Yerevan International Film Festival
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| Location | Yerevan,  Armenia |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Directed by | Atom Egoyan (Honorary Chairman) Harutyun Khachatryan (General Director) |
| Produced by | "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists |
| Festival date | July |
| Language | Armenian, English |
| Website | www |
The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) (Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia.[1] 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 Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia 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".[2]
History[]
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 Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development. Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan was named president of the festival since 2005.[3]
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.[4]
Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.[5]
In 2010, the festival was awarded by the FICTS Plate D'honneur.[6]
Awards and Categories of Competition[]
The major awards at the GAIFF 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.[7]
International Feature Competition:[8]
1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Feature Film
2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize
International Documentary Competition:[8]
1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film
2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize
"Apricot Stone" Short Film Competition:[8]
1. "Golden Stone" – Best Short Film
2. Special Prize
"Armenian Panorama" National Competition:[8]
1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Fiction Film
2. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film
3. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize
Winners of the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot main prize for Best Feature Film[]
Awards GAIFF 2004[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Ararat | Atom Egoyan |  Canada[9]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | (Armenian: Հեքիաթ թեվավոր ձիու մասին) | Armenia[9]
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| Short Film Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Short Film |  France[9]
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| Animation and Experimental Film | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | |||
| Jury Special Prize | Jury Special Prize for Best Feature Film |  Russia[9]
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| Jury Special Prize for Best Animation and Experimental Film | Serge Avedikian | France[9]
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| Special Mention | Special Mention for Best Documentary Film | Russia[9]
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Awards GAIFF 2005[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Sun | Alexander Sokurov | Russia,  Italy,  Switzerland, France[10][11]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | 4 | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Russia[10][11]
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| (The Dead) | Lisandro Alonso |  Argentina,  Netherlands, France[10][11]
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| Jury Special Mention | Netherlands[10][11]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Pirjo Honkasalo |  Finland,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany[10][11]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film |  Latvia, Germany[10][11]
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| , | Italy[10][11]
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film |  United Kingdom[10][11]
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| Under the Open Sky | Armenia[10][11]
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| Armenia[10][11]
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| Jury Diploma | Armenia[10][11]
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| , , , |  United States[10][11]
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| , | United States[10][11]
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| One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) | Serge Avedikian | France[10][11]
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award | Abbas Kiarostami |  Iran[10][11]
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| Krzysztof Zanussi |  Poland[10][11]
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| Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia[10][11]
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| Prize of the Armenian Filmmakers Union for the Best Director | (Documentary) | United States[10][11]
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| Prizes of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists for the Best Feature Film | Robert Guédiguian | France[10][11]
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| Waiting for the Clouds | Yeşim Ustaoğlu |  Turkey[10][11]
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| Hrant Matevosyan Fund Prix for the Best Script in Armenian Panorama | Armenia[10][11]
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Awards GAIFF 2006[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Three Times | Hou Hsiao-hsien |  Taiwan,  China, France[12][13]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Isaki Lacuesta |  Spain[12][13]
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| (Le voyage en Arménie) | Robert Guédiguian | France[12][13]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Workingman's Death | Michael Glawogger |  Austria[12][13]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film |  Brazil[12][13]
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| Jury Special Mention | Sweden[12][13]
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Armenia[12][13]
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| Jury Special Mention | Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award | Armenia[12][13]
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia[12][13]
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| Italy[12][13]
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| Tonino Guerra | Italy[12][13]
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| Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran[12][13]
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| Godfrey Reggio | United States[12][13]
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| Awards for Emerging Filmmakers | Canada[12][13]
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| Russia[12][13]
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| The Lighthouse | Russia, Armenia[12][13]
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| Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize | Summer in Berlin | Andreas Dresen | Germany[12][13]
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| Serge Avedikian | France[12][13]
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Awards GAIFF 2007[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Import/Export | Ulrich Seidl | Austria[14][15]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Nuovomondo | Emanuele Crialese | Italy, France[14][15]
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| Jury Diploma | Flanders | Bruno Dumont | France[14][15]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film |  Belgium[14][15]
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Screamers | Carla Garapedian | United Kingdom[14][15]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15]
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| Jury Diploma | Russia[14][15]
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| Armenia[14][15]
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy[14][15]
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| FIPRESCI Award | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15]
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| Ecumenical Jury Awards | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15]
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| Screamers | Carla Garapedian | United Kingdom[14][15]
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| Wishing-Tree Prize | Armenia[14][15]
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Awards GAIFF 2008[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Mermaid | Anna Melikian | Russia[16][17]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Lemon Tree | Eran Riklis |  Israel, France, Germany[16][17]
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| Wonderful Town | Aditya Assarat |  Thailand[16][17]
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| Jury Diploma | Iran[16][17]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Netherlands[16][17]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Nishtha Jain |  India, United States, Finland, Denmark[16][17]
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | The Blue Hour | Eric Nazarian | United States[16][17]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | Russia[16][17]
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| Jury Diploma | Armenia[16][17]
