7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival explained

7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Date:July 11–18, 2010
Location:Yerevan, Armenia
Website:http://www.gaiff.am/en/

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

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

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Cosmos Turkey, Bulgaria[5] [6]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film My Joy Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Together Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Woman With Five Elephants Germany, Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Down Here Belgium, France
Jury Special Mention Uncle Valya Armenia
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute to Armenia, France
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award" Greece
Italy
Special Prize "Master" France
Iceland
South Korea
Russia
FIPRESCI Award On the Path Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, Germany
Ecumenical Jury Award Don’t Look in the Mirror Armenia
Jury Diploma How I Ended This Summer Russia
British Council Award Lernavan Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GAIFF Official Website History . 2013-10-26 . 2020-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901105144/http://www.gaiff.am/en/history . dead .
  2. http://asbarez.com/83300/7th-annual-golden-apricot-film-festival-kicks-off-in-yerevan/7th Annual Golden Apricot Film Festival Kicks Off in Yerevan
  3. Web site: Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF . 2010-07-31 . 2009-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090314110143/http://www.gaiff.am/en/ . dead .
  4. https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yerevan_International_Film_Festival/ GAIFF at IMDB
  5. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001170/2010 IMDB 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010
  6. Web site: GAIFF Official Website 7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2010 Winners . 2013-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195330/http://www.gaiff.am/en/winners/year/2010#s . 2013-10-29 . dead .