Yerevan International Film Festival

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The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF; Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն, romanized: "Voske Tsiran" Yerevani mijazgayin kinop'arraton) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia.^[1] 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 Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia 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".^[2]

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

Opening film	It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
Closing film	Last Station by Harutyun Khachatryan and Nora Armani
Location	Yerevan, Armenia
Founded	2004
Most recent	2025
Directors	Atom Egoyan (Honorary Chairman) Harutyun Khachatryan (General Director) Susanna Harutyunyan (Artistic Director) Mikayel Stamboltsyan (Program Director)
Producers	"Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists
Festival date	Opening: 13 July 2025 (2025-07-13) Closing: 20 July 2025 (2025-07-20)
Language	Armenian, English
Website	www.gaiff.am

History

Atom Egoyan at the third edition of the festival

The "Golden Apricot" Annual Film Festival was established in 2004 in Yerevan, by the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development. Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan was named president of the festival since 2005.^[3]

The Festival is dedicated to the theme of Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations, and features a multitude of films representing various nations and religions, collectively depicting the richness of the human experience.

In 2005, the establishment of a network of filmmakers of the region entitled Directors Across Borders was initiated by the "Golden Apricot" Film Festival.^[4]

Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.^[5]

In 2010, the festival was awarded by the FICTS Plate D'honneur.^[6]

In 2017, festival organizers cancelled the screening of an off-competition program entitled, "Armenians: Internal And External Views", with no reasons given. LGBT activists took to social media to criticize the cancellation, with some claiming that two LGBTQ+-themed films — Apricot Groves and Listen to Me: Untold Stories Beyond Hatred — were the reason for the cancellation. Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian, prominent Armenian Canadian figures in cinema, denounced this cancellation.^[7] An open letter signed by filmmakers, activists, politicians, and others denouncing the cancellation was published,^[8] and LGBTQ+ rights organizations Pink Armenia^[9] and GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society strongly criticized the censorship.^[10] The EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum called on Armenian authorities to fulfill their international commitments, stating that "The incident... runs contrary to the process of Armenia's joining the Creative Europe programme".^[11]

In 2025, 22nd edition of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival was held from 13 July to 20 July. It opened with It Was Just an Accident by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, and closed with the Armenian classic Last Station, 1994 film by Harutyun Khachatryan and Nora Armani.^[12]

Awards and categories of competition

The major awards at the GAIFF are the Golden Apricot and Silver Apricot prizes for feature, documentary and Armenian panorama films. Lifetime achievement is recognized by the Parajonov's Thaler Award, named in honour of Sergei Parajanov.^[13]

The various categories and prize names are as follows:^[14]

International Feature Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Feature Film

2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

International Documentary Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film

2. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

"Apricot Stone" Short Film Competition

1. "Golden Stone" – Best Short Film

2. Special Prize

"Armenian Panorama" National Competition

1. "Golden Apricot" – Best Fiction Film

2. "Golden Apricot" – Best Documentary Film

3. "Silver Apricot" – Special Prize

Winners of the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot main prize for Best Feature Film

Awards GAIFF 2004

Main article: 1st Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Ararat	Atom Egoyan	Canada[15]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	Tale About Pegasus (Armenian: Հեքիաթ թեվավոր ձիու մասին)	Armen Khachatryan	Armenia[15]
Short Film Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Short Film	Je m'appelle	Stéphane Elmadjian	France[15]
Animation and Experimental Film	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	Freedub 1
Jury Special Prize	Jury Special Prize for Best Feature Film	A Place in the World	Artour Aristakisian	Russia[15]
	Jury Special Prize for Best Animation and Experimental Film	Ligne de Vie	Serge Avedikian	France[15]
Special Mention	Special Mention for Best Documentary Film	I Died in Childhood...	Georgiy Paradzhanov	Russia[15]

