Yerevan International Film Festival
 | |
| Location |
Yerevan,  Armenia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Directed by |
Atom Egoyan (Honorary Chairman) |
| 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 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".[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 the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Republic 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 & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Ararat | Atom Egoyan |  Canada[9] |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Tale About Pegasus (Armenian: Հեքիաթ թեվավոր ձիու մասին) | Armen Khachatryan | Armenia[9] |
| Short Film Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Short Film | Je m'appelle | Stéphane Elmadjian |  France[9] |
| Animation and Experimental Film | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Freedub 1 | ||
| Jury Special Prize | Jury Special Prize for Best Feature Film | A Place in the World | Artour Aristakisian |  Russia[9] |
| Jury Special Prize for Best Animation and Experimental Film | Ligne de Vie | Serge Avedikian | France[9] | |
| Special Mention | Special Mention for Best Documentary Film | I Died in Childhood... | Georgiy Paradzhanov | Russia[9] |
Awards GAIFF 2005
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Sun | Aleksandr Sokurov | Russia,  Italy,  Switzerland, France[10][11] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | 4 | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Russia[10][11] | |
| Los Muertos (The Dead) | Lisandro Alonso |  Argentina,  Netherlands, France[10][11] | ||
| Jury Special Mention | Paradise Girls | Fow Pyng Hu | Netherlands[10][11] | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | 3 Rooms Of Melancholia | Pirjo Honkasalo |  Finland,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany[10][11] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Moskatchka | Annett Schutz |  Latvia, Germany[10][11] | |
| Oh! Man | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | Italy[10][11] | ||
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Hammer & Flame | Von (Vahan) Pilikian |  United Kingdom[10][11] |
| Under the Open Sky | Arman Yeritsyan | Armenia[10][11] | ||
| The Road | Naira Muradyan | Armenia[10][11] | ||
| Jury Diploma | Born in Fire | Suren Ter-Grigoryan | Armenia[10][11] | |
| Planet Zorthian | Arno Yeretzian, Sevag Vrej, Harout Arakelian, Lisa Tchakmakian |  United States[10][11] | ||
| One Balloon | Aram Hekinian, Aruna Naimji | United States[10][11] | ||
| One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) | Serge Avedikian | France[10][11] | ||
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Abbas Kiarostami |  Iran[10][11] | ||
| Krzysztof Zanussi |  Poland[10][11] | |||
| Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia[10][11] | |||
| Prize of the Armenian Filmmakers Union for the Best Director | Long Gone (Documentary) | Jack Cahil | United States[10][11] | |
| Prizes of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists for the Best Feature Film | My Father is an Engineer | Robert Guediguian | France[10][11] | |
| Waiting for the Clouds | Yesim Ustaoglu |  Turkey[10][11] | ||
| Hrant Matevosyan Fund Prix for the Best Script in Armenian Panorama | The Road | Naira Muradyan | Armenia[10][11] | |
Awards GAIFF 2006
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Three Times | Hou Hsiao-hsien |  Taiwan,  China, France[12][13] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | The Legend of Time | Isaki Lacuesta |  Spain[12][13] | |
| Trip To Armenia (Le voyage en Arménie) | Robert Guédiguian | France[12][13] | ||
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Workingman's Death | Michael Glawogger |  Austria[12][13] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Estamira | Marcos Prado |  Brazil[12][13] | |
| Jury Special Mention | Ljudmila & Anatolij | Gunnar Bergdahl | Sweden[12][13] | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands | Hrant Hakobyan | Armenia[12][13] |
| Jury Special Mention | Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award | Ara Vahuni | Armenia[12][13] | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia[12][13] | ||
| Marko Bellocchio | Italy[12][13] | |||
| Antonio Guerra | Italy[12][13] | |||
| Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran[12][13] | |||
| Godfrey Reggio | United States[12][13] | |||
| Awards for Emerging Filmmakers | The Genocide in Me | Araz Artinyan | Canada[12][13] | |
| My Name is Happiness | Vardan Hakobyan | Russia[12][13] | ||
| The Lighthouse | Maria Sahakyan | Russia, Armenia[12][13] | ||
| Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize | Summer in Berlin | Andreas Dresen | Germany[12][13] | |
| Returner | Serge Avedikian | France[12][13] | ||
Awards GAIFF 2007
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Import/Export | Ulrich Seidl | Austria[14][15] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Nuovomondo | Emanuele Crialese | Italy, France[14][15] | |
| Jury Diploma | Flanders | Bruno Dumont | France[14][15] | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | The White She-Camel | Christiaens Xavier | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium[14][15] | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Screamers | Carla Garapedian | United Kingdom[14][15] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15] | |
| Jury Diploma | Graffiti | Igor Apasyan | Russia[14][15] | |
| Seven Indian Boys | Ashot Mkrtchyan | Armenia[14][15] | ||
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy[14][15] | ||
| FIPRESCI Award | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15] | |
| Ecumenical Jury Awards | A Story of People in War and Peace | Vardan Hovhannisyan | Armenia[14][15] | |
