EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL

Each year in May, the Delegation organises a European film festival and some side events.

This festival brings together EU member states and the EUNIC Armenia cluster, some professionals, some EU funded projects, cultural players, small private cinemas in the provinces, and communication partners.

All films shown are free of charge to ensure a wide audience. It is a requirement to show only European films that have never been screened in Armenia. All movies are subtitled in Armenian to insure a large audience. The European films are selected from the repository proposed by the project “European film festivals (EUFF)” (https://www.goethe.de/ins/be/en/kul/eur/seu.html). The Presidency of the Council of the European Union opens the Festival.

The main partners are the Cinema house/Golden Apricot International Film Festival. All the EU member states and EUNIC cluster members will be closely associated and consulted for the choice of the movies. 

To enrich the festival experience, EUD and its partners organizes panel discussions in collaboration with esteemed partners such as KATAPULT, TUMO). Engaging with these discussions will provide a deeper understanding of the art of filmmaking and its impact on the local and international stage.

Some movies will be screened in the regions (Gyumri, Dilijan, Vanadzor and Syunik region).