The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF; Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն, romanized"Voske Tsiran" Yerevani mijazgayin kinop'arraton) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia.[1] 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 Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia 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".[2]

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia Armenia
Founded2004
DirectorsAtom Egoyan (Honorary Chairman)

Harutyun Khachatryan (General Director)
Susanna Harutyunyan (Artistic Director)

Mikayel Stamboltsyan (Program Director)
Producers"Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists
Festival dateJuly
LanguageArmenian, English
Websitewww.gaiff.am

History

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Atom Egoyan at the third edition of the festival

The "Golden Apricot" Annual Film Festival was established in 2004 in Yerevan, by the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development. Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan was named president of the festival since 2005.[3]

The Festival is dedicated to the theme of Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations, and features a multitude of films representing various nations and religions, collectively depicting the richness of the human experience.

In 2005, the establishment of a network of filmmakers of the region entitled Directors Across Borders was initiated by the "Golden Apricot" Film Festival.[4]

Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.[5]

In 2010, the festival was awarded by the FICTS Plate D'honneur.[6]

In 2017, festival organizers cancelled the screening of an off-competition program entitled, "Armenians: Internal And External Views", with no reasons given. LGBT activists took to social media to criticize the cancellation, with some claiming that two LGBTQ+-themed films — Apricot Groves and Listen to Me: Untold Stories Beyond Hatred — were the reason for the cancellation. Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian, prominent Armenian Canadian figures in cinema, denounced this cancellation.[7] An open letter signed by filmmakers, activists, politicians, and others denouncing the cancellation was published,[8] and LGBTQ+ rights organizations Pink Armenia[9] and GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society strongly criticized the censorship.[10] The EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum called on Armenian authorities to fulfill their international commitments, stating that "The incident... runs contrary to the process of Armenia's joining the Creative Europe programme".[11]

Awards and categories of competition

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The major awards at the GAIFF are the Golden Apricot and Silver Apricot prizes for feature, documentary and Armenian panorama films. Lifetime achievement is recognized by the Parajonov's Thaler Award, named in honour of Sergei Parajanov.[12]

The various categories and prize names are as follows:[13]

International Feature Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Feature Film

2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

International Documentary Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film

2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

"Apricot Stone" Short Film Competition

1. "Golden Stone" – Best Short Film

2. Special Prize

"Armenian Panorama" National Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Fiction Film

2. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film

3. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

Winners of the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot main prize for Best Feature Film

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Awards GAIFF 2004

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Ararat Atom Egoyan   Canada[14]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Tale About Pegasus (Armenian: Հեքիաթ թեվավոր ձիու մասին) Armen Khachatryan   Armenia[14]
Short Film Competition Golden Apricot for Best Short Film Je m'appelle Stéphane Elmadjian   France[14]
Animation and Experimental Film Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Freedub 1
Jury Special Prize Jury Special Prize for Best Feature Film A Place in the World Artour Aristakisian   Russia[14]
Jury Special Prize for Best Animation and Experimental Film Ligne de Vie Serge Avedikian   France[14]
Special Mention Special Mention for Best Documentary Film I Died in Childhood... Georgiy Paradzhanov   Russia[14]

