GREAT NUMBER OF VALUABLE FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN NON-COMPETITIVE PROGRAM
AT SECOND FILM FESTIVAL “GOLDEN APRICOT”

YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The second international film festival
“Golden Apricot,” to take place in Yerevan on June 12-17, besides the
competitive departments, has several non-competitive programs as well,
within the framework of which a great number of valuable films not
included in the competitive departments will be shown. As Susanna
Haroutiunian, the Chairwoman of the Film Journalists and Film Critics
Association of Armenia informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, in the
non-competitive program “Wider Europe, New Neighbourhood,” documentary
films of the last two years of the East Europe, Turkey and the former
soviet republics will be shown, including Oskan Kuchuk’s (Turkey)
“Master Arsen: from Stone, Water and Dust,” Philip Remunda’s and Vit
Cluzac’s (Czechia) “Czechian Dreams”, Ileana Stankuleski’s (Romani)
“Bridge” and other films will be shown. Iranian and Dutch famous film
directors Abbas Kiarostami’s and Jos Stelling’s works will be shown in
the “Retrospective” non-competitive program. The Iranian film
director who is considered to be one of the world film classics, is
known to Armenian spectators with his “Cherry’s Taste” film. Three of
his films will be shown on the days of the festival, and an exhibition
of the director’s photos will open in the “Moscow” cinema. World
famous Dutch film director Jos Stelling’s four films which were
honoured with highest awards at numerous authoritative festivals will
be shown on the days of the festival.