4th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia Armenia
Festival date9 – 14 July 2007
Websitehttp://www.gaiff.am/en/

The 4th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 9–14 July 2007. More than 120 films from around the world were presented during the festival with attendance from contemporary filmmakers such as Bruno Dumont, Leos Carax, Carla Garapedian, Lee Chang-dong, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Aurora Quattrocchi and Tchéky Karyo.[1] Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy), directors of The Lark Farm (Opening Film of the Festival) were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. The international juries, headed by An Cheong-sook (South Korea), Martin Schweighofer (Austria), Vigen Chaldranyan (Armenia) awarded the following prizes: Golden Apricot 2007 for the Best Feature Film to Ulrich Seidl for his film Import/Export (Austria); Golden Apricot 2007 for the Best Documentary Film to Vardan Hovhannisyan for his film A Story of People in War and Peace (Armenia) and Golden Apricot 2007 for the Best Film in the “Armenian Panorama” to Screamers by Carla Garapedian (UK). Vardan Hovhannisyan (A Story of People in War and Peace) was awarded with the FIPRESCI and Ecumenical Jury Prizes and Carla Garapedian (Screamers) was also awarded the Ecumenical Jury Price.[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 2007

Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Import/Export Ulrich Seidl Austria Austria[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Nuovomondo Emanuele Crialese Italy Italy, France France[4][5]
Jury Diploma Flanders Bruno Dumont France France[4][5]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The White She-Camel Christiaens Xavier Belgium Belgium[4][5]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Screamers Carla Garapedian United Kingdom United Kingdom[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Jury Diploma Graffiti Igor Apasyan Russia Russia[4][5]
Seven Indian Boys Ashot Mkrtchyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy Italy[4][5]
FIPRESCI Award A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Ecumenical Jury Awards A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Armenia[4][5]
Screamers Carla Garapedian United Kingdom United Kingdom[4][5]
Wishing-Tree Prize Dinner Time Gor Baghdasaryan Armenia Armenia[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GAIFF Official Website History". Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. ^ "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  3. ^ GAIFF at IMDB
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n IMDB 4th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "GAIFF Official Website 4th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007 Winners". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
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