1st Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

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1st Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
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Location Yerevan, Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Festival dateJune 30–July 4, 2004
Website www.gaiff.am/en/
Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
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The 1st Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from June 30 to July 4, 2004. The festival attracted attention from all over the world while including 148 films representing over 70 filmmakers from 20 countries. Grand Prizes of the first Golden Apricot festival went to Atom Egoyan (Feature Film Competition), Stephane Elmadjian (Short Film and Experimental) and Armen Khachatryan (Documentary). [1]

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About the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

The Golden ApricotYerevan 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 2004

CategoryAwardFilmDirectorCountry
International Feature CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Feature Film Ararat Atom Egoyan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [4]
International Documentary CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Tale About Pegasus (Armenian : Հեքիաթ թեվավոր ձիու մասին) Armen Khachatryan Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia [4]
Short Film CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Short Film Je m'appelle Stéphane Elmadjian Flag of France.svg France [4]
Animation and Experimental FilmGolden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Freedub 1
Jury Special PrizeJury Special Prize for Best Feature Film A Place in the World Artour Aristakisian Flag of Russia.svg Russia [4]
Jury Special Prize for Best Animation and Experimental Film Ligne de Vie Serge Avedikian Flag of France.svg France [4]
Special MentionSpecial Mention for Best Documentary Film I Died in Childhood... Georgiy Paradzhanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "History of the GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  2. ↑ "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ↑ "GAIFF at IMDB". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IMDB 1st Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2004
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