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Jul 16, 2010	Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy at the main competition of the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT This year Sergei Loznitsa presents his first feature film My Joy at the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT Festival. The film is about a man who veers off the road and gets lost in the wild open spaces of the Russian provinces, becoming immersed in a world that transforms his personality – a world of fear, cruelty and treachery. “When I write a script, a feature film is more looked at, while a documentary is just filmed, the reality is witnessed and the situation is controlled”, said Sergei Loznitsa, mentioning that documentary and feature films can quite often be the same.
Jul 16, 2010	"The director builds a house, and the cinematographer paints that house" Pavel Kostomarov “Once I saw my classmate’s small camera, and asked myself why I had no camera”, confessed director Pavel Kostomarov. “Later, I bought a camera and was completely engaged with photography”. Cinematographer and director Pavel Kostomarov presents his Together in the International documentary competition of the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT Festival. The film is about love and harmony.
Jul 16, 2010	Films from Iran and Lebanon in Armenian Panorama National Competition Program The famous Iranian actress Mahaya Petrosyan and director Amir Toodeh Roosta present their first joint work, A Beautiful Snowy Day, in the Armenian Panorama National Competition of the 7th GOLDEN APRICOT IFF. “The film was made based on a story of an Iranian writer, which I have read 15 years ago and was much impressed. I am the scriptwriter, and the script differs much from the story itself, and I am also the protagonist of the film”, said Mahaya Petrosyan mentioning that she is very happy to present her first work of a director in Armenia.
Jul 8, 2010	GOLDEN APRICOT continues the fruitful collaboration with embassies and international organizations During the 7 years of its activity GOLDEN APRICOT International Film Festival stably cooperates with a number of embassies and other international missions. Expanding each year, the festival has recorded an effective experience of collaboration in this sphere.
Jun 27, 2010	"Jazz- Cinema" Competition- within the framework of the Golden Apricot One of the main events of the cultural program of GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan 7th International Film Festival will be a "Jazz-Cinema" competition, which will be held during the festival from July 11 to 17 at the Charles Aznavour Square in front of Moscow Cinema.