5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Location Yerevan, Armenia Armenia
Festival date 13 – 20 July 2008
Website http://www.gaiff.am/en/

The 5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 13–20 July 2008. The festival had more than 450 submissions from 67 countries; viewers had an opportunity to see over 160 films.[1] Among the honorable guests of the festival were Wim Wenders, Enrica Antonioni, Goran Paskaljevic, Dariush Mehrjui, Catherine Breillat, and others. A Special Tribute was paid to Michelangelo Antonioni by honoring him with a posthumous Parajanov’s Thaler. Additionally, Wim Wenders and Dariush Mehrjui were honored with Parajanov’s Thaler Lifetime Achievement Awards. The main prizewinners of the 5th Golden Apricot were Anna Melikian from Russia for her film The Mermaid (Golden Apricot 2008 for the Best Feature Film), Meira Asher from Israel for the film Women See Lot of Things (Golden Apricot 2008 for the Best Documentary Film), and Eric Nazarian from the USA for The Blue Hour (Golden Apricot 2008 for the Best Film in the “Armenian Panorama”). The FIPRESCI Award went to Huseyn Karabey with his film My Marlon and Brando and the Ecumenical Award to Eric Nazarian with his film The Blue Hour.[1]

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.[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 2008

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Mermaid Anna Melikyan Russia Russia[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Lemon Tree Eran Riklis Israel Israel, France France, Germany Germany[4][5]
Wonderful Town Aditya Assarat Thailand Thailand[4][5]
Jury Diploma End of the Earth Abolfazl Saffary Iran Iran[4][5]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Women See Lot of Things Meira Asher Netherlands Netherlands[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Lakshmi and Me Nishtha Jain India India, United States United States, Finland Finland, Denmark Denmark[4][5]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Blue Hour Eric Nazarian United States United States[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Gata Diana Mkrtchyan Russia Russia[4][5]
Jury Diploma Jrarat, Miniatures Mariam Ohanyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni Italy Italy[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award Wim Wenders Germany Germany[4][5]
Dariush Mehrjui Iran Iran[4][5]
Special Silver Apricot - Pour l’Audance Artistique et Humaine Catherine Breillat France France[4][5]
FIPRESCI Award My Marlon and Brando Huseyin Karabey Turkey Turkey[4][5]
Ecumenical Jury Award The Blue Hour Eric Nazarian United States United States[4][5]
Jury Diploma My Marlon and Brando Huseyin Karabey Turkey Turkey[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 GAIFF Official Website History
  2. ↑ Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
  3. ↑ GAIFF at IMDB
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IMDB 5th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2008
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 GAIFF Official Website 5th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2008 Winners
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