"Apricot Tree" International Documentary Film Festival
One of the world's unique rural film festivals
One of the world's unique rural film festivals
Founded in 2015 by the "Filmadaran" Film Culture Development NGO, the "Apricot Tree" film festival is an annual documentary film event held in late summer or early autumn in various villages across Armenia.
It is the only festival of its kind in the region and one of the few rural film festivals in the world where participants live and break bread with villagers for a week, getting to know each other's worldviews directly.
The first festival took place in Yerevan.
The festival's geography expanded to include Yerevan, Gyumri, and the village of Ujan in the Aragatsotn region.
The festival was held entirely in Ujan.
The festival relocated to the Lori Province.
To be held in the villages of Debed and Dsegh in the Lori Province.
To decentralize cultural life in Armenia, where the vast majority of cultural events take place in the capital and Gyumri.
To bring the world's best documentary films to Armenia, in all their variety and forms.
The festival provides an opportunity for the rural population to establish direct human connections with the participants they host.
To introduce foreign artists to Armenian culture without a tourist-like veneer, allowing them to experience the daily life of Armenian villagers.
To create new opportunities for village children within the framework of the film school.
To promote inbound tourism by bringing urban audiences to the festival locations.
August-September 2025
Villages of Debed and Dsegh, Lori Province
30-40 international participants
8 days in an Armenian village
Industree is the co-production platform of the "Apricot Tree" film festival. This year, the following projects are planned within its framework:
Russian-Vietnamese photographer and artist Thu-An Nguyen will conduct a collage workshop for village children.
Renowned Russian film historian and theorist Evgeny Margolit will hold a meeting with young Armenian filmmakers.
A film school for village teenagers will operate alongside the festival.
Directors from various countries will shoot an anthology film about their experience living in an Armenian village.
We are always ready to hear your suggestions and answer your questions.
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