7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

The 7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from July 11 to 18, 2010.[1]

7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia
Festival dateJuly 11–18, 2010
Websitehttp://www.gaiff.am/en/

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 Apricot Yerevan 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 FilmCosmosReha Erdem Turkey, Bulgaria[5][6]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature FilmMy JoySergei Loznitsa Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
International Documentary CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Documentary FilmTogetherPavel Kostomarov Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary FilmThe Woman With Five ElephantsVadim Jendreyko Germany, Switzerland
Armenian Panorama CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Armenian FilmThe Last Tightrope Dancer in ArmeniaArman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian FilmDown HereComes Chahbazian Belgium, France
Jury Special MentionUncle ValyaNikolay Davtyan Armenia
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute toHenri 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 AwardOn the PathJasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, Germany
Ecumenical Jury AwardDon’t Look in the MirrorSuren Babayan Armenia
Jury DiplomaHow I Ended This SummerAleksei Popogrebsky Russia
British Council AwardLernavanMarat Sargsyan Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award
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See also

References
  1. GAIFF Official Website History
  2. Annual Golden Apricot Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan
  3. Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
  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.
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