ARPA International Film Festival Founder, Sylvia Minassian, on the red carpet with Eric Roberts and Eliza Roberts.Photo credit:  Cynthia Biret. 

ARPA International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in Los Angeles, is also a leading indie film festival in Southern California.  By fostering diversity by creating cultural bridges with international filmmakers, the festival also explores critical issues and thrives to create lasting social impact on issues related to war, genocides, diaspora, exile, cultural identity and multiculturalism.

This year's Sepcial Honorees are:

 ALBERT S. RUDDY- Lifetimes Achievement in Producing

SALLY KIRKLAND - Icon Award. 

ERIC ROBERTS - Lifetime Achievement Award

JOE BERLINGER - Career Achievement In Directing

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Arpa IFF 2019 Special Award Winner for the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award was awarded to the documentary

THE STATELESS DIPLOMAT, directed by Mimi Malayan and Arthur Muradyan.