  Golden Apricot 8th international film fest winners announced July 18, 2011 - 10:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan-hosted Golden Apricot 8th international film festival came to an end on July 17, with its closing ceremony held at Latar hotel complex. During the event, the members of the international jury teams announced the results of the festival. Thus, in International Feature Film Competition, a “Golden Apricot” for the best feature film was bestowed upon “Nader and Semin, the Seperation” by an Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. “Silver Apricot” was awarded to “The Journals of Musan” by Park Jungbum. The Special Jury Prize was given to “The Prize” by Paula Markovitch. In International Documentary Film Competition, Golden Apricot went to “The World according to Ion B.” by Alexander Nanau; Silver Apricot was awarded to Summer Pasture” by Lynn True, Nelson Walker III, Tsering Perlo; Magnificent Nothing by Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri was given a Special Mention. In Armenian Panorama Competition Program, Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film and Best Short film went to “Loading My Life” by Haroutyun Shatyan; Silver Apricot went to “The Spaceship” by Emil Mkrttchian; “The Last Hippie of the Pink City” by Anastasia Popova was given Special Mention. In Golden Apricot Stone Competition for Short Films, the Golden Apricot went to Glasgow by Piotr Subbotko; Bicycle by Serhat Karaaslan was given Special Mention. FIPRESCI Jury Prize went to “Mandoo” by Ebrahim Saeedi; Ecumenical Jury awarded “Europolis” by Cornel Gheorghita (Jury Commendation); Steel Gates, Armen Khachatryan. Hrant Matevosyan Prize went to Emil Mkrttchian for the film “The Spaceship”. British Council established a prize, which was awarded to “Loading My Life” by Haroutyun Shatyan. The same film won the “Nvard” prize. The Special Prize of the Armenian Film Academy “Unique Artistic View” went to “The Prize” by Paula Markovitch.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
