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. 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.
About the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) () is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia. 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".GAIFF at IMDB
Awards GAIFF 2007 Category Award Film Director Country International Feature Competition Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film Import/Export Ulrich Seidl AustriaIMDB 4th Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007 Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film Nuovomondo Emanuele Crialese Italy, France Jury Diploma Flanders Bruno Dumont France International Documentary Competition Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film The White She-Camel Christiaens Xavier BelgiumArmenian Panorama Competition Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film Screamers Carla Garapedian United Kingdom Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan ArmeniaJury Diploma Graffiti Igor Apasyan Russia Seven Indian Boys Ashot Mkrtchyan ArmeniaParajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award Paolo and Vittorio Taviani ItalyFIPRESCI Award A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan ArmeniaEcumenical Jury Awards A Story of People in War and Peace Vardan Hovhannisyan Armenia Screamers Carla Garapedian United KingdomWishing-Tree Prize Dinner Time Gor Baghdasaryan Armenia
See also Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Atom Egoyan Serge Avedikian Bruno Dumont Leos Carax Carla Garapedian Lee Chang-dong Andrey Zvyagintsev Vardan Hovhannisyan Cinema of Armenia 2007 in film
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