Yerevan International Film Festival

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
LocationYerevan, Armenia Armenia
Founded2004
DirectorsAtom Egoyan (Honorary Chairman)

Harutyun Khachatryan (General Director)
Susanna Harutyunyan (Artistic Director)

Mikayel Stamboltsyan (Program Director)
Producers"Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists
Festival dateJuly
LanguageArmenian, English
Websitewww.gaiff.am

The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF; Armenian: «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն, romanized"Voske Tsiran" Yerevani mijazgayin kinop'arraton) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia.[1] The festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. The GAIFF is continually supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia and the Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development.The objectives of the festival are "to present new works by the film directors and producers in Armenia and foreign cinematographers of Armenian descent and to promote creativity and originality in the area of cinema and video art".[2]

  1. ^ "Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival/GAIFF". Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  2. ^ "GAIFF at IMDB". Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2018.