# 4th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

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) (Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) 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".

## Awards GAIFF 2007

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