Awards GAIFF 2005

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film The Sun Alexander Sokurov   Russia,   Italy,   Switzerland,   France[15][16]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film 4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky   Russia[15][16]
Los Muertos (The Dead) Lisandro Alonso   Argentina,   Netherlands,   France[15][16]
Jury Special Mention Paradise Girls Fow Pyng Hu   Netherlands[15][16]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film 3 Rooms Of Melancholia Pirjo Honkasalo   Finland,   Sweden,   Denmark,   Germany[15][16]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Moskatchka Annett Schutz   Latvia,   Germany[15][16]
Oh! Man Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi   Italy[15][16]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Hammer & Flame Von (Vahan) Pilikian   United Kingdom[15][16]
Under the Open Sky Arman Yeritsyan   Armenia[15][16]
The Road Naira Muradyan   Armenia[15][16]
Jury Diploma Born in Fire Suren Ter-Grigoryan   Armenia[15][16]
Planet Zorthian Arno Yeretzian, Sevag Vrej, Harout Arakelian, Lisa Tchakmakian   United States[15][16]
One Balloon Aram Hekinian, Aruna Naimji   United States[15][16]
One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) Serge Avedikian   France[15][16]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award Abbas Kiarostami   Iran[15][16]
Krzysztof Zanussi  Poland[15][16]
Nikita Mikhalkov   Russia[15][16]
Prize of the Armenian Filmmakers Union for the Best Director Long Gone (Documentary) Jack Cahil   United States[15][16]
Prizes of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists for the Best Feature Film My Father is an Engineer Robert Guédiguian   France[15][16]
Waiting for the Clouds Yeşim Ustaoğlu   Turkey[15][16]
Hrant Matevosyan Fund Prix for the Best Script in Armenian Panorama The Road Naira Muradyan   Armenia[15][16]

Awards GAIFF 2006

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien   Taiwan,   China,   France[17][18]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film The Legend of Time Isaki Lacuesta   Spain[17][18]
Trip To Armenia (Le voyage en Arménie) Robert Guédiguian   France[17][18]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger   Austria[17][18]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Estamira Marcos Prado   Brazil[17][18]
Jury Special Mention Ljudmila & Anatolij Gunnar Bergdahl   Sweden[17][18]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands Hrant Hakobyan   Armenia[17][18]
Jury Special Mention Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award Ara Vahuni   Armenia[17][18]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award Artavazd Peleshyan   Armenia[17][18]
Marko Bellocchio   Italy[17][18]
Tonino Guerra   Italy[17][18]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf   Iran[17][18]
Godfrey Reggio   United States[17][18]
Awards for Emerging Filmmakers The Genocide in Me Araz Artinyan   Canada[17][18]
My Name is Happiness Vardan Hakobyan   Russia[17][18]
The Lighthouse Maria Sahakyan   Russia,   Armenia[17][18]
Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize Summer in Berlin Andreas Dresen   Germany[17][18]
Returner Serge Avedikian   France[17][18]

Awards GAIFF 2007

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Import/Export Ulrich Seidl   Austria[19][20]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Nuovomondo Emanuele Crialese   Italy,   France[19][20]
Jury Diploma Flanders Bruno Dumont   France[19][20]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan   Armenia[19][20]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The White She-Camel Christiaens Xavier   Belgium[19][20]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Screamers Carla Garapedian   United Kingdom[19][20]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan   Armenia[19][20]
Jury Diploma Graffiti Igor Apasyan   Russia[19][20]
Seven Indian Boys Ashot Mkrtchyan   Armenia[19][20]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award Paolo and Vittorio Taviani   Italy[19][20]
FIPRESCI Award A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan   Armenia[19][20]
Ecumenical Jury Awards A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan   Armenia[19][20]
Screamers Carla Garapedian   United Kingdom[19][20]
Wishing-Tree Prize Dinner Time Gor Baghdasaryan   Armenia[19][20]

Awards GAIFF 2008

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Mermaid Anna Melikian   Russia[21][22]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Lemon Tree Eran Riklis   Israel,   France,   Germany[21][22]
Wonderful Town Aditya Assarat   Thailand[21][22]
Jury Diploma End of the Earth Abolfazl Saffary   Iran[21][22]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Women See Lot of Things Meira Asher   Netherlands[21][22]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Lakshmi and Me Nishtha Jain   India,   United States,   Finland,   Denmark[21][22]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Blue Hour Eric Nazarian   United States[21][22]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Gata Diana Mkrtchyan   Russia[21][22]
Jury Diploma Jrarat, Miniatures Mariam Ohanyan   Armenia[21][22]
Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni   Italy[21][22]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award Wim Wenders   Germany[21][22]
Dariush Mehrjui   Iran[21][22]
Special Silver Apricot – Pour l’Audance Artistique et Humaine Catherine Breillat   France[21][22]
FIPRESCI Award My Marlon and Brando Huseyin Karabey   Turkey[21][22]
Ecumenical Jury Award The Blue Hour Eric Nazarian   United States[21][22]
Jury Diploma My Marlon and Brando Huseyin Karabey   Turkey[21][22]

