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's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in

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since 1982. The festival is supervised by the

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. It takes place on the anniversary of the

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. The awards are the Iranian equivalent to the American

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. The festival has been promoted locally and internationally through television, radio and

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; speakers have come from the

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, the

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, and

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. Organizations contributing to the event have included the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iran film foundation, Press TV, HispanTV and Iran's multi-lingual film channel IFilm. From 2015, the festival has been separated into a national festival in February, which is notable for premieres of the most important domestic movies, and an international one, held in April.

Eligibility

Entries into the International Competition section must not have premiered in Central Asia, Caucasia and Anatolia (with the exception of the country of origin), or the Middle East to be considered. Films entered into the competitive sections must have completion dates in the years 2019-2020, while Popular Genre Films, and Docs in Focus, and Special Screenings must have completion dates within 2018-2020. Feature films must have a running time of greater than 70 minutes, while short films must not exceed 15 minutes running time. Films cannot be submitted if they have been submitted in a previous edition of the Festival.

Awards

The 38th Fajr International Film Festival offered awards at the Closing Ceremony on April 20, 2020. Awards are given for Iranian films competing in categories outlined in the FIFF Rules and Regulations, which change in monetary amount from year to year.

International

*Golden

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for Best Film (awarded to the

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) + 800.000.000

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(IRR) Cash Prize (jointly to producer and director) *Silver Simurgh for Best Director + 400.000.000 IRR Cash Prize *Silver Simurgh for Best Script + 300.000.000 IRR Cash Prize *Silver Simurgh for Best Actress *Silver Simurgh for Best Actor *In the decision of International Jury, the prize list must not contain joint awards and no film can receive more than two awards. *Silver Simurgh for Best Short Film + 100.000.000 IRR Cash Prize (awarded to the film director)

Eastern Vista Awards

Golden Simurgh for Best Feature Film (awarded to the film director) + 600.000.000 IRR Cash Prize (jointly to producer and director) Silver Simurgh for Best Feature Film Director + 300.000.000 IRR Cash Prize Silver Simurgh for Best Feature Film Script + 150.000.000 IRR Cash Prize Silver Simurgh for Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in a Feature Film in the categories of camera, editing, music score, costume or scene design Silver Simurgh for Best Short Film + 100.000.000 IRR Cash Prize (awarded to the film director)

National Competition

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film Crystal Simorgh for Best Film is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran. Winners and nominees Most wins and nominations Production companies Notes References {{Fajr Internat ...

Crystal Simorgh for Best Director Crystal Simorgh for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (littl ...

* Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay * Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor * Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress * Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography * Crystal Simorgh for Best Editor * Crystal Simorgh for Best Original Score * Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup * Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor * Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress * Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recording * Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Effects * Crystal Simorgh for Best Production Design * Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume Design * Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects * Crystal Simorgh for Best Visual Effects * Crystal Simorgh for Best National Film * Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize * Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film

Other awards

For all: *Golden Tablet *Diploma Honorary *Golden Flag Single: *Audience Award *Golden Banner *Inter-Faith *Abbas Kiarostami Award

Competitions

* Competition of Asian Cinema * Competition of Spiritual Cinema * International Competition * International Competition of Short Films * International Competition of Documentary Works * Competition of Iranian Cinema * Competition of Iranian Short Film * Competition of Documentary Works

Juries

* International Competition Jury * Competition of Spiritual Cinema Jury * Competition of Asian Cinema Jury

Record holders

•

: Ebrahim Hatamikia (Wins : 5) •

Majid Majidi Majid Majidi ( fa, مجید مجیدی, ; born 17 April 1959) is an Iranian film director, producer, and screenwriter, who started his film career as an actor. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous inte ...

(Wins : 4) • Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay : Kambozia Partovi (Wins : 4) • Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography : Mahmoud Kalari (Wins : 4) • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor : Parviz Parastouei (Wins : 4) • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress : Hedieh Tehrani, Leila Hatami,

Baran Kosari Baran Kosari ( fa, باران کوثری; ; born 16 September 1985) is an Iranian actress. Biography She graduated from ''Soureh academy''. ''The Best Papa of the World'' (1991) is her first acting experience. She had appearances in some of her ...

Merila Zarei Merila Zarei ( fa, مریلا زارعی, also Romanized as "Merīlā Zāre'ī"; born April 14, 1974) is an Iranian actress. She is one of the most influential actresses after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, who has acted in the films of great d ...

, Parvaneh Masoumi,

Hengameh Ghaziani Hengameh Ghaziani ( fa, هنگامه قاضیانی; born 20 May 1970) is an Iranian actress and translator. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran Cinema Celebration Award. She got arrested ...

