George Ovashvili's "The Other Bank" wins Golden Apricot Film FestivalJuly 20, 2009 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Golden Apricot 6th International Film Festival has finished in Yerevan. The international jury announced the names of the winners.In the feature film competition Golden Apricot's main prize went to George Ovashvili for his "The Other Bank" (Georgia). Special Prize Silver Apricot went to Michal Rosa for his "Scratch" (Poland). A special prize from the head of Jury went to Ozcan Alper for his "Autumn" (Turkey / Germany). In the documentary competition Golden Apricot's main prize went to Anders Ostergaard for his "Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country" (Denmark). Special Prize Silver Apricot went to Sergey Bukovsky for his "The Living" (Ukraine). Jury Special Prize went to Faiza Ahmad Khan for his "Supermen of Malegaon" In Armenian Panorama competition Golden Apricot's main prize went to Arka Manukyan for his film "With Love and Gratitude" (Armenia). Levon Kalantar for his "Caucasian Niece" (Armenia) and Frédéric Balekdjian for his "A World of Our Own" (France) were awarded Diplomas. FIPRESCI award was given to Ozcan Alper for his "Autumn" (Turkey / Germany). Ecumenical Jury award went to George Ovashvili for his "The Other Bank" (Georgia), gaiff.am reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |