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Jun 10, 2011	Golden Apricot Unveils the Competition Programs The 8th edition of “Golden Apricot” Yerevan International Film Festival will present 4 competition programs: International Feature and Documentary, Armenian Panorama and “Stone” new competition program of shorts.
May 25, 2011	New and Old programs in the Frames of 8th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival The 8th edition of “Golden Apricot” Yerevan International Film Festival will be held in July 10-17, in Yerevan. VivaCell-MTS is the sponsor and faithful partner of the festival.
May 6, 2011	“Films about our poor people never get older”. Harutyun Khachatryan “Return of the Poet” finally took the place it deserved and for the first time won a prize as the Best Film at the Kish First International Film Festival after participating in more than 30 festivals.
Jul 16, 2010	Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy at the main competition of the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT This year Sergei Loznitsa presents his first feature film My Joy at the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT Festival. The film is about a man who veers off the road and gets lost in the wild open spaces of the Russian provinces, becoming immersed in a world that transforms his personality – a world of fear, cruelty and treachery. “When I write a script, a feature film is more looked at, while a documentary is just filmed, the reality is witnessed and the situation is controlled”, said Sergei Loznitsa, mentioning that documentary and feature films can quite often be the same.
Jul 16, 2010	"The director builds a house, and the cinematographer paints that house" Pavel Kostomarov “Once I saw my classmate’s small camera, and asked myself why I had no camera”, confessed director Pavel Kostomarov. “Later, I bought a camera and was completely engaged with photography”. Cinematographer and director Pavel Kostomarov presents his Together in the International documentary competition of the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT Festival. The film is about love and harmony.