The 23rd Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival has come to a close. The festival’s closing ceremony took place today at the Cinema House, where the jury announced the winners.

• In the International Feature Film Competition, the festival’s top award, the Golden Apricot, was presented to The Currents by Melagros Mumenthaler. The Silver Apricot went to Past, Future, Continuous by Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani, while London by Sebastian Brameshuber received a Special Mention from the International Jury.
• In the Regional Competition, the Golden Apricot was awarded to Inside Amir by Amir Azizi, while the Silver Apricot went to Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze. Dry Leaf also received the FIPRESCI Award, presented by the International Federation of Film Critics.
• In the Koriz Short Film Competition, the Golden Apricot was awarded to Dialogues Solitaire by Seruj Hovsepyan. The film also received the Gennady Melkonyan Special Award. The Silver Apricot in the category was presented to Paid Mourners by Ovsanna Gevorgyan.
• The jury also presented Special Mentions to Relic by Sona Khachatryan and Together Alone by Artur Sahakyan. In addition, The Father by Tereza Nvotová received the Distribution Award for Armenia and Georgia, which includes €6,000 in financial support to facilitate the film’s regional distribution.

The festival concluded with the premiere of Godfrey Reggio’s film Once Upon a Time.