6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Location Yerevan, Armenia Armenia
Festival date 12 – 19 July 2009
Website http://www.gaiff.am/en/

The 6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 12–19 July 2009. The annual festival had over 450 submissions from 67 countries, 150 of which were included into the competition and non-competition programs. Over 250 accredited press representatives (foreign and local) covered the festival. This was the fourth year the festival was widely covered by Euronews.[1] Among honorable guests were filmmakers Rob Nilsson (United States), Kohei Oguri (Japan), Alexander Rodnyansky (Russia), Sergei Solovyov (Russia), actors Eric Bogosian (United States), Arsinee Khanjian (Canada) and producer Alain Terzian. The international juries, headed by Kohei Oguri, Alexander Rodnyansky, Haig Balian (Netherlands) awarded the following prizes: Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Feature Film to George Ovashvili for his film The Other Bank (Georgia); Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Documentary Film to Anders Østergaard for his film Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country (Denmark), and Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Film in the “Armenian Panorama” to With Love and Gratitude by Arka Manukyan (Armenia). The FIPRESCI Award went to Ozcan Alper’s Autumn and the Ecumenical Award to George Ovashvili’s The Other Bank.[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 2009

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film The Other Bank George Ovashvili Georgia (country) Georgia, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Scratch Michał Rosa Poland Poland[4][5]
Jury Diploma Autumn Özcan Alper Turkey Turkey, Germany Germany[4][5]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country Anders Østergaard Denmark Denmark[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Living Sergey Bukovsky Ukraine Ukraine[4][5]
Jury Special Mention Supermen of Malegaon Faiza Ahmad Khan India India, Singapore Singapore, Japan Japan[4][5]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film With Love and Gratitude Arka Manukyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Jury Diploma Caucasian Niece Levon Kalantar Armenia Armenia[4][5]
A World of Our Own Frédéric Balekdjian France France[4][5]
Special Prize "Master" Kohei Oguri Japan Japan[4][5]
Rob Nilsson United States United States[4][5]
Sergei Solovyov Russia Russia[4][5]
FIPRESCI Award Autumn Özcan Alper Turkey Turkey, Germany Germany[4][5]
Ecumenical Jury Award The Other Bank George Ovashvili Georgia (country) Georgia, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[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 IMDB 6th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2009
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GAIFF Official Website 6th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2009 Winners
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