3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Location Yerevan, Armenia Armenia
Festival date 10 – 15 July 2006
Website http://www.gaiff.am/en/

The 3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 10–15 July 2006. The annual festival presented about 120 films from 43 countries.[1] Participants included some of the most highly acclaimed figures of world cinema - such as Marco Bellocchio, Tonino Guerra, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Godfrey Reggio and Artavazd Peleshyan, who were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. More than 110 foreign guests attended the festival, which included filmmakers, actors, producers and distributors. The festival was covered by a numbers of international media, including Euronews and Arte. The international juries, headed by Moritz de Hadeln (Feature Competition), Godfrey Reggio (Documentary Competition) and Arsinee Khanjian (Armenian Panorama), awarded the following prizes: Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Feature Film to Hou Hsiao-Hsien for his film Three Times, (Taiwan/China/France); Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Documentary Film to Workingman's Death by Michael Glawogger, (Austria); and Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Film in "Armenian Panorama" to The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands by Hrant Hakobyan, (Armenia).[1]

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.[2] 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".[3]

Awards GAIFF 2006

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Three Times Hou Hsiao-Hsien Taiwan Taiwan, China China, France France[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film The Legend of Time Isaki Lacuesta Spain Spain[4][5]
Trip To Armenia (Le voyage en Arménie) Robert Guédiguian France France[4][5]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger Austria Austria[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Estamira Marcos Prado Brazil Brazil[4][5]
Jury Special Mention Ljudmila & Anatolij Gunnar Bergdahl Sweden Sweden[4][5]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands Hrant Hakobyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Jury Special Mention Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award Ara Vahuni Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award Artavazd Peleshyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Marko Bellocchio Italy Italy[4][5]
Antonio Guerra Italy Italy[4][5]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran Iran[4][5]
Godfrey Reggio United States United States[4][5]
Awards for Emerging Filmmakers The Genocide in Me Araz Artinyan Canada Canada[4][5]
My Name is Happiness Vardan Hakobyan Russia Russia[4][5]
The Lighthouse Maria Sahakyan Russia Russia, Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize Summer in Berlin Andreas Dresen Germany Germany[4][5]
Returner Serge Avedikian France France[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 History of the GAIFF
  2. ↑ Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
  3. ↑ GAIFF at IMDB
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IMDB 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 GAIFF Official Website 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006 Winners
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