Film Festival "Golden Apricot"

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The festival's president, Atom Egoyan , at the 2006 festival.

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

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

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

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

Commons : Film Festival "Golden Apricot"  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 2004 Golden Apricot winners at gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2005 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2006 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ The 2007 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2008 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2009 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ The 2010 Golden Apricot winners at gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2011 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2012 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  10. ↑ The 2013 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
  11. ↑ The winners of the Golden Apricot 2014 on gaiff.am (English), accessed on July 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ The 2015 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ The 2016 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ The 2017 Golden Apricot winners on gaiff.am, accessed on July 2, 2018.