Festival Highlights and Award Winners 2019 Arpa IFF

November 13, 2019 News

22nd Arpa International Film Festival Highlights at the American Legion Hollywood Post 43

The historic American Legion Post 43 was the location where all the excitement took place at our 22nd anniversary of Arpa International Film Festival

on November 8-10, 2019.

Opportunity always reveals itself to our filmmakers who have made it their mission in creating stories that move audiences and create undeniable emotion. Once again, we screened amazing shorts, features, documentaries, music videos, and animated films at our new location.

The documentaries were the highlight of the weekend and had sold out crowds.

Award Winners 2019 Arpa International Film Festival

The Festival was very proud to have presented  its prestigious Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award to directors Mimi Malayan and Arthur Muradyan for their film THE STATELESS DIPLOMAT, the story of Diana Agabeg Apcar, a 19th century Armenian writer living in Japan, becoming the de facto ambassador of a lost nation, the First Republic of Armenia.

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Award: SAND AND FIRE (THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!), directed by Souheil Benbarka

Best Feature Film Award Winner: COMING HOME, produced by Makar Zaporozhskiy & Anna Gasparyan, directed by Daria Shumakova

Best Director Award Winner: Daria Shumakova for COMING HOME

Best Screenplay Award Winner: LORIK, directed by Alexey Zlobin

Best Documentary Film Award Winners (a tie):

Best Short Film Award Winner: THE SEA, directed by Cameron Richards

Best Animated Short Film Award Winner: ANACRONTE, directed by Raúl Koler & Emiliano Sette

Best Music Video Award Winner: SOUTH CENTRAL STATE OF MIND, directed by Timur Bootzin

Special Honorees 2019 Arpa International Film Festival

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN PRODUCING – ALBERT S. RUDDY

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN DIRECTING – JOE BERLINGER

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – ERIC ROBERTS

ICON AWARD – SALLY KIRKLAND

Photo Galleries 2019 Arpa International Film Festival

Friday 11/8 Day 1, Opening Night

Saturday 11/9 Day 2 with Centerpiece Films

Sunday 11/10 Day 3 with Closing Night Awards Ceremony