The 19th edition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, the major Armenian film gathering, is returning to its original dates and physical format, running from 10-17 July in the country’s capital. The festival will kick off with Amerikatsi by Emmy-winning actor, director and screenwriter Michael Goorjian, an Armenian-US co-production that follows Charlie who returns to Armenia in the late 1940s to face the harsh Soviet reality.

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A total of 11 feature films — six fiction, three documentaries and one animated film — will be part of the International Full-Length Competition, whose jury will be presided over by Oscar-winning director Terry George. The selection includes A House Made Of Splinters [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ola Jankowska
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interview : Inna Sahakyan
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interview : Teemu Nikki et Jani Pösö
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fiche film] by Teemu Nikki (Finland), Captain Volkonogov Escaped [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov (Russia/France/Estonia), Hide and Seek [+lire aussi :
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interview : Victoria Fiore
fiche film] by Victoria Fiore (UK/Italy), Soula by Issaad Sallah (France/Algeria), Return To Dust by Li Ruijun (China), Turn Your Body To The Sun by Aliona Van Der Horst (the Netherlands), Una Femmina - The Code of Silence [+lire aussi :
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interview : Francesco Costabile
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interview : Cyril Schäublin
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As for the Regional Competition, ten films hailing from countries neighbouring Armenia as well as West Asia are participating. The selection features: 5 Dreamers and a Horse [+lire aussi :
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interview : Vahagn Khachatryan et Aren…
fiche film] by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan (Armenia/Germany/Switzerland/Denmark/Georgia), A Room Of My Own [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze et Ta…
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interview : Shawkat Amin Korki
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fiche film] by Diana El Jeiroudi (Syria/Germany/France/Qatar/Italy), Revolivation by Ara Chagharyan and Artashes Matevosyan (Armenia), Rojel by Zaine Akyol (Kurdistan/Canada), and Sonne [+lire aussi :
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interview : Kurdwin Ayub
fiche film] by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria). Furthermore, a total of 16 films from the region will compete in Apricot Stone, the regional short-film competition.

This edition will also feature Artsakh: Invisible Republic, a special programme shedding light on the events of the 44-day war in Artsakh, consisting of films made by Greek, Argentinian, Uruguayan, Egyptian and Armenian filmmakers. The closing film of the festival, the feature documentary Invisible Republic by Garin Hovhannisyan (Armenia), also deals with the subject of the 44-day War.

As for the guests of honour of this edition, they are multi-award-winning auteur Costa-Gavras, Catalonian filmmaker Albert Serra, and Ilya Khrzhanovsky.