Awards GAIFF 2005

Main article: 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	The Sun	Alexander Sokurov	Russia, Italy, Switzerland, France[16][17]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	4	Ilya Khrzhanovsky	Russia[16][17]
		Los Muertos (The Dead)	Lisandro Alonso	Argentina, Netherlands, France[16][17]
	Jury Special Mention	Paradise Girls	Fow Pyng Hu	Netherlands[16][17]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	3 Rooms Of Melancholia	Pirjo Honkasalo	Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany[16][17]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	Moskatchka	Annett Schutz	Latvia, Germany[16][17]
		Oh! Man	Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi	Italy[16][17]
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	Hammer & Flame	Von (Vahan) Pilikian	United Kingdom[16][17]
		Under the Open Sky	Arman Yeritsyan	Armenia[16][17]
		The Road	Naira Muradyan	Armenia[16][17]
	Jury Diploma	Born in Fire	Suren Ter-Grigoryan	Armenia[16][17]
		Planet Zorthian	Arno Yeretzian, Sevag Vrej, Harout Arakelian, Lisa Tchakmakian	United States[16][17]
		One Balloon	Aram Hekinian, Aruna Naimji	United States[16][17]
		One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin)	Serge Avedikian	France[16][17]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award			Abbas Kiarostami	Iran[16][17]
			Krzysztof Zanussi	Poland[16][17]
			Nikita Mikhalkov	Russia[16][17]
Prize of the Armenian Filmmakers Union for the Best Director		Long Gone (Documentary)	Jack Cahil	United States[16][17]
Prizes of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists for the Best Feature Film		My Father Is an Engineer	Robert Guédiguian	France[16][17]
		Waiting for the Clouds	Yeşim Ustaoğlu	Turkey[16][17]
Hrant Matevosyan Fund Prix for the Best Script in Armenian Panorama		The Road	Naira Muradyan	Armenia[16][17]

Awards GAIFF 2006

Main article: 3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Three Times	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Taiwan, China, France[18][19]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	The Legend of Time	Isaki Lacuesta	Spain[18][19]
		Trip To Armenia (Le voyage en Arménie)	Robert Guédiguian	France[18][19]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	Workingman's Death	Michael Glawogger	Austria[18][19]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	Estamira	Marcos Prado	Brazil[18][19]
	Jury Special Mention	Ljudmila & Anatolij	Gunnar Bergdahl	Sweden[18][19]
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands	Hrant Hakobyan	Armenia[18][19]
Jury Special Mention	Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award		Ara Vahuni	Armenia[18][19]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award			Artavazd Peleshyan	Armenia[18][19]
			Marko Bellocchio	Italy[18][19]
			Tonino Guerra	Italy[18][19]
			Mohsen Makhmalbaf	Iran[18][19]
			Godfrey Reggio	United States[18][19]
Awards for Emerging Filmmakers		The Genocide in Me	Araz Artinyan	Canada[18][19]
		My Name is Happiness	Vardan Hakobyan	Russia[18][19]
		The Lighthouse	Maria Sahakyan	Russia, Armenia[18][19]
Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize		Summer in Berlin	Andreas Dresen	Germany[18][19]
		Returner	Serge Avedikian	France[18][19]

Awards GAIFF 2007

Main article: 4th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Import/Export	Ulrich Seidl	Austria[20][21]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Nuovomondo	Emanuele Crialese	Italy, France[20][21]
	Jury Diploma	Flanders	Bruno Dumont	France[20][21]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	A Story of People in War and Peace	Vardan Hovhannisyan	Armenia[20][21]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	The White She-Camel	Christiaens Xavier	Belgium[20][21]
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	Screamers	Carla Garapedian	United Kingdom[20][21]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film	A Story of People in War and Peace	Vardan Hovhannisyan	Armenia[20][21]
	Jury Diploma	Graffiti	Igor Apasyan	Russia[20][21]
		Seven Indian Boys	Ashot Mkrtchyan	Armenia[20][21]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award			Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Italy[20][21]
FIPRESCI Award		A Story of People in War and Peace	Vardan Hovhannisyan	Armenia[20][21]
Ecumenical Jury Awards		A Story of People in War and Peace	Vardan Hovhannisyan	Armenia[20][21]
		Screamers	Carla Garapedian	United Kingdom[20][21]
Wishing-Tree Prize		Dinner Time	Gor Baghdasaryan	Armenia[20][21]

