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The Winners of 6th Golden Apricot

July 19, 2009 15:45

The international jury awards of the 6th Golden Apricot International Film Festival went to:

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION

Grand Prix - Golden Apricot to George Ovashvili for his “The Other Bank” (Georgia/ Kazakhstan)

Special Jury Prize- Silver Apricot to Michal Rosa for his “Scratch” (Poland)

A Special Prize from Kohei Oguri, Head of the Jurywent to Özcan Alper for his “Autumn” (Turkey / Germany)

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Grand Prix - Golden Apricot to Anders Østergaard for his “Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country” (Denmark)

Special Jury Prize- Silver Apricot to Sergey Bukovsky for his “The Living” (Ukraine)

Jury Special Diploma to Faiza Ahmad Khan for his “Supermen of Malegaon” (India)

ARMENIAN PANORAMA COMPETITION

Grand Prix - Golden Apricot to Arka Manukyan for his “With Love and Gratitude” (Armenia)

A Diploma to Levon Kalantar for his “Caucasian Niece” (Armenia)

A Diploma to Frédéric Balekdjian for his “A World of Our Own” (France)

FIPRESCI Award

• to Özcan Alper for his “Autumn” (Turkey / Germany)

Ecumenical Jury Award

• to George Ovashvili for his “The Other Bank” (Georgia)

Special Prize from the Ministry of Diaspora of the RA

• to Varuj Karim Massihi for “Hesitation” (Iran)