# Yerevan International Film Festival

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. 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".

## History

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.
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.
Since 2005 "Golden Apricot" has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament.
In 2010, the festival was awarded by the FICTS Plate D'honneur.
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. An open letter signed by filmmakers, activists, politicians, and others denouncing the cancellation was published, and LGBTQ+ rights organizations Pink Armenia and GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society strongly criticized the censorship. 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".

## 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.
The various categories and prize names are as follows:

### 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

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

### Awards GAIFF 2005

| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | The Sun | Alexander 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 Guédiguian | 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 | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | 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 |

### Awards GAIFF 2006

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

### 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 |

### Awards GAIFF 2008

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

### Awards GAIFF 2009

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

### Awards GAIFF 2010

| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Cosmos | Reha Erdem | Turkey, Bulgaria |
| International Feature Competition | 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 |
| International Documentary Competition | 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 |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Silver Apricot Special Prize for Armenian Film | Down Here | Comes Chahbazian | Belgium, France |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Jury Special Mention | Uncle Valya | Nikolay Davtyan | Armenia |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to | Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to | Parajanov's Thaler – Tribute to | Henri Verneuil | Armenia, France |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Claudia Cardinale | Italy |
| Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Claire Denis | France |
| Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Iceland |
| Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Special Prize "Master" | Stanislav Govorukhin | Russia |
| FIPRESCI Award | FIPRESCI Award | On the Path | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, Germany |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Ecumenical Jury Award | Don’t Look in the Mirror | Suren Babayan | Armenia |
| Jury Diploma | Jury Diploma | How I Ended This Summer | Alexei Popogrebski | Russia |
| British Council Award | British Council Award | Lernavan | Marat Sargsyan | Lithuania |
| Lithuania ||

### Awards GAIFF 2011

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

### Awards GAIFF 2012

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

### Awards GAIFF 2013

| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Circles | Srdan Golubović | Germany, Serbia,France, Croatia, Slovenia |
| International Feature Competition | Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Parviz | Majid Barzegar | Iran |
| International Feature Competition | 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 |
| International Documentary Competition | 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 |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Best Armenian Documentary - Golden Apricot | Saroyanland | Lusin Dink | Armenia,France,Turkey |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Welcome and… Our Condolences | Leonid Prudovsky | Israel |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Special Mention | The Mother | Łukasz Ostalski | Poland |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Special Mention | The Swing of the Coffin Maker | Elmár Imánov | Germany |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Diploma | Rhino Full Throttle | Erik Schmitt | Germany |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Charles Aznavour | France, Armenia |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | István Szabó | Hungary |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Parajanov's Thaler – Lifetime Achievement Award" | Nerses Hovhannisyan | Armenia |
| Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia |
| British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition | British Council Award for the Armenian Panorama Competition | Embers | Tamara Stepanyan | Armenia, Lebanon, Qatar |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | A Mere Life | Sanghun Park | South Korea |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | 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 |
| International Feature Competition | 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 |
| International Documentary Competition | [Domino Effect | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski | Poland, Germany |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Milky Brother | Vahram Mkhitaryan | Armenia Poland |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Tevanik | Jivan Avetisyan | Armenia, Lithuania |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Silver Apricot | Romaticists | Shoghik Tedevosyan, Areg Azatyan | Armenia |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | 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 |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Special Prize | Red Hulk | Assimina Proedrou | Greece |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Amos Gitai | Israel |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Otar Iosseliani | Georgia, |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding contribution into world festival movement | Marco Müller | Italy |
| Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Christian Berger | Austria |
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | FIPRESCI Jury Award | The Tribe | Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Ukraine |
| EcumenicalL Jury Award | EcumenicalL Jury Award | The Abode | Lusine Sargsyan | Armenia |
| Special Commendation | Special Commendation | Blind Dates | Levan Koguashvili | Georgia, |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Andin: Armenian Journey Chronicles | Ruben Giney | Armenia, China, Russia, India |
| Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Armenian Filmmakers Union Award | Please Be Normal | Haik Kocharian | United States |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Milky Brother | Vahram Mkhitaryan | Armenia Poland |
| Armen Mazmanian Special Award | 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 |
| International Feature Competition | Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | End of Winter | Kim Dae-hwan | South Korea |
| International Feature Competition | Jury Special Mention | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamant | Guatemala, France |
| International Documentary Competition | Golden Apricot | The Creation of Meaning | Simone Rapisarda Casanova | Canada, Italy |
| International Documentary Competition | Silver Apricot | A German Youth | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France, Germany, Switzerland |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | The Doctor | Anna Goroyan | Russia |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | One, Two, Three… | Arman Yeritsyan | Armenia, Germany, Norway |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Jury Special Mention | Back To Gürün | Adrineh Gregorian | Armenia |
| Apricot Stone | Golden Apricot | Everything Will Be Okay | Patrick Vollrath | Austria,Germany |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Special Prize | Chelleh | Davood Khayyam | Iran |
| Apricot Stone | Jury Special Mention | Family For Sale | Sébastien Petretti | Belgium |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Ornella Muti | Italy |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Nastassja Kinski | Germany |
| Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Patrick Chesnais | France |
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | FIPRESCI Jury Award | Moskvich, my love | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Russia, France |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Ecumenical Jury Award | Moskvich, my love | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Russia, France |
| Special Commendation | Special Commendation | Sivas | Kaan Müjdeci | Germany, Turkey |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | The Road | Gagik Madoyan | Armenia |
| Audience Award | 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 |
| International Feature Competition | Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| International Feature Competition | 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 |
| International Documentary Competition | Silver Apricot | Don Juan | Jerzy Sladkowski | Sweden, Finland |
| International Documentary Competition | Jury Special Mention | Curumim | Marcos Prado | Brazil |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Leopard's Silence | | France |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Good Morning | Anna Arevshatyan | Armenia |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Golden Apricot | Stony Paths | Arnaud Khayadjanian | France |
| Armenian Panorama Competition | Jury Special Mention | 28:94 Local Time | David Safarian | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Jacqueline Bisset | United States |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Želimir Žilnik | Serbia |
| Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Parajanov's Thaler – For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema | Ruben Gevorgyants | Armenia |
| Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Fred Kelemen | Germany |
| Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Special Prize Master | Vitaly Mansky | Russia |
| Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Award of the Apostolic Church of Armenia – "Let There Be Light" | Roman Balayan | Armenia, Ukraine |
| FIPRESCI Jury Award | FIPRESCI Jury Award | Ungiven | Branko Schmidt | Croatia |
| Ecumenical Jury Award | Ecumenical Jury Award | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Hrant Matevosyan Award for the best script in the Armenian Panorama Competition | 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 | Festival's president Award | About Love | Anna Melikian | Russia |