Film Festival "Golden Apricot"
The International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" ( Armenian "Ոսկե Ծիրան» Միջազգային Կինոփառատոն , Woske Ziran Midschasgajin Kinoparaton, in scientific transliteration "Oske Ciran" Miǰazgayin Kinop'aṙaton) is a film festival in Yerevan , the capital of Armenia .
The festival took place for the first time in June 2004. The main initiator was the Armenian director Harutjun Chatschaturjan . The president of the festival is the Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan . The name comes from the apricot , which is the national fruit of Armenia. The main prizes are the “Golden Apricot” and the smaller “Silver Apricot”. It has become a tradition that during the open-air opening ceremony in front of the Moscow Cinema in the center of Yerevan, a clergyman from the Armenian Apostolic Church consecrates baskets full of apricots, which are then distributed to the audience.
There are main prizes for the best feature film and documentary film, and since 2007 there has also been a FIPRESCI award (before that there was an Armenian film critic award). Armenian films from all over the world are shown in the “Armenian Panorama”. Since the genocide of 1915, a large part of the Armenian people has lived in the diaspora , especially in Lebanon, France and the United States. Since 2005, Taler has been awarded to internationally renowned directors for life's work. He bears the name of Sergei Parajanov , the greatest Armenian film director of all time.
In addition to the competition, there are other, mainly Armenian, current films, but also classics from film history. In 2007 the festival opened with the Italian film The House of Larks . Also because of the geographical proximity, many films from Iran, but also Turkish and Arab ones, are shown.
Award winners (selection)
2004
- Best Film: Ararat by Atom Egoyan (Canada)
- Best Documentary: Story of Pegasus by Harutjun Khachaturyan (Armenia)
- National Critic Award: The Land of Sacred Rites by Edgar Bahgdassarjan (Armenia)
2005
- Sergei Paradschanow memorial for life's work: Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), Abbas Kiarostami (Iran), Nikita Michalkow (Russia)
- Best Film: The Sun by Alexander Nikolajewitsch Sokurow (Russia)
- Best Documentary: Melancholian 3 hounetta by Pirjo Honkasalo , (Finland)
- Armenian panorama: Under the open sky by Arman Jerizjan
- National Critics Prize: Waiting for the Clouds by Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Turkey), Mon père est ingénieur by Robert Guédiguian (France)
2006
- Sergei Parajanov commemorative coin for life's work: Marco Bellocchio , Tonino Guerra (Italy), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Iran), Godfrey Reggio (United States), Artawasd Peleschjan (Armenia)
- Best Film: Three Times by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan)
- Best Documentary: Workingman's Death by Michael Glawogger (Austria)
- Armenian panorama: The inhabitants of deserted islands by Hrant Hakobjan (Armenia)
- National Critics Award: Summer in Berlin by Andreas Dresen (Germany) Retourner of Serge Avetikian (France)
2007
- Sergei Parajanov memorial thaler for life's work: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
- Best feature film: Import Export by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
- Best Documentary: A History of People in War and Peace by Vartan Hovhannissjan (Armenia)
- Armenian panorama: Screamers by Carla Garapedian (Great Britain) and the members of System of a Down (United States).
- FIPRESCI Prize : A History of People in War and Peace by Wartan Hovhannissjan (Armenia)
2008
- Sergei Paradschanow memorial coin for life's work: Wim Wenders (Germany), Dariush Mehrjui (Iran)
- Best Feature Film: Alisa, the sea Girl by Anna Melikian (Russia)
- Best Documentary: Women See Lot of Things by Meira Asher (Israel)
- Armenian Panorama: The Blue Hour by Eric Nazarian (United States)
- FIPRESCI Prize: My Marlon and Brando by Hüseyin Karabey (Turkey)
2009
- Best Film: The Other Bank by George Ovashvili (Georgia / Kazakhstan )
- Best Documentary: Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country by Anders Østergaard (Denmark)
- Armenian Panorama: With Love and Gratitude by Arka Manukyan (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Sonbahar - Herbst (Sonbahar) by Özcan Alper (Turkey / Germany)
2010
- Sergei Paradschanow commemorative coin for life's work: Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), Claudia Cardinale (Italy)
- Best feature film: Kosmos by Reha Erdem (Turkey / Bulgaria)
- Best Documentary: Together by Pavel Kostomarov (Russia)
- Armenian panorama: The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia by Arman Yeritsyan (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Between us the paradise of Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2011
- Sergei Parajanov commemorative thaler for life's work: Béla Tarr (Hungary), Fanny Ardant (France), Roman Balayan (Ukraine)
- Best Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation from Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
- Best documentary: The World according to Ion B. by Alexander Nanau (Romania)
- Armenian Panorama: Loading My Life by Harutyun Shatyan (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Mandoo by Ebrahim Saeedi (Iraq)
2012
- Sergei Parajanov-Memorial Taler Lifetime Achievement: Víctor Erice (Spain), Agnieszka Holland (Poland), Eldar Shengelaia (Georgia)
- Best Film: W tumane / In the Fog by Sergei Loznitsa (Belarus)
- Best Documentary: 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat , Guy Davidi (Israel (Palestine))
- Armenian Panorama Feature Film: If Only Everyone by Natalya Belyauskene (Armenia)
- Armenian Panorama Documentary: Armenian Rhapsody by Cassiana Der Haroutiounian, Cesar Gananian and Gary Gananian (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: The First Rains of Spring by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov and Sano Shinju (Kazakhstan / Japan)
2013
- Sergei Paradschanow commemorative thaler for life's work: Charles Aznavour (Armenia / France), István Szabó (Hungary), Margarethe von Trotta (Germany), Jos Stelling (Netherlands), Nerses Howhannisjan (Armenia)
- Best Film: Circles by Srđan Golubović (Serbia)
- Best Documentary: The Last Black Sea Pirates by Svetoslav Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
- Armenian panorama: The Mother by Łukasz Ostalski (Poland)
2014
- Best film: The Tribe by Myroslaw Slaboschpyzkyj (Ukraine)
- Best Documentary: The Stone River by Giovanni Donfrancesco (Italy)
- Armenian panorama: Milky Brother by Vahram Mkhitaryan (Armenia) and Tevanik by Jivan Avetisyan (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: The Tribe by Myroslaw Slaboschpyzkyj (Ukraine)
2015
- Best Film: The Shaman and the Snake by Ciro Guerra (Colombia)
- Best Documentary: The Creation of Meaning (La creazione di significato) by Simone Rapisarda Casanova (Canada / Italy)
- Armenian panorama: The Doctor by Anna Goroyan (Armenia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Moskvich, my love by Aram Shahbazyan (Armenia / Russia / France)
2016
- Best feature film: Ungiven by Branko Schmidt (Croatia)
- Best Documentary: Across the Don by Evgeny Grigoriev (Russia)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Ungiven by Branko Schmidt (Croatia)
2017
- Best Film: Sexy Durga by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (India)
- Best Documentary: Ghost Hunting by Raed Andoni (France / Israel (Palestine) / Switzerland / Qatar)
- Armenian panorama: Head Above Water by Eric Shahinian (United States), Donald Cried by Kris Avedisian (United States), Those From the Shore by Tamara Stepanyan (France / Armenia / Lebanon)
- FIPRESCI Prize: Lerd (A Man of Integrity) by Mohammad Rasulof (Iran)
Web links
- Official website (English, Armenian)
- ARTE report 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 2004 Golden Apricot winners at gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2005 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2006 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2007 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2008 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2009 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2010 Golden Apricot winners at gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2011 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2012 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2013 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2014 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2015 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2016 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
- ↑ The 2017 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.