Golden and Silver Apricots of Golden Apricot Film Festival announced
13th GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan International Film Festival came up to the official closing ceremony on July 16.
The press service of the festival informs that the Boards of Juries announced the results of competition programs:
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION
Golden Apricot: Ungiven/dir. Branko Schmidt (Croatia)
Silver Apricot: Immortal/dir. Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh (Iran)
Jury Special Mention: The Prosecutor the Defender the Father and the Son/dir. Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria/The Netherlands/Sweden)
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Golden Apricot: Across the Don/dir. Evgeny Grigorev (Russia)
Silver Apricot: Don Juan/dir. Jerzy Sladkowski (Sweden/Findland)
Jury Special Mention: Curumim/dir. Marcos Prado (Brazil)
ARMENIAN PANORAMA NATIONAL COMPETITION
Golden Apricot (Best Armenian Feature): Good Morning/dir.Anna Arevshatyan (Armenia)
Golden Apricot (Best Armenian Documentary): Stony Paths/dir. Arnaud Khayadjanian (France)
Golden Apricot (Best Armenian Short): Leopard’s Silence/dir. Viken Armenian (France)
Jury Special Mention: 28:94 Local Time/dir. David Safarian (Armenia/Germany/The Netherlands)
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the Best Script in the Armenian Panorama:
28:94 Local Time/dir. David Safarian (Armenia/Germany/The Netherlands)
This year, for the first time a new award was bestowed - Festival’s president Award. It was given to Anna Melikyan for her film “About Love” (2015).
FIPRESCI JURY PRIZE
Ungiven/dir. Branko Schmidt (Croatia)
ECUMENICAL
Immortal/dir. Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh (Iran)
The honoured guest of the festival, stunning Jacqueline Bisset was awarded with Parajanov’s Thaler.