7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

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7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
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Location Yerevan, Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Festival dateJuly 11–18, 2010
Website http://www.gaiff.am/en/
Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
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The 7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from July 11 to 18, 2010. [1]

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This edition of the festival was dedicated to the anniversaries Arni Verno and Atom Egoyan. Other filmmakers who presented their films at the festival were Theodoros Angelopoulos and Fatih Akın. [2]

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. [3] 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". [4]

Awards GAIFF 2010

CategoryAwardFilmDirectorCountry
International Feature CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Feature Film Cosmos Reha Erdem Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey, Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria [5] [6]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film My Joy Sergei Loznitsa Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine, Flag of Germany.svg Germany, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
International Documentary CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Together Pavel Kostomarov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Woman With Five Elephants Vadim Jendreyko Flag of Germany.svg Germany, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Armenian Panorama CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Down Here Comes Chahbazian Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium, Flag of France.svg France
Jury Special Mention Uncle Valya Nikolay Davtyan Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute to Henri Verneuil Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia, Flag of France.svg France
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" Theodoros Angelopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Claudia Cardinale Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Special Prize "Master" Claire Denis Flag of France.svg France
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Lee Chang-dong Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Stanislav Govorukhin Flag of Russia.svg Russia
FIPRESCI Award On the Path Jasmila Žbanić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina, Flag of Austria.svg Austria, Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia, Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Ecumenical Jury Award Don’t Look in the Mirror Suren Babayan Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Jury Diploma How I Ended This Summer Aleksei Popogrebsky Flag of Russia.svg Russia
British Council Award Lernavan Marat Sargsyan Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award

See also

References

  1. "GAIFF Official Website History". Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  2. Annual Golden Apricot Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan
  3. "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. GAIFF at IMDB
  5. IMDB 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010
  6. "GAIFF Official Website 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010 Winners". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.