Awards GAIFF 2009

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film The Other Bank Giorgi Ovashvili   Georgia,   Kazakhstan[23][24]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Scratch Michał Rosa   Poland[23][24]
Jury Diploma Autumn Özcan Alper   Turkey,   Germany[23][24]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country Anders Østergaard   Denmark[23][24]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Living Sergey Bukovsky   Ukraine[23][24]
Jury Special Mention Supermen of Malegaon Faiza Ahmad Khan   India,   Singapore,   Japan[23][24]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film With Love and Gratitude Arka Manukyan   Armenia[23][24]
Jury Diploma Caucasian Niece Levon Kalantar   Armenia[23][24]
A World of Our Own Frédéric Balekdjian   France[23][24]
Special Prize "Master" Kōhei Oguri   Japan[23][24]
Rob Nilsson   United States[23][24]
Sergei Solovyov   Russia[23][24]
FIPRESCI Award Autumn Özcan Alper   Turkey,   Germany[23][24]
Ecumenical Jury Award The Other Bank Giorgi Ovashvili   Georgia,   Kazakhstan[23][24]

Awards GAIFF 2010

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Cosmos Reha Erdem   Turkey,   Bulgaria[25][26]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film My Joy Sergei Loznitsa   Ukraine,   Germany,   Netherlands
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film Together Pavel Kostomarov   Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Woman With Five Elephants Vadim Jendreyko   Germany,   Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan   Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film Down Here Comes Chahbazian   Belgium,   France
Jury Special Mention Uncle Valya Nikolay Davtyan   Armenia
Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to Henri Verneuil   Armenia,   France
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" Theo Angelopoulos   Greece
Claudia Cardinale   Italy
Special Prize "Master" Claire Denis   France
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson   Iceland
Lee Chang-dong   South Korea
Stanislav Govorukhin   Russia
FIPRESCI Award On the Path Jasmila Žbanić   Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Austria,   Croatia,   Germany
Ecumenical Jury Award Don’t Look in the Mirror Suren Babayan   Armenia
Jury Diploma How I Ended This Summer Alexei Popogrebski   Russia
British Council Award Lernavan Marat Sargsyan   Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award

Awards GAIFF 2011

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film A Separation Asghar Farhadi   Iran
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film The Journals of Musan Park Jung-bum   South Korea
Jury Special Prize The Prize Paula Markovitch  Mexico,  France,  Poland,  Germany
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film The World According to Ion B. Alexander Nanau   Russia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Summer Pasture Lynn True,

Nelson Walker III,

Tsering Perlo

 United States,  China
Jury Special Mention Magnificent Nothing Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri  Iran
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Loading My Life Haroutyun Shatyan   Armenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film The Spaceship Emil Mkrttchian  Sweden
Jury Special Mention The Last Hippie of the Pink City Anastasia Popova  Russia
Apricot Stone Golden Apricot Glasgow Piotr Subbotko  Poland
Jury Special Mention Bicycle Serhat Karaaslan  Turkey
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award Béla Tarr  Hungary
Fanny Ardant  France
Roman Balayan  Ukraine
Special Prize "Master" Nuri Bilge Ceylan  Turkey
Wojciech Marczewski  Poland
Alexei Uchitel  Russia
FIPRESCI Award Mandoo Ebrahim Saeedi  Iraq
Ecumenical Jury Award Europolis Cornel Gheorghita  Romania,  France
Jury Commendation Steel Gates Armen Khachatryan   Armenia
Armenian National Film Academy Award The Prize Paula Markovitch  Mexico,  France,  Poland,  Germany
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award Loading My Life Haroutyun Shatyan   Armenia
British Council Award Loading My Life Haroutyun Shatyan   Armenia
Hrant Matevosyan Award The Spaceship Emil Mkrttchian  Sweden

