This year, the festival received submissions from 95 countries. Its competition programme featured 39 films from 22 countries.
The award winners are:
Festival Director’s Award
Life Goes On, directed by Mery Vardanyan, Armenia
Special Award of the President of the Guild of Film Directors and Producers of Armenia
Run River!, directed by Anastasiia Ostapenko, Russian Federation
Special Mention of the ArmDoc Association of Armenian Documentary Filmmakers and the Documentary Filmmakers Guild of Armenia
Dora’s Yellow Shoes, directed by Gohar Sargsyan, Armenia
Expulsion, directed by Yervand Rumyan, Armenia
Kinotek Special Award
Access to film equipment worth up to AMD 2 million for the production of a short film:
Motherland, directed by Gor Arushanyan, Poland
Grand Prix for Best Short Film
Vultures, directed by Dian Weys, France/South Africa
Best Short Fiction Film — National Competition, cash award
Robinson?, directed by Marianna Movsesyan, Armenia
Best Short Documentary Film — National Competition, cash award
Dora’s Yellow Shoes, directed by Gohar Sargsyan, Armenia
Best Student Film — National Competition, cash award
Salt, directed by Tatev Asatryan, Armenia
Best Fiction Film — International Competition
Pale Sun, directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin and Jawahine Zentar, France
Best Director
Dream Up the Title, directed by Klaudia Fortuniak, Poland
Best Screenplay
Faux Bijoux, directed by Jessy Moussallem, France/Lebanon
Screenplay by Jihad Hojeily
Best Actress
Barlebas, directed by Malu Janssen, Belgium/Netherlands
Actress: Pitou Nicolaes
Best Actor
Vultures, directed by Dian Weys, France/South Africa
Actor: Edwin van der Walt
Best Cinematography
Icarus, directed by Christos Kardana, Belgium/France/Greece/United Kingdom
Cinematography by Christos Karamanis
Best Artistic Achievement
Haze Over, directed by Seyed Ali Ghasemi, Iran
Special Jury Award
18th Spring, directed by Menua Hovhannisyan, Armenia
The Last Sunday in May, directed by Alejandro Bordier, Luxembourg
The jury was chaired by Georgian filmmaker Soso Bliadze. The other jury members were actress and producer Inna Khojamiryan and filmmaker Arshaluis Harutyunyan.
The festival was held with the support of Yerevan Municipality and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia.