| Screamers | Carla Garapedian | United Kingdom[14][15] | ||
| Wishing-Tree Prize | Dinner Time | Gor Baghdasaryan | Armenia[14][15] | |
Awards GAIFF 2008
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Mermaid | Anna Melikyan | Russia[16][17] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Lemon Tree | Eran Riklis |  Israel, France, Germany[16][17] | |
| Wonderful Town | Aditya Assarat |  Thailand[16][17] | ||
| Jury Diploma | End of the Earth | Abolfazl Saffary | Iran[16][17] | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Women See Lot of Things | Meira Asher | Netherlands[16][17] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Lakshmi and Me | Nishtha Jain |  India, United States, Finland, Denmark[16][17] | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | The Blue Hour | Eric Nazarian | United States[16][17] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | Gata | Diana Mkrtchyan | Russia[16][17] | |
| Jury Diploma | Jrarat, Miniatures | Mariam Ohanyan | Armenia[16][17] | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Tribute to | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy[16][17] | ||
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Wim Wenders | Germany[16][17] | ||
| Dariush Mehrjui | Iran[16][17] | |||
| Special Silver Apricot - Pour l’Audance Artistique et Humaine | Catherine Breillat | France[16][17] | ||
| FIPRESCI Award | My Marlon and Brando | Huseyin Karabey | Turkey[16][17] | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | The Blue Hour | Eric Nazarian | United States[16][17] | |
| Jury Diploma | My Marlon and Brando | Huseyin Karabey | Turkey[16][17] | |
Awards GAIFF 2009
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Other Bank | George Ovashvili |  Georgia,  Kazakhstan[18][19] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Scratch | Michał Rosa | Poland[18][19] | |
| Jury Diploma | Autumn | Özcan Alper | Turkey, Germany[18][19] | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country | Anders Østergaard | Denmark[18][19] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | The Living | Sergey Bukovsky |  Ukraine[18][19] | |
| Jury Special Mention | Supermen of Malegaon | Faiza Ahmad Khan | India,  Singapore,  Japan[18][19] | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | With Love and Gratitude | Arka Manukyan | Armenia[18][19] |
| Jury Diploma | Caucasian Niece | Levon Kalantar | Armenia[18][19] | |
| A World of Our Own | Frédéric Balekdjian | France[18][19] | ||
| Special Prize "Master" | Kohei Oguri | Japan[18][19] | ||
| Rob Nilsson | United States[18][19] | |||
| Sergei Solovyov | Russia[18][19] | |||
| FIPRESCI Award | Autumn | Özcan Alper | Turkey, Germany[18][19] | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | The Other Bank | George Ovashvili | Georgia, Kazakhstan[18][19] | |
Awards GAIFF 2010
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Cosmos | Reha Erdem | Turkey,  Bulgaria[20][21] |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | My Joy | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | Together | Pavel Kostomarov | Russia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | The Woman With Five Elephants | Vadim Jendreyko | Germany, Switzerland | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia | Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan | Armenia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | Down Here | Comes Chahbazian | Belgium, France | |
| Jury Special Mention | Uncle Valya | Nikolay Davtyan | Armenia | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Tribute to | Henri Verneuil | Armenia, France | ||
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" | Theodoros Angelopoulos |  Greece | ||
| Claudia Cardinale | Italy | |||
| Special Prize "Master" | Claire Denis | France | ||
| Fridrik Thor Fridriksson |  Iceland | |||
| Lee Chang-dong |  South Korea | |||
| Stanislav Govorukhin | Russia | |||
| FIPRESCI Award | On the Path | Jasmila Žbanić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria,  Croatia, Germany | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Don’t Look in the Mirror | Suren Babayan | Armenia | |
| Jury Diploma | How I Ended This Summer | Aleksei Popogrebsky | Russia | |
| British Council Award | Lernavan | Marat Sargsyan |  Lithuania | |
| 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 |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | The Journals of Musan | Park Jung-bum | South Korea | |
| Jury Special Prize | The Prize | Paula Markovitch |  Mexico, France, Poland, Germany | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | The World According to Ion B. | Alexander Nanau | Russia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Summer Pasture | Lynn True,
Nelson Walker III, Tsering Perlo |
United States, China | |
| Jury Special Mention | Magnificent Nothing | Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri | Iran | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | The Spaceship | Emil Mkrttchian | Sweden | |
| Jury Special Mention | The Last Hippie of the Pink City | Anastasia Popova | Russia | |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Glasgow | Piotr Subbotko | Poland |
| Jury Special Mention | Bicycle | Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Béla Tarr |  Hungary | ||
| Fanny Ardant | France | |||
| Roman Balayan | Ukraine | |||
| Special Prize "Master" | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey | ||
| Wojciech Marczewski | Poland | |||
| Alexei Uchitel | Russia | |||
| FIPRESCI Award | Mandoo | Ebrahim Saeedi |  Iraq | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Europolis | Cornel Gheorghita |  Romania, France | |
| Jury Commendation | Steel Gates | Armen Khachatryan | Armenia | |
| Armenian National Film Academy Award | The Prize | Paula Markovitch | Mexico, France, Poland, Germany | |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia | |
