Asghar Farhadi grabs award at Golden Apricot filmfest

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia has honored Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi.

Farhadi, the head of jury panel  of the competition section of the event received Parajanov's Thaler award for outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema.

His Spanish language feature 'Everybody Knows' was screened at the non-competition section of the festival.

In 2011, the renowned director's 'A Separation' succeeded to gain the Golden Apricot of this cinematic event.

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists.

The 2018 edition of the event was held on July 15, in Yerevan, Armenia .

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