"Apricot Tree" International Documentary Film Festival
A unique rural film festival in the world
A unique rural film festival in the world
Founded in 2015 by the "Filmadaran" Film Culture Development NGO, the "Apricot Tree" Film Festival is an annual documentary film festival that takes place in late summer or early autumn in various villages across Armenia.
It is the only one of its kind in the region and one of the few rural film festivals in the world, where participants live for a week and share meals with villagers, directly getting to know each other's worldviews.
The festival was held for the first time in Yerevan.
The festival's geography expanded to include Yerevan, Gyumri, and the village of Ujan in the Aragatsotn province.
The festival was held entirely in Ujan.
The festival moved to the Lori province.
In the villages of Debed and Dsegh in the Lori province.
To decentralize cultural life in Armenia...
To bring the world's best documentary films to Armenia...
The festival provides an opportunity for the rural population...
To introduce foreign artists to Armenian culture...
To create new opportunities for village children...
To promote inbound tourism...
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...
Russian-Vietnamese photographer and artist Thu An Nguyen...
Renowned Russian film historian and theorist Evgeny Margolit...
A film school for village teenagers will operate alongside the festival...
Directors from different countries will shoot a film anthology...