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Opening Night Screening 2015

LOST BIRDS (2015, Turkey) was the latest film from directors Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci.

Arpa Film Festival Program 2015

• DAY BY DAY SCHEDULE
• FESTIVAL PROGRAM

18th Arpa international Film Festival Winners

Best Feature Film
Lost Birds (2015) | Turkey | Director: Ela Alyamac, Aren Perdeci | Writers: Ela Alyamac, Aren Perdeci | Language: Turkish, Armenian

Best Documentary 
My Life in China (2014) | U.S.A. | Director: Kenneth Eng | Writer: Ehren Parks | Language: Chinese

Best Short Film 
The Loyalist (2015) | South Korea, USA | Director: Minji Kang | Writer: Willem Lee | Language: Korean

Best Directors
Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci, Lost Birds

Best Screenplay
Zymber Kelmendi, Three Windows and a Hanging (2014) | Kosovo | Language: Albanian

Read more about awarded films and all 2015 Arpa Film Festival Winners.

18th Arpa international Film Festival Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Award
Esai Morales

Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award
Lost Birds, Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci (writers-directors-producers)

Rising Star Award
David Dastmalchian

Read more about the 2015 Honorees.

Take a look at our 2015 Awards Ceremony Photo Gallery.

18th Arpa international Film Festival Jury Members & Award Presenters

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