June 22, 2016 - 16:57 AMT
13th Golden Apricot IFF programs unveiled in Yerevan

At a press conference Wednesday, June 22, international competition programs and the international jury boards for the 13th Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF was announced in the Armenian capital.

43 films out of 900 submissions will be competing in the three main competition sections: International Feature Competition (12 films), International Documentary Competition (15 films) and Armenian Panorama National Competition (16 films).

The films from 37 countries will participate in the festival.

1. International Feature Competition

Amama: When a Tree Falls dir. Asier Altuna (Spain)

Anna's Life dir. Nino Basilia (Georgia)

Dust Cloth - dir. Ahu Öztürk (Turkey)

Full Contact - dir. David Verbeek (Netherlands/Croatia)

Immortal - dir. Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh (Iran)

Insight - dir. Aleksandr Kott (Russia)

The Land of the Enlightened - dir. Pieter-Jan De Pue (Belgium/Ireland/Netherlands/Germany/Afghanistan)

The Last Land - dir. Pablo Lamar (Paraguay/Netherlands/Chile/Qatar)

The Prosecutor the Defender the Father and His Son - dir. Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria/Netherlands/Sweden)

Things to Come - dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, (France/Germany)

Toni Erdmann - dir. Maren Ade (Germany/Austria/Romania)

Ungiven - dir. Branko Schmidt (Croatia)

2. International Documentary Competition

A Man Returned - dir. Mahdi Fleifel (UK/Denmark/The Netherlands/Lebanon)

Across the Don - dir. Evgeny Grigorev (Russia)

Añoranza - dir. Flo Flamme (Belgium)

Curumim - dir. Marcos Prado (Brazil)

Don Juan - dir. Jerzy Sladkowski (Sweden/Findland)

Habitat - Personal Notes - dir. Emiliano Dante (Italy)

Homo Sapiens - dir.Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Austria/Germany/Switzerland)

Olmo & the Seagull - dir. Petra Costa, Lea Glob (Denmark/Brazil/Portugal/France/Italy)

Salto Mortale - dir. Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)

Samir in the Dust - dir. Mohamed Ouzine (France/Algeria/Qatar)

The Archipelago - dir. Benjamin Huguet (UK)

The Magic Mountain - dir. Anca Damian (Romania)

The Man Who Saw Too Much - dir. Trisha Ziff (Mexico)

The Other Life of Charon - dir. Ioana Turcan (Romania/USA)

Tracks - dir. Gunnar Bergdahl, Annica Carlsson Bergdahl (Sweden)

3. Armenian Panorama National Competition

Feature Films

About Love - dir. Anna Melikian (Russia)

Good Morning - dir. Anna Arevshatyan (Armenia)

The Last Inhabitant - dir. Jivan Avetisyan (Armenia/Lithuania/Sweden/Lebanon/USA)

All That Jam - dir. Alexander Andranikian (Russia)

28:94 Local Time - dir. David Safarian (Armenia/Germany/The Netherlands)

Documentary Films

Stony Paths - dir. Arnaud Khayadjanian (France)

Balkan Royal - dir. Kevork Aslanyan (Bulgaria)

Skhtorashen - dir. Garegin Papoyan (Armenia)

Rhythm & Intervals - dir. Comes Chahbazian (Belgium)

The Other Side of Home - dir. Naré Mkrtchyan (USA)

My World - dir. Albert Sargsyan (Armenia)

Aurora - dir. Gor Margaryan (Germany)

Shorts

Leopard’s Silence - dir. Viken Armenian (France)

Paris-Erevan - dir. Nora Martirosyan (France)

Bravoman - dir. Evelina Barsegian (Russia)

Radioreceiver - dir. Lusine Papoyan (Armenia)