ARPA International Film Festival Founder, Sylvia Minassian, on the red carpet with Eric Roberts and Eliza Roberts.Photo credit: Cynthia Biret.
ARPA International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in Los Angeles, is also a leading indie film festival in Southern California. By fostering diversity by creating cultural bridges with international filmmakers, the festival also explores critical issues and thrives to create lasting social impact on issues related to war, genocides, diaspora, exile, cultural identity and multiculturalism.
This year's Sepcial Honorees are:
ALBERT S. RUDDY- Lifetimes Achievement in Producing
SALLY KIRKLAND - Icon Award.
ERIC ROBERTS - Lifetime Achievement Award
JOE BERLINGER - Career Achievement In Directing
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Arpa IFF 2019 Special Award Winner for the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award was awarded to the documentary
THE STATELESS DIPLOMAT, directed by Mimi Malayan and Arthur Muradyan.
Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: SAND AND FIRE (THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM), directed by Souheil Benbarka
Best Short Film: THE SEA, directed by Cameron Richards
Best Music Video: SOUTH CENTRAL STATE OF MIND, directed by Timur Bootzin
Best Animated Short Film: ANACRONTE, directed by Raúl Koler and Emiliano Sette
Best Documentary Film (a tie):
Best Screenplay: LORIK, directed by Alexey Zlobin
Best Director: COMING HOME, directed by Daria Shumakova
Best Feature Film: COMING HOME, produced by Makar Zaporozhskiy and Anna Gasparyan