40th Fajr filmfest announces nominees

The 40th edition of the Fajr Film Festival (FFF) has announced the nominees for Crystal Simorgh awards in different categories.

Here is full list of the nominees:

 

Best Film:

‘The Last Snow’ produced by Hassan Mostafavi

‘Grassland’ produced by Bahram Radan

‘The Situation of Mehdi’ produced by Habibollah Valinejad

‘The Night Guardian’ produced by Reza Mirkarimi

 

Best Directing:

Hadi Hejazifar for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Kazem Daneshi for ‘Grassland’

Behrouz Shoeibi for ‘No Prior Appointment’

Amir-Hossein Asgari for ‘The Last Snow’

Reza Mirkarimi for ‘The Night Guardian’

 

Best Script:

Ebrahim Amini and Hadi Hejazifar for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Farhad Tohidi and Mehdi Torab-Beigi for ‘No Prior Appointment’

Kazem Daneshi for ‘Grassland’

Amir-Hossein Asgari, Amir-Mohammad Abdi, and Seyyed-Hassan Hosseini for ‘The Last Snow’

Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi for ‘The Night Guardian’

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Sara Bahrami for ‘Grassland’

Zhila Shahi for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Tannaz Tabatabaee for ‘Dreamless’

Laleh Marzban for ‘The Night Guardian’

Ladan Mostofi for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Touraj Alvand for ‘The Night Guardian’

Pejman Jamshidi for ‘Grassland’

Amin Hayaee for ‘The Last Snow’

Mehdi Nosrati for ‘Against’ (Zed)

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Sadaf Espahbodi for ‘Grassland’

Fereshteh Hosseini for ‘Squad of Girls’

Safoura Khoshtinat for ‘The Night Guardian’

Shadi Karamroudi for ‘Dreamless’

Linda Kiani for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Noushin Masoudian for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Payam Ahmadinia for ‘Private Meeting’

Ali-Akbar Osanlou for ‘The Night Guardian’

Rouhollah Zamani for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Mehdi Zaminpardaz for ‘Grassland’

Nader Soleymani for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Majid Salehi for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Cinematography:

Vahid Ebrahimi for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Alireza Barazandeh for ‘The Town’

Hadi Behrouz for ‘Grassland’

Mohammad Haddadi for ‘No Prior Appointment’

Arman Fayyaz for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Editing:

Zhila Ipekchi for ‘The Town’

Hassan Jamshidi-Gohari for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Sepideh Abdolvahhab for ‘Killing the Traitor’

Hamid Najafirad for ‘Squad of Girls’

Hamid Najafirad for ‘Grassland’

 

Best Score Music:

Habib Khazaeefar for ‘The Loser Man’

Fardin Khalatbari for ‘Mahan’

Fardin Khalatbari for ‘Henas’

Masoud Sekhavatdoust for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Behzad Abdi for ‘Grassland’

 

Best Visual Effects:

Mohammad Baradaran for ‘Killing the Traitor’

Amin Pahlevanzadeh for ‘The Loser Man’

Kamyar Shafipour for ‘The Last Snow’

Farid Nazer-Fasihi for ‘Beyro’

Hassan Najafi and Amir Valikhani for ‘Squad of Girls’

 

Best Special Effects:

Arash Aqabeig for ‘Killing the Traitor’

Arash Aqabeig for ‘The Town’

Hamid Rasoulian for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Mohsen Rouzbahani and Kavous Rouzbahani for ‘Squad of Girls’

Iman Karamian for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

 

Best Makeup Design:

Mona Jafari for ‘Grassland’

Shahram Khalaj for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Azim Farayen for ‘Beyro’

Morteza Kahzadi for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Omid Golzadeh for ‘The Last Snow’ and ‘Shadravan’

 

Best Custom Design:

Behzad Aqabeigi for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Maral Jeyrani for ‘Killing the Traitor’

Fatemeh Safarizadeh for ‘Shadravan’

Zahra Samadi for ‘The Night Guardian’

Ali Nasirinia for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Scenic Design:

Soheil Danesh-Eshraqi for ‘Killing the Traitor’

Amir Zaghari for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Mohammad-Reza Shojaee for ‘Squad of Girls’

Mohammad-Reza Shojaee for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Aidin Zarif for ‘2888’

Ali Nasirinia for ‘The Last Snow’

 

Best Sound Recording:

Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh for ‘Squad of Girls’

Babak Ardalan for ‘Shadravan’

Masih Hadpour-Seraj for ‘The Situation of Mehdi’

Abbas Rastegarpour for ‘No Prior Appointment’

Amir Nobakht-Haqiqi for ‘Golden Night’

 

Best Sound Engineering:

Faramarz Abolsedq for ‘Squad of Girls’

Amin Sharifi for ‘Against’ (Zed)

Alireza Alavian for ‘No Prior Appointment’ and 'Grassland’

Amir-Hossein Qasemi for ‘Killing the Traitor’ and ‘The Night Guardian’

Naeem Meschian for ‘2888’

 

Best First Film:

‘Dreamless’ directed by Arian Vazir-Daftari

‘Grassland’ directed by Kazem Daneshi

‘Private Meeting’ directed by Omid Shams

‘The Situation of Mehdi’ directed by Hadi Hejazifar

 

A lineup of 22 films, most made by the new generation of Iranian filmmakers, competed at the main competition section of the FFF.

Presided over by Masoud Naqqashzadeh, the 40th FFF is took place in Tehran on February 1-11, 2022 in two cultural and competitive sections.

The FFF coincides with the Ten-Day Fajr ceremonies across Iran, marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Since its establishment in 1982, the FFF has played a vital role in the development of Iranian Cinema.

Supervised by Iran’s Ministry of Culture, the festival hosts veteran directors and new filmmakers from Iran every year.

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