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy[16][17]
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award | Wim Wenders | Germany[16][17]
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| Dariush Mehrjui | Iran[16][17]
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| Special Silver Apricot – Pour l’Audance Artistique et Humaine | Catherine Breillat | France[16][17]
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| FIPRESCI Award | My Marlon and Brando | Turkey[16][17]
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | The Blue Hour | Eric Nazarian | United States[16][17]
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| Jury Diploma | My Marlon and Brando | Turkey[16][17]
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Awards GAIFF 2009[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Giorgi Ovashvili |  Georgia,  Kazakhstan[18][19]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Scratch | Michał Rosa | Poland[18][19]
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| Jury Diploma | Autumn | Özcan Alper | Turkey, Germany[18][19]
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country | Denmark[18][19]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film |  Ukraine[18][19]
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| Jury Special Mention | Supermen of Malegaon | Faiza Ahmad Khan | India,  Singapore,  Japan[18][19]
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Armenia[18][19]
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| Jury Diploma | Armenia[18][19]
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| France[18][19]
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| Special Prize "Master" | Kōhei Oguri | Japan[18][19]
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| Rob Nilsson | United States[18][19]
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| Sergei Solovyov | Russia[18][19]
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| FIPRESCI Award | Autumn | Özcan Alper | Turkey, Germany[18][19]
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | Giorgi Ovashvili | Georgia, Kazakhstan[18][19]
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Awards GAIFF 2010[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Cosmos | Reha Erdem | Turkey,  Bulgaria[20][21]
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | My Joy | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Together | Russia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Germany, Switzerland
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia | , | Armenia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | Belgium, France
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| Jury Special Mention | Armenia
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to | Henri Verneuil | Armenia, France
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Theo Angelopoulos |  Greece
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| Claudia Cardinale | Italy
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| Special Prize "Master" | Claire Denis | France
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| Friðrik Þór Friðriksson |  Iceland
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| Lee Chang-dong |  South Korea
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| Stanislav Govorukhin | Russia
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| FIPRESCI Award | On the Path | Jasmila Žbanić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria,  Croatia, Germany
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | Suren Babayan | Armenia
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| Jury Diploma | How I Ended This Summer | Alexei Popogrebski | Russia
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| British Council Award |  Lithuania
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award | ||||
Awards GAIFF 2011[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | A Separation | Asghar Farhadi | Iran
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | The Journals of Musan | Park Jung-bum | South Korea
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| Jury Special Prize | The Prize | Paula Markovitch |  Mexico, France, Poland, Germany
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | The World According to Ion B. | Alexander Nanau | Russia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Summer Pasture | Lynn True,
Nelson Walker III,
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United States, China
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| Jury Special Mention | Magnificent Nothing | Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri | Iran
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | The Spaceship | Emil Mkrttchian | Sweden
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| Jury Special Mention | The Last Hippie of the Pink City | Anastasia Popova | Russia
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| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Glasgow | Piotr Subbotko | Poland
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| Jury Special Mention | Bicycle | Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award | Béla Tarr |  Hungary
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| Fanny Ardant | France
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| Roman Balayan | Ukraine
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| Special Prize "Master" | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey
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| Wojciech Marczewski | Poland
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| Alexei Uchitel | Russia
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| FIPRESCI Award | Mandoo | Ebrahim Saeedi |  Iraq
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | Europolis |  Romania, France
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| Jury Commendation | Steel Gates | Armen Khachatryan | Armenia
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| Armenian National Film Academy Award | The Prize | Paula Markovitch | Mexico, France, Poland, Germany
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| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia
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| British Council Award | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award | The Spaceship | Emil Mkrttchian | Sweden
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Awards GAIFF 2012[22][]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | In the Fog | Sergei Loznitsa |  Belarus, Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | It Looks Pretty From a Distance | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | 5 Broken Cameras | Emad Burnat |  Palestine
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock, | Aleksei Vakhrushev | Russia
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| Jury Special Mention | Bakhmaro | Salome Jash | Georgia (country), Germany
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot | If Only Everyone | Natalya Belyauskene | Armenia
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| Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot | Armenian Rhapsody | Cassiana Der Haroutiounian
Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian |
Brazil
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| Silver Apricot for Armenian Panorama | Nana | Valerie Massadian | France
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| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | When We Die At Night | Eduardo Morotó | Brazil
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| Jury Special Mention | Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode | Mikhail Mestetsky | Russia
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Víctor Erice | Spain
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| Agnieszka Holland | Poland
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| Eldar Shengelaia | Georgia (country)
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| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Alexander Sokurov | Russia
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| FIPRESCI Award | The First Rains of Spring |
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Japan, Kazakhstan
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | If Only Everyone | Natalya Belyauskene | Armenia
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| Jury Commendation | Future Lasts Forever | Özcan Alper | Turkey
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| Armenian National Film Academy Award | Grandma's Tattoos | Suzanne Khardalian | Sweden
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| British Council Award | Armenian Rhapsody | Cassiana Der Haroutiounian
Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian |
Brazil
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| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award |  Serbia
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award | France
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Awards GAIFF 2013[23][]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
