Golden Apricot: New film by Christian Petzold to open Made in Germany  program 

ArmInfo. As part of their ongoing cooperation with the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, which has spanned over 20 years, the Goethe Institute is working to bring the most captivating international films and experts  from Germany to Armenia, as stated by Mariam Gurzadyan, coordinator of cultural programs at the Goethe Institute in Armenia, during a  press conference.

She said that four films with German participation will be shown as  part of  the Made in Germany program, which has  become a tradition  at the film festival. Gurzadyan specifically stared that she would  open this program on July 15 at the Cinema House with a new film by  Christian Petzold, a member in the Berlin School film movement,  "Mirrors No. 3", which premiered at Cannes. The film is, an attempt  to explore the same events through different lenses. In this work,  Petzold delves into an important theme for himself - the topic of  death. The coordinator noted that all of Petzold's important works  over the years have been features as part of the Golden Apricot.

As part of the Yerevan Premieres program, they will show the  documentary film "Two Prosecutors" by Ukrainian film director Sergei  Loznitsa, which tells about the period of Stalin's repressions and is  an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Kharkov physicist  and GULAG prisoner Georgy Demidov.  This work was co-produced by  Germany and France, with its world premiere taking place in Cannes.   Viewers in Yerevan will have the opportunity to see the film "Abu  Zaabal 89" directed by Bassam Mortada as part of the regional  competition program. This film, a co-production between Germany and  Egypt, explores the rethinking of a forgotten chapter of political  violence - the events that took place in the Abu Zaabal prison in  1989. The premiere of this film took place at the Cairo International  Film Festival.

In the short film program, they will be showing the documentary film  by Katya Fedulova, which was  filmed in Germany. The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy from  Nagorno-Karabakh who drove  for 48 hours to bring his family to  safety in Armenia from Artsakh, where ethnic cleansing was carried  out by the Azerbaijani regime. "We are also glad that last year we  had the privilege of hosting the outstanding German cameraman,  director and film teacher Fred Kelemen in Armenia, who will lead the  jury for the short film competition Koriz program  at the 22nd  International Film Festival. He will also conduct a 3-day workshop  for Armenian filmmakers and cameramen in Yerevan," Gurzadyan said.

Note that this year the Golden Apricot Film Festival will be held  from July 13 to 20. As usual, Yerevan viewers will have the  opportunity to watch films from leading international film festivals  (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, etc.). The program of the film festival can  be found at the following link:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WbLzAXxzxPo5D_OQm8wr0__eOPewhiRA/vie   w?fbclid=IwY2xjawLfHopleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOR1JsNXVYNlE0cFh  rSGxCAR78Az2lSsz5cIxfCX2h5Al8CLjGfy3qVG1es6VSnf1p3vnDaL2dkcMWy w8Xew_aem_DYSerN_IgxMMEDFfXRH-gA .