Golden Apricot Int’l Film Festival to be Dedicated to Armenia’s 25th Anniversary

Harutyun Khachatryan, Director of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival at a press conference press conference hosted by the Ministry of Culture (Photo: Photolure)

YEREVAN (ArmRadio) ””The Golden Apricot 13th International Film Festival will be held in Yerevan July 10-17. This year’s event will be dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.

More than 900 applications for participation have been received from 91 countries, 135 films have been included in the competition and non-competition programs. The festival will start with the screening of Hamo Beknazaryan’s Zareh, Director of Golden Apricot International Film Festival Harutyun Khachatryan told a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Culture.

The best feature and documentary films produced during Armenia’s 25 years of independence will be presented to spectators in a special program titled “Armenian Cinema: Our Days.”