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Jan 26, 2012	Teo Angelopoulos - always in our hearts Being 77 years old, Teodoros Angelopoulos, a Greek filmmaker, one of the world’s most respected representative of cinema, was killed in an accident at the shooting place. Teo Angelopoulos was an Honorary guest for GOLDEN APRICOT IFF in 2010. During the festival was organized the retrospective of the Maestro’s films and he was awarded by “Parajanov’s Thaler” for his outstanding contribution to world cinema.
Jan 17, 2012	Golden Globe to the General Award-Winning Film of GOLDEN APRICOT IFF “Nader and Simin. A Separation” by Asghar Farhadi, the General award-winning film of GOLDEN APRICOT IFF in 2011, won one of the prestigious awards, the Golden Globe Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film.
Dec 23, 2011	The Scriptwriting Documentary Workshop in Armenia is Over Financed by European Union, Eurasiadoc Project together with Directors Across Borders program of Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF have organized a two-week Scriptwriting Documentary Workshop in Armenia for the first time from November 28 to December 11.
Dec 22, 2011	The Subsequent Films of Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform prides itself on producing new films. In October, 2011, Nigol Bezjian’s “A Tour in the Streets of Bolis” and Adrineh Gregorian’s “Back to Gürün” films were shot and currently in the editing stage. Those films will have their world premiere at the 9th Golden Apricot Yerevan Int’l Film Festival.
Nov 26, 2011	“Golden Apricot On the Wheels” Film Festival in Artsakh “Golden Apricot on the Wheels” film festival was held in Artsakh on November 19-21, 2011. Film screenings were organized in Stepanakert and Shushi.