatia Croatia, Germany Germany
Ecumenical Jury Award Don’t Look in the Mirror Suren Babayan Armenia Armenia
Jury Diploma How I Ended This Summer Aleksei Popogrebsky Russia Russia
British Council Award Lernavan Marat Sargsyan Lithuania Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award

See also

References

  1. ↑ GAIFF Official Website History
  2. ↑ Annual Golden Apricot Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan
  3. ↑ Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
  4. ↑ GAIFF at IMDB
  5. ↑ IMDB 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010
  6. ↑ GAIFF Official Website 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010 Winners
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