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 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 ErdemTurkey Turkey, Bulgaria Bulgaria[5][6]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature FilmMy JoySergei LoznitsaUkraine Ukraine, Germany Germany, Netherlands Netherlands
International Documentary CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Documentary FilmTogetherPavel KostomarovRussia Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary FilmThe Woman With Five ElephantsVadim JendreykoGermany Germany, Switzerland Switzerland
Armenian Panorama CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Armenian FilmThe Last Tightrope Dancer in ArmeniaArman Yeritsyan, Inna SahakyanArmenia Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian FilmDown HereComes ChahbazianBelgium Belgium, France France
Jury Special MentionUncle ValyaNikolay DavtyanArmenia Armenia
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute toHenri VerneuilArmenia Armenia, France France
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award"Theodoros AngelopoulosGreece Greece
Claudia CardinaleItaly Italy
Special Prize "Master"Claire DenisFrance France
Fridrik Thor FridrikssonIceland Iceland
Lee Chang-dongSouth Korea South Korea
Stanislav GovorukhinRussia Russia
FIPRESCI AwardOn the PathJasmila ŽbanićBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria Austria, Croatia Croatia, Germany Germany
Ecumenical Jury AwardDon’t Look in the MirrorSuren BabayanArmenia Armenia
Jury DiplomaHow I Ended This SummerAleksei PopogrebskyRussia Russia
British Council AwardLernavanMarat SargsyanLithuania 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.
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