Awards GAIFF 2008

Main article: 5th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Mermaid	Anna Melikian	Russia[22][23]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Lemon Tree	Eran Riklis	Israel, France, Germany[22][23]
		Wonderful Town	Aditya Assarat	Thailand[22][23]
	Jury Diploma	End of the Earth	Abolfazl Saffary	Iran[22][23]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	Women See Lot of Things	Meira Asher	Netherlands[22][23]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	Lakshmi and Me	Nishtha Jain	India, United States, Finland, Denmark[22][23]
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	The Blue Hour	Eric Nazarian	United States[22][23]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film	Gata	Diana Mkrtchyan	Russia[22][23]
	Jury Diploma	Jrarat, Miniatures	Mariam Ohanyan	Armenia[22][23]
Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to			Michelangelo Antonioni	Italy[22][23]
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award			Wim Wenders	Germany[22][23]
			Dariush Mehrjui	Iran[22][23]
Special Silver Apricot – Pour l’Audance Artistique et Humaine			Catherine Breillat	France[22][23]
FIPRESCI Award		My Marlon and Brando	Huseyin Karabey	Turkey[22][23]
Ecumenical Jury Award		The Blue Hour	Eric Nazarian	United States[22][23]
Jury Diploma		My Marlon and Brando	Huseyin Karabey	Turkey[22][23]

Awards GAIFF 2009

Main article: 6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	The Other Bank	Giorgi Ovashvili	Georgia, Kazakhstan[24][25]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Scratch	Michał Rosa	Poland[24][25]
	Jury Diploma	Autumn	Özcan Alper	Turkey, Germany[24][25]
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country	Anders Østergaard	Denmark[24][25]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	The Living	Sergey Bukovsky	Ukraine[24][25]
	Jury Special Mention	Supermen of Malegaon	Faiza Ahmad Khan	India, Singapore, Japan[24][25]
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	With Love and Gratitude	Arka Manukyan	Armenia[24][25]
	Jury Diploma	Caucasian Niece	Levon Kalantar	Armenia[24][25]
		A World of Our Own	Frédéric Balekdjian	France[24][25]
Special Prize "Master"			Kōhei Oguri	Japan[24][25]
			Rob Nilsson	United States[24][25]
			Sergei Solovyov	Russia[24][25]
FIPRESCI Award		Autumn	Özcan Alper	Turkey, Germany[24][25]
Ecumenical Jury Award		The Other Bank	Giorgi Ovashvili	Georgia, Kazakhstan[24][25]

Awards GAIFF 2010

Main article: 7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Cosmos	Reha Erdem	Turkey, Bulgaria[26][27]
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	My Joy	Sergei Loznitsa	Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	Together	Pavel Kostomarov	Russia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	The Woman With Five Elephants	Vadim Jendreyko	Germany, Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia	Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan	Armenia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film	Down Here	Comes Chahbazian	Belgium, France
	Jury Special Mention	Uncle Valya	Nikolay Davtyan	Armenia
Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to			Henri Verneuil	Armenia, France
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award"			Theo Angelopoulos	Greece
			Claudia Cardinale	Italy
Special Prize "Master"			Claire Denis	France
			Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	Iceland
			Lee Chang-dong	South Korea
			Stanislav Govorukhin	Russia
FIPRESCI Award		On the Path	Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, Germany
Ecumenical Jury Award		Don’t Look in the Mirror	Suren Babayan	Armenia
Jury Diploma		How I Ended This Summer	Alexei Popogrebski	Russia
British Council Award		Lernavan	Marat Sargsyan	Lithuania
Hrant Matevosyan Award

Awards GAIFF 2011

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	A Separation	Asghar Farhadi	Iran
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	The Journals of Musan	Park Jung-bum	South Korea
	Jury Special Prize	The Prize	Paula Markovitch	Mexico, France, Poland, Germany
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	The World According to Ion B.	Alexander Nanau	Russia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	Summer Pasture	Lynn True, Nelson Walker III, Tsering Perlo	United States, China
	Jury Special Mention	Magnificent Nothing	Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri	Iran
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Armenian Film	Loading My Life	Haroutyun Shatyan	Armenia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film	The Spaceship	Emil Mkrttchian	Sweden
	Jury Special Mention	The Last Hippie of the Pink City	Anastasia Popova	Russia
Apricot Stone	Golden Apricot	Glasgow	Piotr Subbotko	Poland
	Jury Special Mention	Bicycle	Serhat Karaaslan	Turkey
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award			Béla Tarr	Hungary
			Fanny Ardant	France
			Roman Balayan	Ukraine
Special Prize "Master"			Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey
			Wojciech Marczewski	Poland
			Alexei Uchitel	Russia
FIPRESCI Award		Mandoo	Ebrahim Saeedi	Iraq
Ecumenical Jury Award		Europolis	Cornel Gheorghita	Romania, France
Jury Commendation		Steel Gates	Armen Khachatryan	Armenia
Armenian National Film Academy Award		The Prize	Paula Markovitch	Mexico, France, Poland, Germany
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award		Loading My Life	Haroutyun Shatyan	Armenia
British Council Award		Loading My Life	Haroutyun Shatyan	Armenia
Hrant Matevosyan Award		The Spaceship	Emil Mkrttchian	Sweden

