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Golden Apricot: Eighth edition of international film festival opens in Armenia
A weeklong international film festival opened in Armenia on Sunday, with cinema-goers given another chance of sampling some of the latest movie offerings.
Renowned French actress Fanny Ardant, flanked by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan (R) and Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan gets a red-carpet reception at Golden Apricot
The eighth edition of Golden Apricot, a film festival held in Yerevan every year since 2004, opened on July 10 with a gala ceremony attended by several star guests, including one of the festival’s guests of honor Fanny Ardant, a renowned French actress. One of this year’s novelties at the festival is “Apricot Pit”, a short film program offering young filmmakers a chance of expressing themselves and sharing their vision of the future of cinematography. The film festival also highlight films created in former Soviet republics in a section dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The festival ends on July 17. More related news as well as information and schedules of film shows are available on the Golden Apricot International Film Festival’s official website www.gaiff.am.
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