YEREVAN, JUNE 21, ARMENPRESS: The legendary Armenian composer and chansonnier Charles Aznavour will be present at the 10th Golden Apricot International Film Festival to be held on July 7-14 in Yerevan. As reported by Armenpress, during the Festival the program of retrospective screenings will present the films of Charles Aznavour and the event will be opened by the François Truffaut’s “Shoot the Piano Player” film with the participation of the famous singer. 

“The 10th Golden Apricot International Film Festival is assisted by the Embassies of the United States, Germany, France and Poland to the Republic of Armenia, which will provide the financial support for some of the Festival’s programs”, - said the Artificial Director of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival Susanna Harutyunyan, adding that the Festival this year will begin and end with French films.

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia John Heffern stated at the meeting with the journalists that they are happy to assist the Golden Apricot Festival. John Heffern highlighted the fact of assisting the Armenia-Turkey film platform, noting that for this year 11 short films and a documentary on the subject of the Armenian-Turkish relations reconciliation were prepared.

The 10th Golden Apricot Yerevan will keep the tradition of “Yerevan Premieres”, “Retrospectives” and “Tributes” out-of-competition programs. This year 3 special programs will be presented: “Georgian Cinema”, “Sister Festivals” and “Armenians: view from outside and inside”.

“Tributes” will celebrate the jubilees of the famous composer Aram Khachatryan, and directors Artavazd Peleshyan and Nerses Hovhannisyan, with intended retrospectives screenings.

On Aram Khachatryan’s 110th anniversary, in association with the museum of the honorable composer, the festival has planned an evening, dedicated to him. An excursion around the museum and a concert with the participation of a trio named after the respective melodist are planned for the evening. The following films, where the original music is by Khachatryan, will be screened: Sonata – Song (by Lusine Martirosyan), Othello (by Sergey Yutkevich), Pepo (by Hamo Beknazaryan).

On the 75th anniversary of Artavazd Peleshyan retrospective screenings of his films are planned, as well as of Peleshyan’s Silence by the Italian director Pietro Marcello.

Nerses Hovhannisyan’s 75th anniversary will be memorized also with the retrospective screenings of his films.

Krzysztof Zanussi and Godfrey Reggio are among the official guests of the Golden Apricot 10th jubilee IFF.

 “Yerevan Premieres” of 10th Golden Apricot includes “The girl and Death” by Jos Stelling, “Till Night Do Us Part” by Boris Khlebnikov, “Hannah Arendt” by Margarethe von Trotta, “The Paradise…” trilogy by Ulrich Seidl and “Right to Love” by Paul Kurti. Jos Stelling, Margarethe von Trotta will personally be present at the festival as honorable guests and present their own films.

The annually held Golden Apricot International Film Festival was established in the capital of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, in 2004 by the “Golden Apricot” Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Armenia and Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development.