Awards GAIFF 2012^[28]

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	In the Fog	Sergei Loznitsa	Belarus, Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	It Looks Pretty From a Distance	Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal	Poland
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	5 Broken Cameras	Emad Burnat Guy Davidi	Palestine
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock,	Aleksei Vakhrushev	Russia
	Jury Special Mention	Bakhmaro	Salome Jash	Georgia, Germany
Armenian Panorama Competition	Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot	If Only Everyone	Natalya Belyauskene	Armenia
	Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot	Armenian Rhapsody	Cassiana Der Haroutiounian Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian	Brazil
	Silver Apricot for Armenian Panorama	Nana	Valerie Massadian	France
Apricot Stone	Golden Apricot	When We Die At Night	Eduardo Morotó	Brazil
	Jury Special Mention	Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode	Mikhail Mestetsky	Russia
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award"			Víctor Erice	Spain
			Agnieszka Holland	Poland
			Eldar Shengelaia	Georgia
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light"			Alexander Sokurov	Russia
FIPRESCI Award		The First Rains of Spring	Yerlan Nurmukhambetov Sano Shinju	Japan, Kazakhstan
Ecumenical Jury Award		If Only Everyone	Natalya Belyauskene	Armenia
Jury Commendation		Future Lasts Forever	Özcan Alper	Turkey
Armenian National Film Academy Award		Grandma's Tattoos	Suzanne Khardalian	Sweden
British Council Award		Armenian Rhapsody	Cassiana Der Haroutiounian Cesar Gananian, Gary Gananian	Brazil
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award		With Fidel Whatever Happens	Goran Radovanovic	Serbia
Hrant Matevosyan Award		Bad Father	Tigrane Avedikian	France

Awards GAIFF 2013^[29]

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Circles	Srdan Golubović	Germany, Serbia,France, Croatia, Slovenia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Parviz	Majid Barzegar	Iran
	Jury Special Mention	Araf – Somewhere In-Between	Yeşim Ustaoğlu	Germany,Franc, Turkey
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	The Last Black Sea Pirates	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Bulgaria
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film	A World Not Ours	Mahdi Fleifel	United Kingdom
Armenian Panorama Competition	Best Armenian Fiction Film - Golden Apricot	I Am Going To Change My Name	Maria Sahakyan	Armenia, Russia, Denmark
	Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot	Saroyanland	Lusin Dink	Armenia,France,Turkey
Apricot Stone	Golden Apricot	Welcome and… Our Condolences	Leonid Prudovsky	Israel
	Jury Special Mention	The Mother	Łukasz Ostalski	Poland
		The Swing of the Coffin Maker	Elmár Imánov	Germany
	Jury Diploma	Rhino Full Throttle	Erik Schmitt	Germany
Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award"			Charles Aznavour	France, Armenia
			István Szabó	Hungary
			Margarethe von Trotta	Germany
			Jos Stelling	Netherlands
			Nerses Hovhannisyan	Armenia
Special Prize Master			Ulrich Seidl	Austria
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light"			Artavazd Peleshyan	Armenia
British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition		Embers	Tamara Stepanyan	Armenia, Lebanon, Qatar
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award		A Mere Life	Sanghun Park	South Korea
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition		Broken Childhood	Jivan Avetisyan	Armenia

