YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. 11 full-length films created in 2004-2006, among them films of such famous directors as Pedro Almodovar from Spain, Hou Hsiao-Hsien from Taiwan, Robert Gudiguian from France, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad from Iran, Krzsystof Zanussi from Poland, Aleksei German Junior from Russia and others are, are involved in the competition of the feature films of the "Golden Apricot" (Voske Tsiran) Yerevan International Third Film Festival. As Mikayel Stamboltsian, the Director of the festival programs informed at the May 31 press conference, most part of the chosen films already got prizes at the best festivals of the world, including Spanish famous director Pedro Almodovar's "Return" film which was recently awarded at the Cannes festival two prizes: the best director's work and the best woman performance. M.Stamboltsian also mentioned that Pedro Almodovar is also invited to the festival and in most probability, will arrive in Yerevan. The Director of the festival programs informed that the competition program of documentary films is still being formed, as there are so many and various presented films that the selecting commission was not able to watch them within the fixed term. M.Stamboltsian mentioned that the number of applications of the "Golden Apricot" Yerevan International Film Festival has considerably added this year what proves the festival's getting wider recognition in the world. Creators of 58 countries presented 280 films 92 of which were selected for competition and extra-competition programs.

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