About the Golden Apricot Film Festival

The Golden Apricot International Film Festival carries the theme Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations.

The First Golden Apricot Festival took place on June 30 to July 4, 2004. The festival attracted attention from all over the world including 148 films representing over 70 filmmakers from 20 countries. The Festival international jury consisted of eminent world cinema and film criticism figures. Grand Prizes of the first Golden Apricot festival went to Atom Egoyan (Feature Film Competition), Stephane Elmadjian (Short Film and Experimental), Armen Khachatryan (Documentary). Read more>>

Held every summer in Yerevan, the Golden Apricot International Film Festival brings countless influential and artistically significant members of the film industry to Armenia. In 2012, Tumo organized a series of lectures by these prominent figures, with the first delivered by head of the fesitval jury, Spanish director Victor Erice.

Golden Apricot 2012 also presented a unique learning opportunity for a select group of 35 Tumo students to try their hand at photographing the red carpet and interviewing industry members and filmmakers. Led by photographer Vahan Stepanyan and journalist Artavazd Stepanyan, the workshops culminated in the following video.