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| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Circles (film) | Srdan Golubović | Germany, Serbia,France, Croatia,  Slovenia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Majid Barzegar | Iran
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| Jury Special Mention | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Germany,Franc, Turkey
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Svetoslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot | Armenia, Russia, Denmark
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| Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot | Armenia,France,Turkey
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| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Leonid Prudovsky | Israel
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| Jury Special Mention | The Mother | Poland
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| Germany
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| Jury Diploma | Germany
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| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Charles Aznavour | France, Armenia
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| István Szabó | Hungary
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| Margarethe von Trotta | Germany
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| Jos Stelling | Netherlands
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| Nerses Hovhannisyan | Armenia
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| Special Prize Master | Ulrich Seidl | Austria
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| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia
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| British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition | Embers | Armenia,  Lebanon,  Qatar
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| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | South Korea
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Jivan Avetisyan | Armenia
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Awards GAIFF 2014[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Tribe (2014 film) | Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Ukraine
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Blind Dates | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia (country), Ukraine
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Italy, France
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| [Domino Effect | , | Poland, Germany
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Armenia Poland
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| Golden Apricot | Tevanik | Jivan Avetisyan | Armenia, Lithuania
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| Silver Apricot | , | Armenia
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| Jury Diploma | United States
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| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Though I Know the River Is Dry | Palestine,  Egypt, Qatar, United Kingdom
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| Jury Special Prize | Red Hulk | Greece
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| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jia Zhangke | China
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| Kim Ki-duk | South Korea
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| Amos Gitai | Israel
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| Otar Iosseliani | Georgia (country),
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| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement | Marco Müller | Italy
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| Special Prize Master | Christian Berger | Austria
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| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland
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| FIPRESCI Jury Award | The Tribe (2014 film) | Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Ukraine
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| EcumenicalL Jury Award | Armenia
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| Special Commendation | Blind Dates | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia (country),
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| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Andin: Armenian Journey Chronicles | Armenia, China, Russia, India
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| United States
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Armenia Poland
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| Armen Mazmanian Special Award | Resurrection | Armenia
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Awards GAIFF 2015[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Embrace of the Serpent | Ciro Guerra |  Colombia, Argentina,  Venezuela
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | End of Winter | South Korea
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| Jury Special Mention | Ixcanul |  Guatemala, France
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot | The Creation of Meaning | Simone Rapisarda Casanova | Canada, Italy
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| Silver Apricot | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France, Germany, Switzerland
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | The Doctor | Russia
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Armenia, Germany,  Norway
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| Jury Special Mention | Armenia
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| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Everything Will Be Okay | Patrick Vollrath | Austria,Germany
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| Jury Special Prize | Iran
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| Jury Special Mention | Belgium
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| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Ornella Muti | Italy
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| Nastassja Kinski | Germany
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| Special Prize Master | Patrick Chesnais | France
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| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Robert Guédiguian | France
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| FIPRESCI Jury Award | Armenia, Russia, France
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | Armenia, Russia, France
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| Special Commendation | Sivas | Kaan Müjdeci | Germany, Turkey
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | The Road | Armenia
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| Audience Award | Sanctuary | Germany,
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Awards GAIFF 2016[]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Branko Schmidt | Croatia
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| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran
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| Jury Special Mention | Bulgaria, Sweden, Netherlands
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| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot | Russia
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| Silver Apricot | Sweden, Finland
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| Jury Special Mention | Brazil
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| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | France
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| Armenia
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| France
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| Jury Special Mention | David Safarian | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands
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| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jacqueline Bisset | United States
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| Želimir Žilnik | Serbia
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| Armenia
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| Special Prize Master | Fred Kelemen | Germany
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| Vitaly Mansky | Russia
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| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Roman Balayan | Armenia, Ukraine
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| FIPRESCI Jury Award | Branko Schmidt | Croatia
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| Ecumenical Jury Award | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran
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| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | David Safarian | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands
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| Festival's president Award | Anna Melikian | Russia
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See also[]
- Media of Armenia
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