GOLDEN APRICOT IFF 2017: FACTS AND FIGURES

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TS FIGAN URD ES

6 200 000 3 200 000 drams,

Attendance

Total prize money:

out of which WENT TO THE WINNERS OF THE ARMENIAN PANORAMA COMPETITION.

GOLDEN APRICOT awards all prize money from the

50 million

dram financial support provided by the RA MINISTRY OF CULTURE, out of which

23-24 million

are returned to the state in the form of taxes.

INDUSTRY DAYS ARMENIA-TURKEY CINEMA PLATFORM Winning projects

Marc and Marc and Kiko Naira Muradyan - €5,000 Cosi la vita Güliz Saglam - €2,500

CREATIVE EUROPE FORUM 38 Armenian projects Panel discussions, Q&A’s, individual meetings with international film experts and producers.

Awarded project: Voldemar - Aren Malakyan - $1000 Overall, since 2007, Golden Apricot’s co-production platforms have provided € 69 000 and $ 158 000 to various film projects, out of which € 27 000 and $ 101 000 have gone to Armenian filmmakers.

LET THERE BE LIGHT AWARD TO TIGRAN MANSURYAN

MASTER CLASSES AGBU CENTER • • • • •

Boris Khlebnikov – Russian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi – Hungarian filmmaker, Feature Competition jury member Ciro Guerra – Colombian filmmaker, Feature Competition jury member Tom McSorley – Executive director of the Canadian Film Institute, Feature Competition jury member Roger Koza – Argentine film critic, FIPRESCI jury member

TUMO •

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Fred Kelemen – German film director and cinematographer Tom Fassaert – Dutch filmmaker, Documentary Competition jury member Eugene Corr – American filmmaker, Documentary Competition jury president

OPENING FILM Khas-Push (Hamo Beknazaryan, Armenia, 1927) Through the festival’s efforts, a newly digitized version of this Armenian classic was screened.

CLOSING FILM Intent to Destroy (Joe Berlinger, USA, 2017) Documents the fascinating story of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide.

WINNERS Feature Competition Golden Apricot – Sexy Durga, Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Silver Apricot – Arábia, Affonso Uchôa & João Dumans Special Mention – Western, Valeska Grisebach Documentary Competition Golden Apricot – Ghost Hunting, Raed Andoni Silver Apricot – Mother Derdo and the Walnut Tree, Serdar Onal Special Mention – Village People, Tztevan Dragnev Armenian Panorama, Feature Golden Apricot – Donald Cried, Kris Avedisian Special Mention for Actor in a Leading Role – Samvel Tadevossian in The Line Armenian Panorama, Documentary Golden Apricot – Those from the Shore, Tamara Stepanyan Special Mention – Origines, Ashot Mkrtchyan Armenian Panorama, Short Golden Apricot –Head Above Water, Eric Shahinian Hrant Matevossian Award for Best Script Donald Cried, Kris Avedisian FIPRESCI Prize A Man of Integrity, Mohammad Rasoulof

YEREVAN PREMIERES

The Square (Ruben Östlund) – Cannes FF Palm d’Or In the Fade (Fatih Akin) – Cannes FF Best Actress A Gentle Creature (Sergei Loznitsa) – Cannes FF Official Selection The Double Lover (François Ozon) – Cannes FF Official Selection The Day After (Hong Sang-soo) – Cannes FF Official Selection On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi) – Berlin IFF Golden Bear Award The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki) – Berlin IFF Silver Bear for Best Director The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz) – Venice IFF Golden Lion Award Arrhythmia (Boris Khlebnikov) – Kinotavr FF Grand Prize The Net (Kim Ki-duk) A Family Affair (Tom Fassaert) Ghost Town to Havana (Eugene Corr & Roberto “Chile” Perez) Six Musicians and the City (Tatiana Daniliyants) A Touch of Wind (Olga Veremeeva & Elena Demidova) The Old Man and the City (Grigor Harutyunyan)

TRIBUTES • Yuri Yerznkyan-95 • Frunze Dovlatyan-90 • Sergey Israelyan-80 In celebration of their anniversaries, 3 stars dedicated to these Armenian filmmakers were placed on Charles Aznavour square.

• Ruben Gevorgyants In honor of the documentary filmmaker who sadly passed away not long before the festival, Golden Apricot screened his 1980 film A Kind Trace.

• Andrzej Wajda In memoriam of the Polish master, who passed away last year, his last film Afterimage (2016) was screened.

RETROSPECTIVES • Hugh Hudson British filmmaker, Feature Competition jury president • Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) One of the most prominent French filmmakers, who would have been 100 years old this year