Yerevan hosts Golden Apricot Film Festival closing ceremony
July 14, 2013 – 11:21 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Yerevan’s National Academic Theater of Opera and
Ballet hosted the closing ceremony of Golden Apricot 10th
International Film Festival.
In International Feature Competition, the Golden Apricot went to
Serbian filmmaker SrÄ`an Golubovic’s `Circles,’ with Iranian helmer
Majid Barzegar’s `Parviz’ as a runner up. `Araf ` Somewhere
in-Between’ (Turkey/France/Germany, 2012) was granted a Special Jury
Mention.
In Armenian Panorama category, the Golden Apricot was awarded to Maria
Sahakyan’s `I’m Going to Change My Name’. Lusin Dink’s `Saroyanland’
got a Silver Apricot.
In International Documentary Competition the Golden Apricot went to
Bulgarian helmer Svetoslav Stoyanov’s `The Last Black Sea Pirates,’
the Mahdi Fleife’s `A World Not Ours’ granted a Special Mention.
The main prize in Short Film Competition was awarded to Israeli
filmmaker Leon Prudovsky’s `Welcome and¦ Our Condolences,’ Å?ukasz
Ostalski’s `The Mother’ and Elmar Imanov’s `The Swing of the Coffin
Maker’ were granted a Special Jury Mention.
Fipresci Award went to Iranian helmer Salem Salavati’s `The Last
Winter.’ Ecumenic Jury Award was granted to Rusudan Chkonia’s `Keep
Smiling,’ Daria Onyshchenko’s `Eastalgia’ got the Special Jury
Mention.
Tamara Stepanyan’s `Embers got the British Council Award, while Hrant
Matevosyan Special Award was granted to Jivan Avetissyan’s `Broken
Childhood.’
From: Baghdasarian
Disclaimer: This article was contributed and translated into English by Baghdasarian Karlen. While we strive for quality, the views and accuracy of the content remain the responsibility of the contributor. Please verify all facts independently before reposting or citing.
Direct link to this article: https://www.armenianclub.com/2013/07/14/yerevan-hosts-golden-apricot-film-festival-closing-ceremony/