ArmInfo.The Golden Apricot International Film Festival presented a competitive program of feature films, in which 11 films by directors from France, Portugal, Iceland, Slovakia, Germany, Russia, Brazil, India, Lithuania, Nepal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland will compete.
A jury headed Constantine Alexander Payne will decide on the best feature films among the following: Paradise is Burning (directed by Mika Gustafson), April en France (directed by David Boaretto), Legua (directed by Joao Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis), Solitude (directed by Ninna Palmadottir), Xoftex (directed by Noaz Deshe), Nevada (by Juan Matias Musa and Anna Tyurina), Strange Path (directed by Guto Parente), The Adamant Girl (directed by P. S. Vinothraj), Bogdanas wants to stay (by Marat Sargsyan, Lithuania), No Winter Holidays (directed by Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey) The Gospel according to Ciretta (directed by Caroline von der Tann).
The Jury President of the International full-length competition is the outstanding two-time Academy Award winner Alexander Payne. He has directed 8 feature films, which have been nominated for a total of 24 Oscars, including 4 for Best Picture and 3 for Best Director.
Peter Scarlet is an American film critic, who was a longtime Director General of Europe's most famous film archive - the French Cinematheque, the Executive Director of the Tribeca IFF and the Artistic Director of San Francisco IFF.
Alexandria Bombach is an award-winning cinematographer, editor and director, known for her documentaries depicting lives and destinies in conflict-ridden parts of the world.
Krikor Beledian is widely regarded as the most important figure of contemporary Western Armenian literature and has authored more than thirty volumes of works, published all around the world.
Jaime Martin Noguera is a cultural manager, who was the director of the Benalmadena International Short Film and Alternative Cinema Festival from 1998 to 2011 and the creator of the Marbella Film Festival.
