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2006-07-17

The Third GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan International Film Festival Awards

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION AWARDS
The international jury chaired by Moritz de Hadeln from Germany and Switzerland, and having as members Kim Dong Ho from South Korea, Sandra den Hamer from the Netherlands, Yesim Ustaoglu from Turkey and Perch Zeytuntsian from Armenia, wishes to make the following statement:

The jury was unanimously impressed by the quality of the feature films selected in competition which underlines the high standard reached by the Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival and the love of its organizers for true cinematographic values.

The Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival, with its rich program, has become in our opinion, with this third edition, an important event on the international festival calendar and is playing an increasing role in promoting Armenian reality, its richness and diversity throughout the world. The jury hopes the Armenian authorities, conscious of these facts, will support with increasing commitment the Festival organizers in the difficult task they are facing so bravely.

The jury was, in its deliberations, also concerned with the state of Armenian film production and wishes to encourage all efforts undertaken to help the rebirth of the new Armenian cinema, by giving new opportunities to the many talented artists and craftsman of this country.

The Jury awards the following prizes:

Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Feature Film
to Hou Hsiao-hsien
for his film ZUI HAO DE SHI GUANG (Three Times)
(Taiwan, China and France)

Silver Apricot 2006 for Feature Films
ex aequo

to Isaki Lacuesta
for his film LA LEYENDA DEL TIEMPO (The Legend of Time)
(Spain)

and
to Robert Guédiguian
for his film LE VOYAGE EN ARMENIE (Trip to Armenia)
(France and Armenia)

Yerevan, July 14, 2006

Moritz de Hadeln, Chairman

Other Prizies

International Documentary Competition

Jury
Godfrey Reggio, USA
Ron Holloway, Germany
Erika de Hadeln, Germany
Ara Mnatsakanyan, Armenia
Mohamad Hashem, Iran

Best Documentary Film - Golden Apricot
“Working Man’s Death”
Director: Michael Glawogger, Austria

Silver Prize
“Estamira”
Director: Markos Prado, Brasil

Jury Special Mention
“Ljudmila and Anatolij”
Director: Gunnar Bergdahl, Sweden

Armenian Panorama Competition

Jury
Arsinee Khanjian, Armenia
Alin Taschian, Turkey
Varouzh Karim Masihi, Iran
Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan, Armenia
Edgar Baghdasaryan, Armenia
Nigol Bezjian, Iran
Tigran Xmalyan, Armenia

Best Film - Golden Apricot
“The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands”
Director: Hrant Hakobyan, Armenia

Award for Emerging Filmmaker

“The Genocide in Me”
Director: Araz Artinyan, Canada

“My Name is Happiness”
Director:Vardan Hakobyan, Russia

“The Lighthouse”
Director: Maria Sahakyan, Russia

Jury Special Mention
Lifetime Achievement Award, Posthumous
Ara Vahuni

“Parajanov’s Thaler” Lifetime Achievement Award
Artavazd Peleshyan, Armenia
Marko Bellocchio, Italy
Antonino Guerra, Italy
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran
Godfrey Reggio, USA

Armenian Filmmakers Union, Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize
(The National Section of FIPRESCI)

“Summer in Berlin”, Director: Andreas Dresen, Germany
“Returner”, Director: Serge Avedikian, France

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Script/Dir.: Marco Bellocchio, Dir. of Phot.: Alberto Marrama, Compos.: Ennio Morricone, Prod. Design.: Gisella Longo, Edit.: Silvano Agosti, Prod.: Enzo Doria.
Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

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