Awards GAIFF 2012[27]

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film In the Fog Sergei Loznitsa  Belarus,  Russia,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Latvia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film It Looks Pretty From a Distance Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal  Poland
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film 5 Broken Cameras Emad Burnat

Guy Davidi

 Palestine
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock, Aleksei Vakhrushev  Russia
Jury Special Mention Bakhmaro Salome Jash  Georgia,   Germany
Armenian Panorama Competition Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot If Only Everyone Natalya Belyauskene   Armenia
Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot Armenian Rhapsody Cassiana Der Haroutiounian

Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian

 Brazil
Silver Apricot for Armenian Panorama Nana Valerie Massadian  France
Apricot Stone Golden Apricot When We Die At Night Eduardo Morotó  Brazil
Jury Special Mention Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode Mikhail Mestetsky   Russia
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" Víctor Erice  Spain
Agnieszka Holland  Poland
Eldar Shengelaia  Georgia
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" Alexander Sokurov   Russia
FIPRESCI Award The First Rains of Spring Yerlan Nurmukhambetov

Sano Shinju

 Japan,  Kazakhstan
Ecumenical Jury Award If Only Everyone Natalya Belyauskene   Armenia
Jury Commendation Future Lasts Forever Özcan Alper  Turkey
Armenian National Film Academy Award Grandma's Tattoos Suzanne Khardalian  Sweden
British Council Award Armenian Rhapsody Cassiana Der Haroutiounian

Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian

 Brazil
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award With Fidel Whatever Happens Goran Radovanovic  Serbia
Hrant Matevosyan Award Bad Father Tigrane Avedikian  France

Awards GAIFF 2013[28]

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Circles Srdan Golubović  Germany,  Serbia, France,  Croatia,  Slovenia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Parviz Majid Barzegar  Iran
Jury Special Mention Araf – Somewhere In-Between Yeşim Ustaoğlu  Germany, Franc,  Turkey
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film The Last Black Sea Pirates Svetoslav Stoyanov  Bulgaria
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film A World Not Ours Mahdi Fleifel  United Kingdom
Armenian Panorama Competition Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot I Am Going To Change My Name Maria Sahakyan   Armenia,   Russia,  Denmark
Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot Saroyanland Lusin Dink   Armenia, France, Turkey
Apricot Stone Golden Apricot Welcome and… Our Condolences Leonid Prudovsky  Israel
Jury Special Mention The Mother Łukasz Ostalski  Poland
The Swing of the Coffin Maker Elmár Imánov  Germany
Jury Diploma Rhino Full Throttle Erik Schmitt  Germany
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" Charles Aznavour  France,   Armenia
István Szabó  Hungary
Margarethe von Trotta  Germany
Jos Stelling  Netherlands
Nerses Hovhannisyan   Armenia
Special Prize Master Ulrich Seidl  Austria
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" Artavazd Peleshyan   Armenia
British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition Embers Tamara Stepanyan   Armenia,  Lebanon,  Qatar
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award A Mere Life Sanghun Park  South Korea
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition Broken Childhood Jivan Avetisyan   Armenia

