YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Atom Egoyan’s two-year-old movie Ararat won the top prize at the Golden Apricot Film Festival of works by ethnic Armenian directors, officials said Monday.
The festival included 57 movies by directors from 20 countries. Egoyan is a Canadian of Armenian heritage.
The film depicts the plight of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Armenians say that a 1915-1923 campaign to force Armenians out of eastern Turkey left 1.5 million people dead and amounted to genocide. The title refers to the mountain that Armenians regard as their national symbol but which now lies in Turkey.
Egoyan’s film tells of the persecution of Armenians by Turks through a tapestry of stories that take place during the filming of a movie. A young man, Raffi (played by newcomer David Alpay), is stopped at the Toronto airport by a customs officer (Christopher Plummer) who questions the contents of sealed film canisters. As Raffi tries to explain his situation, the story of the killings unfolds.
In 2003, the film won five Genie Awards in Toronto, including one for best picture.
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