3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

The 3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 10–15 July 2006. The annual festival presented about 120 films from 43 countries.[1] Participants included some of the most highly acclaimed figures of world cinema - such as Marco Bellocchio, Tonino Guerra, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Godfrey Reggio and Artavazd Peleshyan, who were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. More than 110 foreign guests attended the festival, which included filmmakers, actors, producers and distributors. The festival was covered by a number of international media, including Euronews and Arte. The international juries, headed by Moritz de Hadeln (Feature Competition), Godfrey Reggio (Documentary Competition) and Arsinee Khanjian (Armenian Panorama), awarded the following prizes: Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Feature Film to Hou Hsiao-hsien for his film Three Times, (Taiwan/China/France); Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Documentary Film to Workingman's Death by Michael Glawogger, (Austria); and Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Film in "Armenian Panorama" to The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands by Hrant Hakobyan, (Armenia).[1]

3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia
Festival date10 – 15 July 2006
Websitehttp://www.gaiff.am/en/

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 2006
CategoryAwardFilmDirectorCountry
International Feature CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Feature FilmThree TimesHou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan, China, France[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature FilmThe Legend of TimeIsaki Lacuesta Spain[4][5]
Trip To Armenia (Le voyage en Arménie)Robert Guédiguian France[4][5]
International Documentary CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Documentary FilmWorkingman's DeathMichael Glawogger Austria[4][5]
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary FilmEstamiraMarcos Prado Brazil[4][5]
Jury Special MentionLjudmila & AnatolijGunnar Bergdahl Sweden[4][5]
Armenian Panorama CompetitionGolden Apricot for Best Armenian FilmThe Dwellers of Forgotten IslandsHrant Hakobyan Armenia[4][5]
Jury Special MentionPosthumous Lifetime Achievement AwardAra Vahuni Armenia[4][5]
Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement AwardArtavazd Peleshyan Armenia[4][5]
Marko Bellocchio Italy[4][5]
Antonio Guerra Italy[4][5]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran[4][5]
Godfrey Reggio United States[4][5]
Awards for Emerging FilmmakersThe Genocide in MeAraz Artinyan Canada[4][5]
My Name is HappinessVardan Hakobyan Russia[4][5]
The LighthouseMaria Sahakyan Russia, Armenia[4][5]
Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists PrizeSummer in BerlinAndreas Dresen Germany[4][5]
ReturnerSerge Avedikian France[4][5]

See also

References
  1. History of the GAIFF
  2. Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF
  3. GAIFF at IMDB
  4. IMDB 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006
  5. "GAIFF Official Website 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006 Winners". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
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