2018 Hafez Awards announces nominees

2018 Hafez Awards has announced nominees for cinematic productions.

According to a media report, this year’s event has screened the candidates from works that have been featured in the country from April 2017 to March 2018.

The line-up for some nomination categories includes as follows:

Best Director:

Fereydoun Jeyrani for 'Asphyxia'

Mohsen Gharaei for 'Blockage'

Masoud Kimiaei for 'Domestic Killer'

Shahram Mokri for 'Invasion'

Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian for 'Lottery'

Hamid Nematollah for 'Subdued'

Mehran Modiri for '5 p.m.'

Vahid Jalilvand for 'No Date, No Signature'

Ebrahim Hatamikia for 'Damascus Time'

Rambod Javan for 'Negar'

Best Film:

Ali Jalilvand and Ehsan Alikhani for 'No Date, No Signature'

Saeid Malekan for 'My Brother, Khosrow'

Hamid Nematollah for 'Subdued'

Mehran Modiri for '5 p.m.'

Mansour Lashkari-Ghouchani for 'Domestic Killer'

Mahmoud Razavi for 'Lottery'

Saman Moqaddam for 'Sperm Whale 2'

Saeid Malekan for 'Villa Residents'

Best Screenplay (original or adapted):

Masoumeh Bayat for 'Subdued'

Fereydoun Jeyrani for 'Asphyxia'

Saeid Roustaei for 'Blockage'

Hamed Mohammadi for 'Oxidan'

Mehran Modiri for '5 p.m.'

Ebrahim Amini and Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian for 'Lottery'

Best Credits Song (Film or Television series):

Reza Yazdani for 'Take off'

Homayoun Shajarian for 'Subdued'

Ali Zand-Vakili for 'A Mother's Sacrifices'

Sina Sarlak for 'Under the Smoky Roof'

Mohsen Chavoshi for 'Shade'

Mohammad Esfahani for 'Breath'

Best Actor:

Hamed Behdad for 'Blockage'

Parviz Pour-Hosseini for 'Domestic Killer'

Mohsen Tanabandeh for 'Ferrari'

Kourosh Tahami for 'Subdued'

Amir Jadidi for 'Domestic Killer'

Hadi Hejazifar for 'Lottery'

Shahab Hosseini for 'My Brother, Khosrow'

Saeid Soheili for 'Lottery'

Javad Ezzati for 'Lottery'

Reza Attaran for 'Sperm Whale 2'

Nader Fallah for 'Atomic Heart'

Navid Mohammadzadeh for 'No Date, No Signature'

Best Actress:

Pardis Ahmadieh for 'Asphyxia'

Mahnaz Afshar for 'Sperm Whale 2'

Parinaz Izadyar for 'Villa Residents'

Vishka Asayesh for 'Sperm Whale 2'

Sara Bahrami for 'Italy, Italy'

Sareh Bayat for 'Yellow'

Tarlan Parvaneh for 'Ferrari'

Hediyeh Tehrani for 'Israfil'

Leila Hatami for 'Subdued'

Elnaz Shakerdoust for 'Asphyxia'

Sorayya Qasemi for 'Villa Residents'

Baran Kosari for 'Blockage'

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya for ‘Parinaz’

The 18th edition of Hafez Awards in Iran is slated for August 13, 2018.

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