2017
WINNERS
HONORARY AWARDS
PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA
Hugh Hudson (UK)
SPECIAL PRIZE MASTER
Joe Berlinger (USA)
FEATURE COMPETITION
GOLDEN APRICOT
SEXY DURGA
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
India
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
India
SILVER APRICOT
ARÁBIA
Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans
Brazil
Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans
Brazil
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
WESTERN
Valeska Grisebach
Germany/Bulgaria/Austria
Valeska Grisebach
Germany/Bulgaria/Austria
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
GOLDEN APRICOT
GHOST HUNTING
Raed Andoni
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Raed Andoni
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
SILVER APRICOT
MOTHER DERDO AND THE WALNUT TREE
Serdar Önal
Turkey/Armenia
Serdar Önal
Turkey/Armenia
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
VILLAGE PEOPLE
Tzvetan Dragnev
Bulgaria
Tzvetan Dragnev
Bulgaria
ARMENIAN PANORAMA
GOLDEN APRICOT
HEAD ABOVE WATER
Eric Shahinian
USA
Eric Shahinian
USA
GOLDEN APRICOT
THOSE FROM THE SHORE
Tamara Stepanyan
France/Armenia/Lebanon
Tamara Stepanyan
France/Armenia/Lebanon
GOLDEN APRICOT
DONALD CRIED
Kris Avedisian
USA
Kris Avedisian
USA
NON-OFFICIAL AWARDS
FIPRESCI AWARD
A MAN OF INTEGRITY
Mohammad Rasulof
Iran
Mohammad Rasulof
Iran
HRANT MATEVOSYAN AWARD
DONALD CRIED
Kris Avedisian
USA
Kris Avedisian
USA
AWARD OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF ARMENIA - “LET THERE BE LIGHT”
Tigran Mansuryan
Armenia
Armenia