Golden Apricot Yerevan
Beautiful name for a festival… this one in Armenia that started yesterday and goes on until July the 19th with an interesting documentary competition programme.
Several films have been written about on filmkommentaren.dk, like ”Cash and Marry” by Atanas Georgiev, ”Good-bye, How are You” by Boris Mitic, ”Letters to the President” by Petr Lom, ”One Man Village” by Simon el-Habre and ”Burma VJ” by Anders Østergaard. 17 films are in competition in Yerevan in the documentary category of a festival that presents itself like this in a quote from the website:
The Golden Apricot festival is different in the sense that it is relatively smaller-scale and much cozier, but it continues to garner genuinely international attention and respect. The films are presented in two international competition sections: features and documentaries. The films are presented in two international competition sections: features and documentaries. One Grand Prize Golden Apricot and one Special Mention are awarded in each category. One Grand Prize Golden Apricot and one Special Mention are awarded in each category. The festival has a special pan-Armenian competitive section – Armenian Panorama – for short, feature, documentary, and animation films produced by filmmakers of Armenian descent. The festival has a special pan-Armenian competitive section – Armenian Panorama – for short, feature, documentary, and animation films produced by filmmakers of Armenian descent. The opening of the festival is always marked with a traditional blessing of apricots, for which Armenia is famous. The opening of the festival is always marked with a traditional blessing of apricots (photo), for which Armenia is famous.
