6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan , Armenia from 12 – 19 July 2009 . The annual festival had over 450 submissions from 67 countries , 150 of which were included into the competition and non-competition programs . Over 250 accredited press representatives ( foreign and local ) covered the festival . This was the fourth year the festival was widely covered by Euronews . Among honorable guests were filmmakers Rob Nilsson ( United States ) , Kohei Oguri ( Japan ) , Alexander Rodnyansky ( Russia ) , Sergei Solovyov ( Russia ) , actors Eric Bogosian ( United States ) , Arsinee Khanjian ( Canada ) and producer Alain Terzian . The international juries , headed by Kohei Oguri , Alexander Rodnyansky , Haig Balian ( Netherlands ) awarded the following prizes : '' Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Feature Film '' to '' George Ovashvili '' for his film '' The Other Bank '' ( Georgia ) ; '' Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Documentary Film '' to Anders Østergaard for his film '' Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country '' ( Denmark ) , and '' Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Film '' in the '' “ Armenian Panorama ” '' to '' With Love and Gratitude '' by Arka Manukyan ( Armenia ) . The FIPRESCI Award went to Ozcan Alper ’s '' Autumn '' and the '' Ecumenical Award '' to George Ovashvili ’s '' The Other Bank ''
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Yerevan International Film Festival
6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival