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Stars Shine at "Golden Apricot" Film Festival Opening
Yesterday, the 7th annual international Golden Apricot Film Festival kicked off in a sweltering Yerevan with welcoming remarks by Atom Egoyan, the noted Canadian film maker and this year’s festival director.
True to tradition, Armenian grown apricots were blessed at the Saint Zoravor Church and later passed out to festival goers. Later in the evening, the red carpet was rolled out at Cinema Moscow to welcome such film luminaries as Claudia Cardinale.
The film given the honor of opening the festival was Henri Verneuil’s moving "Mayrik" film. Noted French-Armenian actor and director Serge Avetikian was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening:
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