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya Fatemeh Motamed-Arya ( fa, فاطمه معتمدآریا; born October 29, 1961 in Tehran) is a multi-award-winning Iranian actress. She first got involved in theater during her teen years, and received her degree in theater from Tehran Art Instit ...

(Wins : 2)

Fajr International Film Festival editions

* 1st Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1983) * 2nd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1984) * 3rd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1985) * 4th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1986) * 5th Fajr International Film Festival (2–12 February 1987) * 6th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1988) * 7th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1989) * 8th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1990) * 9th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1991) * 10th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1992) * 11th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1993) * 12th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1994) * 13th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1995) * 14th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1996) * 15th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1997) * 16th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1998) * 17th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 1999) * 18th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2000) * 19th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2001) * 20th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2002) * 21st Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2003) * 22nd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2004) * 23rd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2005) * 24th Fajr International Film Festival (20–30 January 2006) * 25th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2007) * 26th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2008) *

27th Fajr International Film Festival The 27th Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, بیست و هفتمین جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر) held from 31 January to 10 February 2009 in Tehran, Iran. ''Doubt'' (Varuzh Karim-Masihi, 2009) — which adapted from ...

(31 January–10 February 2009) * 28th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2010) * 29th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2011) * 30th Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2012) * 31st Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2013) * 32nd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2014) * 33rd Fajr International Film Festival (1–11 February 2015) * 2016 ** 34th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2016) ** 34th Fajr International Film Festival (20–25 April 2016) * 2017 ** 35th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2017) ** 35th Fajr International Film Festival (21–28 April 2017) * 2018 ** 36th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2018) ** 36th Fajr International Film Festival (19–27 April 2018) * 2019 **

37th Fajr Film Festival The 37th Fajr Film Festival ( fa, سی و هفتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) held from 1 to 11 February 2019 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 37th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2019, at a press conference. Jur ...

(1–11 February 2019) ** 37th Fajr International Film Festival (18–26 April 2019) * 2020 ** 38th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2020) ** ~~38th Fajr International Film Festival (16–24 April 2020)~~ *2021 ** 39th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2021) **38th Fajr International Film Festival (26 May–2 June 2021) *2022 ** 40th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2022)

Visitors

Over the years the Festival has had numerous film figures attend, some of whom have worked closely with the festival as jury members. These include:

Volker Schlondorff Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * '' Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-tim ...

Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...

Robert Chartoff Robert Irwin Chartoff (August 26, 1933 – June 10, 2015) was an American film producer and philanthropist. Early life and education Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933 in New York City, the son of Bessie and William Chartoff. His family was J ...

Semih Kaplanoglu Semih is a Turkish given name for males, meaning ''Generous'' and also ''Worthy'' and Great. Semiha is the female form. People named Semih include: * Semih Aydilek, Turkish footballer * Semih Çalışkan (born 1986), Turkish novelist * Semih ...

, Bruce Beresford,

Percy Adlon Paul Rudolf Parsifal "Percy" Adlon (; born 1 June 1935) is a German director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film '' Bagdad Cafe''. He is associated with the New German Cinema movement (ca. 1965–1985), and has been noted ...

, Paul Cox,

Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. He has received ...

, Bela Tarr,

Jan Troell Jan Gustaf Troell (born 23 July 1931) is a Swedish writer-director, and cinematographer. His realistic films, with a lyrical photography in which nature is prominent, have placed him in the first rank of modern Swedish film directors along with ...

Helma Sanders-Brahms Helma Sanders-Brahms (20 November 1940 – 27 May 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Helma Sanders was born on 20 November 1940 in Emden, Germany. She attended a school for acting in Hannover from 1960 to 1 ...

, Elia Suleiman, Agnieszka Holland, Andrey Zvyagintsev,

Rustam Ibragimbekov Rustam Mammad Ibrahim oghlu Ibrahimbeyov (or Ibrahimbekov; az, Rüstəm Məmməd İbrahim oğlu İbrahimbəyov; russian: Рустам Мамед Ибрагим оглы Ибрагимбеков; 5 February 1939 – 11 March 2022) was a Soviet a ...

and Costa-Gavras.

Boycotts

Two Italian film directors, Eugenio Barba and Romeo Castellucci, have announced that they will not be attending the 2020 Fajr Festival in Tehran. They made this decision at the request of some Iranian artists who have already boycotted the festival. So far, 139 people, including director Masoud Kimiai and various movie stars are boycotting the festival in a show of sympathy for the families of those killed in the January 2020 Iranian downing of a Ukrainian passenger flight.

Notes

References

External links

* * * * {{National Cinema Awards Film festivals established in 1982 1982 establishments in Iran Winter events in Iran Crystal Simorgh