Yerevan 2026

The Golden Apricot International Film Festival is driven by a passionate commitment to building bridges and fostering dialogue between cultures. Our three member jury (one from Armenia) will award a feature film from the Regional competition, which highlights films from Western Asia.

Motivation:

With its dreamlike approach to reality, and its inspired experimentation with technology generally considered outdated, this unorthodox road movie captured our imagination for all things seen, unseen, or only glimpsed. A soft-spoken political layer can be discerned underneath the impressionistic landscape, lamenting the loss of connections to the land and to each other. But by bending the arrow of time from a line into a circle, this subtle epic manages to turn a depressing sense of progressive disappearance into a renewed and refreshed awareness of presence. Seducing us with touches of silent cinema, a wonderful score, and surprising moments of off-beat humor. After careful deliberation, the Fipresci jury for the Regional Competition of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival has decided to award Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze.