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The 14th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival summed up the films in competitions. As the official website of the festival reports, the Boards of Juries of International Feature, International Documentary and Armenian Panorama film competitions as well as the FIPRESCI accordingly have announced this year’s competition results at the official closing ceremony of the festival on July 16 held at the Cinema Moscow. The closing ceremony was celebrated also with special Master prize granted by the festival to Joe Berlinger. The ceremony was concluded with the screening of Intent to Destroy by Joe Berlinger.

Below are the winners of 14th Golden Apricot Yerevan.

International Feature Competition

Golden Apricot: SEXY DURGA, dir. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (India)
Silver Apricot: ARABIA, dir. Affonso Uchoa, João Dumans (Brazil)
Jury Special Mention: WESTERN, dir. Valeska Grisebach (Germany/Bulgaria/Austria)

International Documentary Competition

Golden Apricot: GHOST HUNTING, dir. Raed Andoni (Palestine/France/Switzerland/ Qatar)
Silver Apricot: MOTHER DERDO AND THE WALNUT TREE, dir. Serdar Onal (Turkey/Armenia)
Special Mention: VILLAGE PEOPLE, dir. Tztevan Dragnev (Bulgaria)


Armenian Panorama National Competition:
Feature
Golden Apricot: DONALD CRIED, dir. Kris Avedisian (USA)
Special Mention for Acting: Samvel Dadevosyan, The Line, dir. Mher Mkrtchian (Armenia)

Documentary
Golden Apricot: THOSE FROM THE SHORE, dir. Tamara Stepanyan (France/Armenia/Lebanon)
Special mention:  ORIGINES, dir Ashot Mkrtchyan (Armenia)

Short
Golden Apricot: HEAD ABOVE WATER, dir. Eric Shahinian (USA)
Hrant Matevosyan Award for the Best Script in the Armenian Panorama: DONALD CRIED, dir. Kris Avedisian (USA)

FIPRESCI Jury Prize
A MAN OF INTEGRITY, dir. Mohammad Rasoulof (IRAN)