AWARDS / WINNERS

''PARAJANOV’S THALER''


Parajanov’s Thaler – for outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema In 1976 when Sergei Parajanov was imprisoned, he carved figures with his fingernails on the aluminum lids of milk bottles and called them "Thalers"

Today they are in Yerevan, in the museum of S. Parajanov. A Prize represents a silver copy of one of these coins.



GOLDEN APRICOT
* Golden Apricot - for Best Film, International Competition
* Golden Apricot - for Best Short Film
* Golden Apricot - for Best Film, Regional Competition

SILVER APRICOT
* Silver Apricot - Special Prize, International Competition
* Silver Apricot - Special Prize for Short Film
* Silver Apricot - Special Prize, Regional Competition

WINNERS

HONORARY AWARDS

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA
Atom Egoyan (Canada)
PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA
Kevin Spacey (USA)
PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA
Jafar Panahi (Iran)
PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA
Alexander Payne (USA)
SPECIAL PRIZE MASTER
Tarsem Singh (USA)
SPECIAL PRIZE MASTER
Krikor Beledian (Franse)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CIRETTA
Caroline von der Tann
Italy / Germany
A STRANGE PATH
Guto Parente
Brazil
SOLITUDE
Ninna Pálmadóttir
Iceland/Slovakia/France

REGIONAL PANORAMA

WE ARE INSIDE
Farah Kassem
Lebanon / Qatar / Denmark
MY STOLEN PLANET
Farahnaz Sharifi
Germany/Iran
THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT
Emily Mkrtichian
USA / Armenia

APRICOT STONE

HOME
Hrant Varzhapetyan
Armenia / Russia
ARMAT
Anna Mkrtumyan
Armenia / Portugal / Belgium / Hungary

NON-OFFICIAL AWARDS

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT
Emily Mkrtichian
USA / Armenia
HOME
Hrant Varzhapetyan
Armenia / Russia