 | |
| Location | Yerevan,  Armenia |
|---|---|
| Festival date | 10 – 15 July 2006 |
| Website | http://www.gaiff.am/en/ |
The 3rd Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia from 10–15 July 2006. The annual festival presented about 120 films from 43 countries. Participants included some of the most highly acclaimed figures of world cinema - such as Marco Bellocchio, Tonino Guerra, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Godfrey Reggio and Artavazd Peleshyan, who were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. More than 110 foreign guests attended the festival, which included filmmakers, actors, producers and distributors. The festival was covered by a number of international media, including Euronews and Arte. The international juries, headed by Moritz de Hadeln (Feature Competition), Godfrey Reggio (Documentary Competition) and Arsinee Khanjian (Armenian Panorama), awarded the following prizes: Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Feature Film to Hou Hsiao-hsien for his film Three Times, (Taiwan/China/France); Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Documentary Film to Workingman's Death by Michael Glawogger, (Austria); and Golden Apricot 2006 for the Best Film in "Armenian Panorama" to The Dwellers of Forgotten Islands by Hrant Hakobyan, (Armenia).
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 2006
| Category | Award | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Feature Competition | Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film | Three Times | Hou Hsiao-hsien |  Taiwan,  China,  France
|
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film | The Legend of Time | Isaki Lacuesta |  Spain
| |
| 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
|
| Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film | Estamira | Marcos Prado |  Brazil
| |
| 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 | Ara Vahuni | Armenia
| |
| Parajanov’s Thaler - Lifetime Achievement Award | Artavazd Peleshyan | Armenia
| ||
| Marko Bellocchio |  Italy
| |||
| Antonio Guerra | Italy
| |||
| Mohsen Makhmalbaf |  Iran
| |||
| Godfrey Reggio |  United States
| |||
| Awards for Emerging Filmmakers | The Genocide in Me | Araz Artinyan |  Canada
| |
| My Name is Happiness | Vardan Hakobyan |  Russia
| ||
| The Lighthouse | Maria Sahakyan | Russia, Armenia
| ||
| Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists Prize | Summer in Berlin | Andreas Dresen |  Germany
| |
| Returner | Serge Avedikian | France
| ||
See also
- Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
- Atom Egoyan
- Serge Avedikian
- Andreas Dresen
- Artavazd Peleshyan
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Godfrey Reggio
- Cinema of Armenia
- 2006 in film
References
- ^ "History of the GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
- "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
- "GAIFF at IMDB". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ^ IMDB 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006
- ^ "GAIFF Official Website 3rd Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2006 Winners". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
| Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| By year | |
| Key people and venues | |