| British Council Award | Loading My Life | Haroutyun Shatyan | Armenia | |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award | The Spaceship | Emil Mkrttchian | Sweden | |
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 |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | It Looks Pretty From a Distance | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | 5 Broken Cameras | Emad Burnat |  Palestine |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock, | Aleksei Vakhrushev | Russia | |
| Jury Special Mention | Bakhmaro | Salome Jash | Georgia (country), Germany | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot | If Only Everyone | Natalya Belyauskene | Armenia |
| Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot | Armenian Rhapsody | Cassiana Der Haroutiounian
Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian |
Brazil | |
| Silver Apricot for Armenian Panorama | Nana | Valerie Massadian | France | |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | When We Die At Night | Eduardo Morotó | Brazil |
| Jury Special Mention | Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode | Mikhail Mestetsky | Russia | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" | Víctor Erice | Spain | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Poland | |||
| Eldar Shengelaia | Georgia (country) | |||
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia - "Let There Be Light" | Alexander Sokurov | Russia | ||
| FIPRESCI Award | The First Rains of Spring | Yerlan Nurmukhambetov
Sano Shinju |
Japan, Kazakhstan | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | If Only Everyone | Natalya Belyauskene | Armenia | |
| Jury Commendation | Future Lasts Forever | Özcan Alper | Turkey | |
| Armenian National Film Academy Award | Grandma's Tattoos | Suzanne Khardalian | Sweden | |
| British Council Award | Armenian Rhapsody | Cassiana Der Haroutiounian
Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian |
Brazil | |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | With Fidel Whatever Happens | Goran Radovanovic |  Serbia | |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award | Bad Father | Tigrane Avedikian | France | |
Awards GAIFF 2013[23]
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Circles (film) | Srdan Golubović | Germany, Serbia,France, Croatia,  Slovenia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Parviz(film) | Majid Barzegar | Iran | |
| Jury Special Mention | Araf – Somewhere In-Between | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Germany,Franc, Turkey | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | The Last Black Sea Pirates | Svetoslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | A World Not Ours | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot | I Am Going To Change My Name | Maria Sahakyan | Armenia, Russia, Denmark |
| Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot | Saroyanland | Lusin Dink | Armenia,France,Turkey | |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Welcome and… Our Condolences | Leonid Prudovsky | Israel |
| Jury Special Mention | The Mother | Łukasz Ostalski | Poland | |
| The Swing of the Coffin Maker | Elmár Imánov | Germany | ||
| Jury Diploma | Rhino Full Throttle | Erik Schmitt | Germany | |
| Parajanov's Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" | Charles Aznavour | France, Armenia | ||
| István Szabó | Hungary | |||
| Margarethe von Trotta | Germany | |||
| Jos Stelling | Netherlands | |||
| Nerses Hovhannisyan | Armenia | |||
| Special Prize Master | Ulrich Seidl | Austria | ||
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia - "Let There Be Light" | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia | ||
| British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition | Embers | Tamara Stepanyan | Armenia,  Lebanon,  Qatar | |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | A Mere Life | Sanghun Park | South Korea | |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Broken Childhood | Jivan Avetisyan | Armenia | |
Awards GAIFF 2014
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Tribe (2014 film) | Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Ukraine |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Blind Dates(2014) | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia (country), Ukraine | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film | The Stone River | Giovanni Donfrancesco | Italy, France |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Domino Effect | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski | Poland, Germany | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Milky Brother | Vahram Mkhitaryan | Armenia Poland |
| Golden Apricot | Tevanik | Jivan Avetisyan | Armenia, Lithuania | |
| Silver Apricot | Romaticists | Shoghik Tedevosyan, Areg Azatyan | Armenia | |
| Jury Diploma | Please Be Normal | Haik Kocharian | United States | |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Though I Know the River Is Dry | Omar Robert Hamilton | Palestine,  Egypt, Qatar, United Kingdom |
| Jury Special Prize | Red Hulk | Assimina Proedrou | Greece | |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jia Zhangke | China | ||
| Kim Ki-duk | South Korea | |||
| Amos Gitai | Israel | |||
| Otar Iosseliani | Georgia (country), | |||
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement | Marco Müller | Italy | ||
| Special Prize Master | Christian Berger | Austria | ||
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia - "Let There Be Light" | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland | ||
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | The Tribe (2014 film) | Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Ukraine | |
