The winners of the "Golden Apricot" International Film Festival have been announced.
20-07-2026 11:00 Armenia Culture
The 23rd "Golden Apricot" International Film Festival in Yerevan concluded with a solemn ceremony held at the Cinema House, during which the names of the award winners were announced.
The "Golden Apricot" International Film Festival is held with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia as a budgetary program in the field of cinema.
In the international feature film competition, the festival's grand prize, the "Golden Apricot," was awarded to Melagros Mumentalari's film "The Currents." The "Silver Apricot" went to Morteza Ahmadvandi and Firuze Khosrovani's film "Past, Future, Continuous," while Sebastian Brameshuber's film "London" received a special mention from the international jury.
In the regional competition, the "Golden Apricot" was awarded to Amir Azizi's film "Inside Amir," while the "Silver Apricot" went to Alexandre Koberidze's film "Dry Leaf." "Dry Leaf" also received the FIPRESCI award, which is granted by the International Federation of Film Critics.
In the short film competition "Core," the "Golden Apricot" was awarded to Serouj Hovsepyan's film "Dialogues Solitaire." The film also received the special award named after Genadi Melkonyan. In the category, the "Silver Apricot" was awarded to Ovsanna Gevorgyan's film "Paid Mourners."
The jury also granted special mentions to Sona Khachatryan's film "Relic" and Arthur Sahakyan's film "Together Alone." Teresa Nvotova's film "The Father" also received the distribution award in Armenia and Georgia, which includes a monetary support of 6,000 euros to ensure the regional distribution of the film.
The festival's "Parajanov Thaler" award was presented to the chair of the regional competition jury, Mahmoud Kalari, while the "Master" award was given to Hollywood producer Sev Ohanian. The "Master" award was also awarded to film historian and director Mark Cousins.
The festival concluded with a screening of Godfrey Reggio's film "Zhukov-Time."
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
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