# 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

The 2nd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 12–17 July 2005. Entries were submitted from 45 countries such as Russia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Chile, Turkey, Finland, India, Israel, Iran and Canada. Following the selection, 144 films from 37 countries were included into competition and non-competition programs. Included amongst the guests and participants were some of the most highly acclaimed figures of world cinema such as Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Zanussi, and Nikita Mikhalkov who were given Lifetime Achievement Awards. The main prizewinners of the 2nd Golden Apricot Festival were Alexander Sokurov, Russia, with his film The Sun (Feature Film Competition), Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland, with The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Documentary Competition), and Arman Yeritsyan, Armenia, with Under the Open Sky (Armenian Panorama Competition).

## 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 2005

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