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International Feature:
Golden Apricot for the Best Feature Film to the Turkish director Reha Erdem for “Kosmos”
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Feature Film to Sergey Loznitsa for “My Joy”
International Documentary:
Golden Apricot for the Best Documentary Film to Pavel Kostomarov for “Together”
Silver Apricot Special Prize for Documentary Film to Vadim Jendreyko for “The Woman with Five Elephants”
Armenian Panorama:
Golden Apricot for the Best Armenian Film to Arman Yeritsyan and Inna Sahakyan for “The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia”
Silver Apricot Special Prize to Comes Chahbazian for “Down Here”
Special Mention to Nikolay Davtyan for “Uncle Valya”
FPRESCI Jury Award went to Jasmila Žbanić for “On the Path”
Ecumenical Jury Award went to Suren Babayan for “Don’t Look in the Mirror” and the Special Recommendation to Aleksei Popogrebsky for “How I Ended This Summer”
Hrant Matevosyan Prize went to Marat Sargsyan for the short film “Lernavan” that also received the Best Short Film Award by the British Council of Armenia.
Golden Apricot film Festival is held under the auspices of the Armenian Culture Ministry. VivaCell Company is the main sponsor of the festival.
