RESULTS OF YEREVAN GOLDEN APRICOT-2006 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SUMMED UP

YEREVAN, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Yerevan Voske
Tsiran-2006 ("Golden Apricot-2006") International Film Festival ended
on July 15. The festival was launched on July 10.

In the nomination of the "Best fiction film" film director from Taiwan
Hsiao Hsien Hou received the main prize, The Golden Apircot award
for his film "Three times" (Taiwan-France). In the same nomination
Spanish film director Isaki Lacuesta "Legend of time", and French film
director Rober Gedikian "Trip to Armenia" shared the second prize,
The Silver Apricot.

In the nomination "The best documentary film," Austrian film director
Michael Glawogger received the Golden Apricot main award for his film
"Workingman’s Death." In the same nomination Brazilian and Swedish film
directors Marcos Prado and Gunnar Bergdahl were given special awards
correspondingly for their films "Estamira" and "Lyudmila and Anatoli".

In the nomination "The best Armenian film" of the Festival’s
"Armenian Panorama" competition program the main award was given to
director Hrant Hakobian from Armenia, for his film "The Dwellers of
the Forgotten Islands." Vardan Hakobian and Maria Sahakian residing
in Russia received special diplomas for their "My name is happines"
and "Lighthouse" films, respectively.

Hasmik Poghosian, RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs handed
world-famous film director Artavazd Peleshian the certificate of the
award of the RA People’s Artist given according to the decree of RA
President Robert Kocharian.