FAMOUS SPANISH DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODOVAR’S “RETURN” FILM INVOLVED IN
COMPETITION PROGRAM OF “GOLDEN APRICOT” FESTIVAL AS WELL

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. 11 full-length films
created in 2004-2006, among them films of such famous directors as
Pedro Almodovar from Spain, Hou Hsiao-Hsien from Taiwan, Robert
Gudiguian from France, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad from Iran, Krzsystof
Zanussi from Poland, Aleksei German Junior from Russia and others are,
are involved in the competition of the feature films of the “Golden
Apricot” (Voske Tsiran) Yerevan International Third Film Festival. As
Mikayel Stamboltsian, the Director of the festival programs informed
at the May 31 press conference, most part of the chosen films already
got prizes at the best festivals of the world, including Spanish
famous director Pedro Almodovar’s “Return” film which was recently
awarded at the Cannes festival two prizes: the best director’s work
and the best woman performance.

M.Stamboltsian also mentioned that Pedro Almodovar is also invited to
the festival and in most probability, will arrive in Yerevan. The
Director of the festival programs informed that the competition
program of documentary films is still being formed, as there are so
many and various presented films that the selecting commission was not
able to watch them within the fixed term.

M.Stamboltsian mentioned that the number of applications of the
“Golden Apricot” Yerevan International Film Festival has considerably
added this year what proves the festival’s getting wider recognition
in the world. Creators of 58 countries presented 280 films 92 of which
were selected for competition and extra-competition programs.