Program Director Bernd Buder is currently on the jury of the Golden Apricot Film Festival Yerevan in Armenia.
It is taking place for the 20th time this year.
Armenian cinema, since the country's independence in 1991, has been present at international festivals.
Bernd Buder is on the jury of the festival, together with Inna Sahakyan (producer from Armenia), Claire Simon (producer from France), Lav Diaz (Filipino film director) and Raed Farizadeh from Iran.
The "Regional Panorama" jury is chaired by Sergei Dvortsevoy (Kazakhstan), he was the maker of the opening film at the 29th FFC in Cottbus with his film TULPAN.