TheGolden ApricotYerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) (Armenian:«Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) is an annual film festival held inYerevan,Armenia.[3] The festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the “Golden Apricot” Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. The GAIFF is continually supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of theRA, the Ministry of Culture of theRA and the Benevolent Fund for Cultural Development.The objectives of the festival are "to present new works by the film directors and producers inArmenia and foreign cinematographers of Armenian descent and to promote creativity and originality in the area of cinema and video art".[4]