Egoyan Opens International Film Festival In Yerevan

By Nane Atshemian

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The second annual Golden Apricot Festival, the biggest in Armenia’s history, will feature movies and documentaries by filmmakers from over a dozen countries, including the United States, France, Germany and even Afghanistan.
They will compete for the top prizes in three different categories defined by the organizers.

Egoyan will head the jury for the main contest designed for local and foreign films. [...].
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Also expected to attend the festival are several world famous movie directors, among them Krzysztof Zanussi of Poland and Russia’s Nikita Mikhalkov. They will arrive with their latest productions and hold workshops for local young filmmakers.

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