Awards GAIFF 2014

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	The Tribe	Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi	Ukraine
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Blind Dates	Levan Koguashvili	Georgia, Ukraine
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Documentary Film	The Stone River	Giovanni Donfrancesco	Italy, France
	[Domino Effect	Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski	Poland, Germany
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot	Milky Brother	Vahram Mkhitaryan	Armenia Poland
	Golden Apricot	Tevanik	Jivan Avetisyan	Armenia, Lithuania
	Silver Apricot	Romaticists	Shoghik Tedevosyan, Areg Azatyan	Armenia
	Jury Diploma	Please Be Normal	Haik Kocharian	United States
Apricot Stone	Golden Apricot	Though I Know the River Is Dry	Omar Robert Hamilton	Palestine, Egypt, Qatar, United Kingdom
	Jury Special Prize	Red Hulk	Assimina Proedrou	Greece
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema			Jia Zhangke	China
			Kim Ki-duk	South Korea
			Amos Gitai	Israel
			Otar Iosseliani	Georgia,
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement			Marco Müller	Italy
Special Prize Master			Christian Berger	Austria
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light"			Krzysztof Zanussi	Poland
FIPRESCI Jury Award		The Tribe	Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi	Ukraine
EcumenicalL Jury Award		The Abode	Lusine Sargsyan	Armenia
Special Commendation		Blind Dates	Levan Koguashvili	Georgia,
Armenian Filmmakers Union Award		Andin: Armenian Journey Chronicles	Ruben Giney	Armenia, China, Russia, India
		Please Be Normal	Haik Kocharian	United States
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition		Milky Brother	Vahram Mkhitaryan	Armenia Poland
Armen Mazmanian Special Award		Resurrection	Alain Manoukyan	Armenia

Awards GAIFF 2015

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Embrace of the Serpent	Ciro Guerra	Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	End of Winter	Kim Dae-hwan	South Korea
	Jury Special Mention	Ixcanul	Jayro Bustamant	Guatemala, France
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot	The Creation of Meaning	Simone Rapisarda Casanova	Canada, Italy
	Silver Apricot	A German Youth	Jean-Gabriel Périot	France, Germany, Switzerland
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot	The Doctor	Anna Goroyan	Russia
		One, Two, Three…	Arman Yeritsyan	Armenia, Germany, Norway
	Jury Special Mention	Back To Gürün	Adrineh Gregorian	Armenia
Apricot Stone	Golden Apricot	Everything Will Be Okay	Patrick Vollrath	Austria,Germany
	Jury Special Prize	Chelleh	Davood Khayyam	Iran
	Jury Special Mention	Family For Sale	Sébastien Petretti	Belgium
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema			Ornella Muti	Italy
			Nastassja Kinski	Germany
Special Prize Master			Patrick Chesnais	France
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light"			Robert Guédiguian	France
FIPRESCI Jury Award		Moskvich, my love	Aram Shahbazyan	Armenia, Russia, France
Ecumenical Jury Award		Moskvich, my love	Aram Shahbazyan	Armenia, Russia, France
Special Commendation		Sivas	Kaan Müjdeci	Germany, Turkey
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition		The Road	Gagik Madoyan	Armenia
Audience Award		Sanctuary	Marc Brummund	Germany,

Awards GAIFF 2016

Category	Award	Film	Director	Country
International Feature Competition	Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film	Ungiven	Branko Schmidt	Croatia
	Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film	Immortal	Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh	Iran
	Jury Special Mention	The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father And His Son	Iglika Triffonova	Bulgaria, Sweden, Netherlands
International Documentary Competition	Golden Apricot	Across the Don	Evgeny Grigoriev	Russia
	Silver Apricot	Don Juan	Jerzy Sladkowski	Sweden, Finland
	Jury Special Mention	Curumim	Marcos Prado	Brazil
Armenian Panorama Competition	Golden Apricot	Leopard's Silence		France
		Good Morning	Anna Arevshatyan	Armenia
		Stony Paths	Arnaud Khayadjanian	France
	Jury Special Mention	28:94 Local Time	David Safarian	Armenia, Germany, Netherlands
Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema			Jacqueline Bisset	United States
			Želimir Žilnik	Serbia
			Ruben Gevorgyants	Armenia
Special Prize Master			Fred Kelemen	Germany
			Vitaly Mansky	Russia
Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light"			Roman Balayan	Armenia, Ukraine
FIPRESCI Jury Award		Ungiven	Branko Schmidt	Croatia
Ecumenical Jury Award		Immortal	Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh	Iran
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition		28:94 Local Time	David Safarian	Armenia, Germany, Netherlands
Festival's president Award		About Love	Anna Melikian	Russia

See also

• Media of Armenia