2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

The 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 12–17 July 2005. Entries were submitted from 45 countries such as Russia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Chile, Turkey, Finland, India, Israel, Iran and Canada. Following the selection, 144 films from 37 countries were included into competition and non-competition programs. Included amongst the guests and participants were some of the most highly acclaimed figures of world cinema such as Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Zanussi, and Nikita Mikhalkov who were given Lifetime Achievement Awards. The main prizewinners of the 2nd Golden Apricot Festival were Alexander Sokurov, Russia, with his film The Sun (Feature Film Competition), Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland, with The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Documentary Competition), and Arman Yeritsyan, Armenia, with Under the Open Sky (Armenian Panorama Competition).[1]

2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia Armenia
Festival date12 – 17 July 2005
Websitehttp://www.gaiff.am/en/

About the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

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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 2005

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Category Award Film Director Country
International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film The Sun Aleksandr Sokurov   Russia,   Italy,   Switzerland,   France[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film 4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky   Russia[4][5]
Los Muertos (The Dead) Lisandro Alonso   Argentina,   Netherlands,   France[4][5]
Jury Special Mention Paradise Girls Fow Pyng Hu   Netherlands[4][5]
International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film 3 Rooms Of Melancholia Pirjo Honkasalo   Finland,   Sweden,   Denmark,   Germany[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film Moskatchka Annett Schutz   Latvia,   Germany[4][5]
Oh! Man Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi   Italy[4][5]
Armenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Hammer & Flame Von (Vahan) Pilikian   United Kingdom[4][5]
Under the Open Sky Arman Yeritsyan   Armenia[4][5]
The Road Naira Muradyan   Armenia[4][5]
Jury Diploma Born in Fire Suren Ter-Grigoryan   Armenia[4][5]
Planet Zorthian Arno Yeretzian, Sevag Vrej, Harout Arakelian, Lisa Tchakmakian   United States[4][5]
One Balloon Aram Hekinian, Aruna Naimji   United States[4][5]
One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) Serge Avedikian   France[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award Abbas Kiarostami   Iran[4][5]
Krzysztof Zanussi  Poland[4][5]
Nikita Mikhalkov   Russia[4][5]
Prize of the Armenian Filmmakers Union for the Best Director Long Gone (Documentary) Jack Cahil   United States[4][5]
Prizes of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists for the Best Feature Film My Father is an Engineer Robert Guediguian   France[4][5]
Waiting for the Clouds Yesim Ustaoglu   Turkey[4][5]
Hrant Matevosyan Fund Prix for the Best Script in Armenian Panorama The Road Naira Muradyan   Armenia[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of the GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. ^ "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ^ "GAIFF at IMDB". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u IMDB 2nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2005
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "GAIFF Official Website 2nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2005 Winners". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.