Celebrating our history with the 5th Arpa Film Festival poster
2002 – We screened 42 films from seven countries at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Canadian actor Dean Haglund (The X-Files) emceed the Awards Gala banquet at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Levon “Leo” Chaloukian was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and Roger Kupelian received the newly introduced Special Jury Award for his documentary film, Dark Forest in the Mountains.