“Immortal”, directed by Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh (Iran 2015), is the winner of the Ecumenical Jury Award at the 13th Golden Apricot International Film Festival Yerevan. The film also won the Silver Apricot by the International Feature Film Competition Jury. The Golden Apricot was awarded to "Ungiven", directed by Branko Schmidt from Croatia who also took the prize of the FIPRESCI Jury. The film has been awarded by the Ecumenical Jury in Cottbus 2015 before.
The 13th Golden Apricot film festival in Yerevan was opened with the Armenian silent film "Zare" (1927), directed by Hamo Beknazaryan who was the founder of Armenian cinema. In addition to the three competition sections (International Feature Films, International Documentaries, Armenian Panorama) the festival screened films in numerous other sections, among others a comprehensive retrospective of the films of Želimir Žilnik.
Link: Festival website