Jury — Apricot Tree

Arman Yeritsyan

Born on June 22, 1975, Arman Yeritsyan is an Armenian documentary filmmaker, whose films have been screened at numerous festivals worldwide. In 2001, he graduated from the Directing Department of Khachatur Abovyan Pedagogical University, having studied in Armenian director Dmitry Kesayants’ class. He served as a director for the documentary series Heroes of the Century on Russian Public Television, directed public service announcements, and worked with Fishka Film Studio, Monarch Films, Internews Armenia, and various Armenian TV channels.

His debut film, The End, was released in 2004, followed by Under the Open Sky (2005), Hello, Fellini (2007), The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia (co-directed with Inna Sahakyan, 2010), One, Two, Three (2015), and other films that have received various international awards. Yeritsyan has served as a jury member at several film festivals, including the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Russia’s Message to Man, Saratov Sufferings etc.

Bart van den Broek

Bart van den Broek is a Dutch film editor and post-production supervisor based in Amsterdam. In addition to his work behind the editing desk, van den Broek is the Managing Director of FeverFilm, an Amsterdam-based studio specializing in post-production, including color grading, editing, and master delivery for feature films, television series, and documentaries, which has worked on several hundred films, including many international co-productions.

Throughout his career, van den Broek has built a diverse portfolio across both narrative fiction and non-fiction projects.His credits as an editor and post-production manager include international and national productions such as Netflix’s fantasy series The Letter for the King, the acclaimed Venezuelan documentary El Father Plays Himself, and the music feature Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel. He is an active member of the Netherlands Association of Cinema Editors (NCE) and occasionally takes on the role of co-producer as well.

Farhad Varahram

Born in 1948 in Borujerd, Farhad Varahram is a famed Iranian filmmaker, recognized for his ethnographic documentary films. Since 1974, Varahram has produced and directed over 50 documentary films, among which The Holy Wedding (1996) and The Blacks of Southern Iran (2013). His cinematic work has been honored with screenings and awards across the world, including in Iran, Austria, Germany, Canada, France, Russia and Armenia in 2016 within the frames of the 2nd Apricot Tree IDFF.

Over the years, Varahram has generated an archive of over 200,000 frames of photographs and slides focusing on human subjects, nature, daily life, architecture, and traditional rituals. Varahram has also authored several monographs on various anthropological subjects. He is a member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association and the Iranian Producers Association, as well as the editorial board of the journal Anthropology Letters. Currently, he teaches in Vienna.