From July 9 to July 16, 2023, one of the main events of the city's cultural life took place in Yerevan - the 20th Golden Apricot International Film Festival, the official partner of which was the first international broker in Armenia, Freedom Broker. The final chord of the film festival was the grandiose partner party of Golden Apricot and Freedom Broker Armenia, which brought together more than 600 guests - prominent figures of art and culture, government officials, business leaders and public opinion leaders from various fields. The Golden Apricot Closing Ceremony was held at the Yerevan Cinema House on July 15, during which the best films were awarded Golden and Silver Apricots, and Freedom Broker presented a special prize for the Koriz short film competition. The short film “From the Work of the Devil” (Armenia, Egypt, 2022), which had its world premiere at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in 2022, received a special award and a cash prize.
“We thank the festival organizers for the opportunity to act as a partner of such an important event for Armenia and take part in the closing ceremony. Freedom Broker Armenia is presenting the crew of the winning film with a certificate worth 1 million drams for the implementation of the next project. We hope to see your new film on big screens soon,” Igor Klyushnev, co-founder of Freedom Holding noted.
The final chord of the film festival was a grand partnership party between Golden Apricot and Freedom Broker, which took place in Jellyfish with the participation of the popular US DJ Brian Cid. Brian Cid is a Brooklyn-based DJ and producer who tours around the world. The well-known British magazine DJ Mag named the DJ in the category "Best Breakthrough DJ", and Billboard Dance declared that he "is an artist worth watching." Famous Armenian DJs A. Chilla, Serjo, members of the popular music group 3.33 also performed at the party.
Additional information: Freedom Broker is part of the American financial holding Freedom Holding Corp, whose shares are traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker FRHC. The capitalization of the holding exceeds 4.5 billion US dollars, assets under management - more than 5.4 billion US dollars. Freedom Broker has licenses issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia for the right to carry out brokerage and depository activities. The international group of companies Freedom Finance is the market leader in investment and brokerage services in the CIS and Central Asian markets, with more than 15 years of experience in international financial markets. 119 offices and branches of the group are located in 15 countries in Asia, Europe and America. Group companies are licensed in each country of presence. The total number of client accounts in the companies of the group exceeds 350,000.