The 38th Fajr Film Festival (

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: سی و هشتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) held from 1 to 11 February 2020 in

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. The nominees for the 38th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2020, at a press conference.

Jury

Main Competition

Narges Abyar Narges Abyar ( fa, نرگس آبیار, born 8 August 1970) is an Iranian film director, author and screenwriter, best known for directing '' Track 143'', ''Breath'', and ''When the Moon Was Full''. The film Track 143 is adapted from Abyar's novel ...

* Touraj Aslani * Abbas Blondie * Reza Pour Hossein * Fereydoun Jeyrani *

Saeed Rad Saeed Raad ( fa, سعید راد; born 1 March 1944; also Romanized as Said Rād and Sa'id Rād) is an Iranian actor and playwright. He started his career in 1967. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his ca ...

* Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour * Tahmaseb Solhjoo *

Maziar Miri Maziar Miri (born 1974 in Tehran) is an Iranian filmmaker. Maziar Miri graduated in editing, and started his career with making documentaries about Iran. He made his first short film in 1996, and worked for several years in the editing departme ...

First Look, Short Film, Documentary

Mehdi Jafari Mehdi Jafari ( fa, مهدی جعفری; born 1969) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. In 2021, he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director Crystal Simorgh for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Fa ...

Rouhollah Hejazi Rouhollah Hejazi (Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian languag ...

* Mostafa Razagh Karimi *

Fereshteh Taerpour Fereshteh Taerpour ( fa, فرشته طائرپور; 4 February 1953 – 17 August 2021) was the first Iranian female independent film producer and writer. Career With over 40 years of experience as a journalist, writer, film producer, jury mem ...

Hadi Moghadamdoost Hadi Moghadamdoost (born 1971) is an Iranian director and screenwriter. He is best known for his screenplay for the 2018 film '' Sholevar'', for which he received several industry nominations. He has directed several movies: * 2020 - Soldier (TV ...