2024 Awards

Audience Choice Award

• Documentary Film Category: Cup of Salvation

• Feature Film Category: Monsieur Aznavour

Jury Awards

1. POM’s Award of Merit

• Winner: Roger Kupelian for Warrior Saints

2. Dr. Michael J. Hagopian Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Film

• Winner: The War Diary

• Honourable Mentions: Vigen, Berlin & The Cold War (Germany) & 1849 (2025 Oscar nominee, directed by Shoghakat Vardanyan)

3. Best Feature Film Award (Tied)

• Winner: The Reverse Side of the Medal by Anna Harutyunyan (Armenia)

• Winner: And the Party Goes On by Robert Guediguian (France)

4. Best Short Film Award

• Winner: Aeroplanes by Paul Shamassian (UK)

• Honourable Mentions: Absence by Arshile Egoyan (Canada) & Cast Beyond the Moon by Aram Shahbazian (Armenia)

5. Best Short Documentary Film Award (20-60 minutes)

• Winner: They Won Through Living (Armenia)

• Honourable Mentions: Missak & Melinee Manouchian (France) & The Last Repair Shop (USA)

6. Best Animation Film Award

• Winner: Dream of Kafka (Armenia)

• Honourable Mention: The Song of Flying Leaves (Armenia)

7. Pomegranate Aril Award for Best Emerging Filmmaker

• Winner: Aramazt Kalayjian for Tezeta

8. Mini-Doc Category (Under 20 minutes)

• Winner: The Falcons by Taniel Kilajian (USA/Armenia)

• Honourable Mention: Life Upside Down by Barbara de Baare (Netherlands)