Yerevan to Host 7th Golden Apricot Film Festival on July 11-18

Thursday, May 20th, 2010
by Asbarez

YEREVAN (Combined Sources) – Yerevan is gearing up to hot the seventh
annual Golden Apricot Film Festival in Yerevan from July 11-18.

This year’s festival is being sponsored by the Armenian Ministry of
Culture and VivaCell MTS.

500 films have been submitted from 75 countries and for the first
time, entries were received from Jordan, Nicaragua, Venezuela and
Costa Rica.

The festival will kick off on July 11 with a special screening of
Henri Verneuil’s `Mayrik’ (Mother). Verneuil, a famous Diaspora Film
Director, will have his 90th anniversary celebrated in Yerevan

Anniversary elebrations will also be held in honor of film director
Henrik Malyan’s 85th anniversary, the 80th anniversary of actors Mher
Lazarian and Khoren Abrahamyan, cameraman Albert Yavuryan’s 75th
anniversary and Armen Jigarkhanyan’s 75th anniversary. Short
documentaries about the lives of these Armenian film luminaries will
be prepared and shown at the festival.