Apricot Tree IFF 2018
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Apricot Tree International Film Festival will have its 4th edition on September 15-21 in the village of Ujan (Aragatsotn Province), with parallel film screenings in Yerevan’s Moscow Cinema.
Most cultural events in Armenia take place in the capital, while the rural population is mostly devoid of the opportunity to get acquainted with processes not only in international, but even in local art. An initiative of Filmadaran Film Culture Development NGO, Apricot Tree Ujan IFF has a stated goal of decentralizing the cultural life in Armenia and making the rural population an active part of it.
This is why participants of the festival stay at the homes of the cordial villagers, sharing bread with them every day and getting to live the true Armenian rural experience.
The opening ceremony, open to all, will take place in the village square of Ujan and will be followed by the screening of Vagrich and the Black Square by Ukrainian-American director Andrei Zagdansky, a tragic comic, partially animated documentary, dedicated to the fascinating life and work of the deceased Ukrainian-American artist of Armenian descent Vagrich Bakhchanyan.
Film screenings during the day will be held in the Ujan School Hall, while evening open-air screenings will take place in the village square.
The competition program this year includes 17 documentaries from all around the world – from France to China, from Russia to Iran etc., both short and feature-length. The colorful program has all genres of documentary cinema - from ethnographic films, depicting the heartbeats of various communities on the planet, to stylized and more experimental documentaries, combining feature and animated elements and trying to expand upon traditional means of cinematic expression.
Parallel to the events in Ujan all festival films will also be screened in Yerevan’s Moscow Cinema (18 Abovyan Str.), while the Goethe-Zentrum Eriwan (1 Mher Mkrtchyan Str.) will host a series of meetings and master classes with the directors. In addition to that, a workshop with international specialists will be held for both local and foreign cultural managers, who are seeking to organize film screenings in provinces.
The festival will close on September 20th with the screening of Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story by festival jury member, longtime Berlin Film Festival coordinator Wieland Speck.
We’ve prepared many interesting films and master classes for you, so don’t be a stranger! ^_^
Admission to all screenings is free of charge.