Press Release
November 14, 2005
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
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Yerevan International Film Festival GOLDEN APRICOT

10-15 July 2006

Yerevan International Film Festival GOLDEN APRICOT is excited to announce the call for entries for the 3rd edition of the festival, which will take place on 10 – 15 July, 2006 in Yerevan , Armenia .

The main theme of the festival is Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations. We invite directors and their films from around the world, borne of different cultures and a variety of aesthetics to convene in Yerevan , on the crossroads of yesterday's and today's cultures. The films will be presented in two international competition sections: features and documentaries produced in 2004-2006. One Grand Prize Golden Apricot and one Special Mention will be awarded in each category.

The festival has a special pan-Armenian competitive section Armenian Panorama for short, feature, documentary, and animation films produced in 2004-2006 by filmmakers of Armenian descent.

The 3rd Yerevan International Film Festival will also feature the following sections: Yerevan Premieres offering the best recent art-house films, Retrospectives of the works of world famous directors, and other sections and events.

Over 140 films from 37 countries were shown at the last festival. The festival has honored famous filmmakers as Atom Egoyan, Krzsystof Zanussi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jos Stelling, Nikita Mikhalkov, and many others.

ENTRY INFORMATION

Deadline for entries is 15 April 2006 .

Entry form and eligibility guidelines are available on the festival's website www.gaiff.am .

You can also find attached the Entry form with the Festival Regulation for 2006.

Please send your submission to:

Susanna Harutyunyan or Mikayel Stamboltsyan

Program Department

Yerevan International Film Festival - GOLDEN APRICOT

#5 Byron, 375 009 Yerevan , ARMENIA

Tel./ Fax: +374 10 56 44 84

E-mail: info@gaiff.am

http:// www.gaiff.am

If you have any questions regarding the festival or the submission procedure, please contact the program department at info@gaiff.am

We are looking forward to the opportunity of viewing your film.