| EcumenicalL Jury Award | The Abode | Lusine Sargsyan | Armenia | |
| Special Commendation | Blind Dates | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia (country), | |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Andin: Armenian Journey Chronicles | Ruben Giney | Armenia, China, Russia, India | |
| Please Be Normal | Haik Kocharian | United States | ||
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Milky Brother | Vahram Mkhitaryan | Armenia Poland | |
| Armen Mazmanian Special Award | Resurrection | Alain Manoukyan | Armenia | |
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 |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | End of Winter | Kim Dae-hwan | South Korea | |
| Jury Special Mention | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamant |  Guatemala, France | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot | The Creation of Meaning | Simone Rapisarda Casanova | Canada, Italy |
| Silver Apricot | A German Youth | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France, Germany, Switzerland | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | The Doctor | Anna Goroyan | Russia |
| One, Two, Three… | Arman Yeritsyan | Armenia, Germany,  Norway | ||
| Jury Special Mention | Back To Gürün | Adrineh Gregorian | Armenia | |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Everything Will Be Okay | Patrick Vollrath | Austria,Germany |
| Jury Special Prize | Chelleh | Davood Khayyam | Iran | |
| Jury Special Mention | Family For Sale | Sébastien Petretti | Belgium | |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Ornella Muti | Italy | ||
| Nastassja Kinski | Germany | |||
| Special Prize Master | Patrick Chesnais | France | ||
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia - "Let There Be Light" | Robert Guédiguian | France | ||
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | Moskvich, my love | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Russia, France | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Moskvich, my love | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Russia, France | |
| Special Commendation | Sivas | Kaan Müjdeci | Germany, Turkey | |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | The Road | Gagik Madoyan | Armenia | |
| Audience Award | Sanctuary | Marc Brummund | Germany, | |
Awards GAIFF 2016
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Ungiven | Branko Schmidt | Croatia |
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran | |
| Jury Special Mention | The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father And His Son | Iglika Triffonova | Bulgaria, Sweden, Netherlands | |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot | Across the Don | Evgeny Grigoriev | Russia |
| Silver Apricot | Don Juan(film) | Jerzy Sladkowski | Sweden, Finland | |
| Jury Special Mention | Curumim | Marcos Prado | Brazil | |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Leopard's Silence | Leopard's Silence | France |
| Good Morning(Film) | Anna Arevshatyan | Armenia | ||
| Stony Paths | Arnaud Khayadjanian | France | ||
| Jury Special Mention | 28:94 Local Time | David Safarian | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jacqueline Bisset | United States | ||
| Želimir Žilnik | Serbia | |||
| Ruben Gevorgyants | Armenia | |||
| Special Prize Master | Fred Kelemen | Germany | ||
| Vitaly Mansky | Russia | |||
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia - "Let There Be Light" | Roman Balayan | Armenia, Ukraine | ||
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | Ungiven | Branko Schmidt | Croatia | |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran | |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | 28:94 Local Time | David Safarian | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Festival's president Award | About Love (Film) | Anna Melikian | Russia | |
See also
References
- ↑ Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
- ↑ GAIFF at IMDB
- ↑ History of the GAIFF
- ↑ GAIFF History
- ↑ Golden Apricot Film Festival Partners With Council Of Europe
- ↑ Golden Apricot International Film Festival opens in Yerevan
- ↑ "Awards". Yerevan International Film Festival. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- 1 2 3 4 Regulations of the GAIFF
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 IMDB 1st Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2004
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 IMDB 2nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2005
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 GAIFF Official Website 2nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2005 Winners
- 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
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IMDB 4th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GAIFF Official Website 4th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007 Winners
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IMDB 5th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2008
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 GAIFF Official Website 5th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2008 Winners
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IMDB 6th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2009
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GAIFF Official Website 6th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2009 Winners
- ↑ IMDB 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010
- ↑ GAIFF Official Website 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010 Winners
- ↑ "Winners". www.gaiff.am. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ↑ "Winners". www.gaiff.am. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
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