2023
WINNERS

HONORARY AWARDS

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA

Jean Pierre Dardenne (Belgium)

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA

Luc Dardenne (Belgium)

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA

Jeremy Thomas (UK)

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA

Lav Diaz (Philippines)

PARAJANOV’S THALER – FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION INTO WORLD CINEMA

Takeshi Kitano (Japan)


SPECIAL PRIZE MASTER

Sergei Dvortsevoy (Kazakhstan)

SPECIAL PRIZE MASTER

Michael Goorjian (USA)

FEATURE COMPETITION

GOLDEN APRICOT

BLACK STONE

Spiros Jacovides

Greece

SILVER APRICOT
DRIFTER
Simão Cayatte
Portugal/France/Poland
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
KIDDO
Zara Dwinger
Netherlands
Award for the Best Humanitarian Film
I AM NOT
Tomer Heymann
Israel/Guatemala

REGIONAL PANORAMA

GOLDEN APRICOT
ENDLESS BORDERS
Abbas Amini
Germany/Iran/Czech Republic
SILVER APRICOT
MAGIC MOUNTAIN
Mariam Chachia,Nik Voigt
Georgia/Poland
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
NOTES ON DISPLACEMENT
Khaled Jarrar
Palestine/Germany/Qatar

APRICOT STONE

GOLDEN APRICOT
THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES
Armine Anda
Armenia
SILVER APRICOT
STONES
Arman Ayvazyan
Armenia
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
EMPTINESS
Tigran Aghajanyan
Armenia

NON-OFFICIAL AWARDS


FIPRESCI AWARD
MY WORST ENEMY
Mehran Tamadon
France/Switzerland
Special Award on behalf of the FREEDOM BROKER
FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL
Dessil Mekhtigian
Armenia/Egypt
Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine prize
I AM NOT
Tomer Heymann
Israel/Guatemala
Gennadi Melkonyan Special Award
THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES
Armine Anda
Armenia