Golden Apricot film festival kicks off in Yerevan
The 8th Annual Golden Apricot Film Festival kicked off in Yerevan on July 10 with the blessing of apricots and a speech by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
Out of 630 films submitted for participation, 150 films from 45 countries, 80% of them documentaries will be featured at the festival. The films will be judged by six international juries.
Yerevan citizens are given the last chance to watch films at the Nairi Cinema.
"Today we have only one cinema but a festival enjoying great esteem worldwide," said film critic David Muradian.
He is hopeful that in the future Armenia will have a complex intended for festivals with large and comfortable rooms and halls.
Before the opening ceremony, reporters had a chance to talk to French actress Fanny Ardant, an honorary guest at the film festival. Two debut films directed by Ardant, "Cendres et sang" and "Chimeres absentes", will be screened at Moscow Cinema on July 11.
In reply to A1+'s question what is the most important thing in her life, the famous acrtress said, "As Édith Piaf would say "Without love we are nothing at all."
During the opening ceremonies, Ardant received the Parajanov Lifetime Achievement Award.
