Lee Chang-dong
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.