Awards GAIFF 2014

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi  Ukraine
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Blind Dates Levan Koguashvili  Georgia,  Ukraine
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film The Stone River Giovanni Donfrancesco  Italy,  France
[Domino Effect Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski  Poland,  Germany
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot Milky Brother Vahram Mkhitaryan   Armenia  Poland
Golden Apricot Tevanik Jivan Avetisyan   Armenia,  Lithuania
Silver Apricot Romaticists Shoghik Tedevosyan, Areg Azatyan   Armenia
Jury Diploma Please Be Normal Haik Kocharian  United States
Apricot Stone Golden Apricot Though I Know the River Is Dry Omar Robert Hamilton  Palestine,  Egypt,  Qatar,  United Kingdom
Jury Special Prize Red Hulk Assimina Proedrou  Greece
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema Jia Zhangke  China
Kim Ki-duk  South Korea
Amos Gitai  Israel
Otar Iosseliani  Georgia,
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement Marco Müller  Italy
Special Prize Master Christian Berger  Austria
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" Krzysztof Zanussi  Poland
FIPRESCI Jury Award The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi  Ukraine
EcumenicalL Jury Award The Abode Lusine Sargsyan   Armenia
Special Commendation Blind Dates Levan Koguashvili  Georgia,
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award Andin: Armenian Journey Chronicles Ruben Giney   Armenia,  China,  Russia,  India
Please Be Normal Haik Kocharian  United States
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition Milky Brother Vahram Mkhitaryan   Armenia  Poland
Armen Mazmanian Special Award Resurrection Alain Manoukyan   Armenia

Awards GAIFF 2015

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Embrace of the Serpent Ciro Guerra  Colombia,  Argentina,  Venezuela
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film End of Winter Kim Dae-hwan  South Korea
Jury Special Mention Ixcanul Jayro Bustamant  Guatemala,  France
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot The Creation of Meaning Simone Rapisarda Casanova  Canada,  Italy
Silver Apricot A German Youth Jean-Gabriel Périot  France,  Germany,  Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot The Doctor Anna Goroyan   Russia
One, Two, Three… Arman Yeritsyan   Armenia,  Germany,  Norway
Jury Special Mention Back To Gürün Adrineh Gregorian   Armenia
Apricot Stone Golden Apricot Everything Will Be Okay Patrick Vollrath  Austria, Germany
Jury Special Prize Chelleh Davood Khayyam  Iran
Jury Special Mention Family For Sale Sébastien Petretti  Belgium
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema Ornella Muti  Italy
Nastassja Kinski  Germany
Special Prize Master Patrick Chesnais  France
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" Robert Guédiguian  France
FIPRESCI Jury Award Moskvich, my love Aram Shahbazyan   Armenia,   Russia,  France
Ecumenical Jury Award Moskvich, my love Aram Shahbazyan   Armenia,   Russia,  France
Special Commendation Sivas Kaan Müjdeci  Germany,  Turkey
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition The Road Gagik Madoyan   Armenia
Audience Award Sanctuary Marc Brummund  Germany,

Awards GAIFF 2016

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Ungiven Branko Schmidt  Croatia
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Immortal Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh  Iran
Jury Special Mention The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father And His Son Iglika Triffonova  Bulgaria,  Sweden,  Netherlands
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot Across the Don Evgeny Grigoriev   Russia
Silver Apricot Don Juan Jerzy Sladkowski  Sweden,  Finland
Jury Special Mention Curumim Marcos Prado  Brazil
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot Leopard's Silence  France
Good Morning Anna Arevshatyan   Armenia
Stony Paths Arnaud Khayadjanian  France
Jury Special Mention 28:94 Local Time David Safarian   Armenia,  Germany,  Netherlands
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema Jacqueline Bisset   United States
Želimir Žilnik  Serbia
Ruben Gevorgyants   Armenia
Special Prize Master Fred Kelemen  Germany
Vitaly Mansky   Russia
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" Roman Balayan   Armenia,  Ukraine
FIPRESCI Jury Award Ungiven Branko Schmidt  Croatia
Ecumenical Jury Award Immortal Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh  Iran
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition 28:94 Local Time David Safarian   Armenia,  Germany,  Netherlands
Festival's president Award About Love Anna Melikian   Russia

See also

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