Cinema Cinema Academy Awards announces nominees

The 2nd edition of Iran’s Cinema Cinema Academy Awards has announced nominees.

‘Sheeple’ by Houman Seyyedi and ‘I Am Not Angry’ by Reza Dormishian lead the nominations each in five categories, including best film and best director.

‘Lovely Trash’ by Mohsen Amir-Yousefi and ‘Pig’ by Mani Haqiqi got four nominations while ‘Dressage’ by Pouya Badkoubeh, ‘Flaming’ by Hamid Nematollah, ‘Bomb, a Love Story’ by Peyman Maadi, ‘Cold Sweat’ by Soheil Beiraqi, ‘The Lost Strait’ by Bahram Tavakkoli, and ‘No. 17 Soheila’ by Mahmoud Ghaffari received three.

Full least of the nominees:

Best film:

‘Bomb, a Love Story’

‘Flaming’

‘The Lost Strait’

‘Lovely Trash’

‘Pig’

‘The Underwater Cypress’

‘I Am Not Angry’

‘Sheeple’

Best director:

Peyman Maadi for ‘Bomb, a Love Story’

Hamid Nematollah for ‘Flaming’

Bahram Tavakkoli for ‘The Lost Strait’

Mohsen Amir-Yousefi for ‘Lovely Trash’

Mani Haqiqi for ‘Pig’

Mohammad-Ali Basheh-Ahangar for ‘The Underwater Cypress’

Reza Dormishian for ‘I Am Not Angry’

Houman Seyyedi for ‘Sheeple’

Best screenwriter:

Peyman Maadi for ‘Bomb, a Love Story’

Hamid Nematollah and Hadi Moqaddam-Doust for ‘Flaming’

Mohsen Amir-Yousefi for ‘Lovely Trash’

Mani Haqiqi for ‘Pig’

Reza Dormishian for ‘I Am Not Angry’

Houman Seyyedi for ‘Sheeple’

Hamed Rajabi for ‘Dressage’

Mahmoud Ghaffari for ‘No. 17 Soheila’

Best Actress:

Baran Kosari for ‘I Am Not Angry’ and ‘Cold Sweat’

Sara Bahrami for ‘Axing’

Zahra Davoudnejad for ‘No. 17 Soheila’

Negar Moqaddam for ‘Dressage’

Shabnam Moqaddami for ‘Don’t Be Embarrassed’

Mahtab Nasirpour for ‘Astigmatism’

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh for ‘Lovely Trash’

Sahar Dolatshahi for ‘Cold Sweat’

Best actor:

Farhad Aslani for ‘Sheeple’

Amir Jadidi for ‘Cold Sweat’ and ‘Hat-Trick’

Amin Hayaee for ‘Flaming’

Javad Ezzati for ‘The Lost Strait’

Navid Mohammadzadeh for ‘I Am Not Angry’ and ‘Sheeple’

Hassan Majouni for ‘Pig’

Ali Mosaffa for ‘A Bigger Game’

Best directorial debut:

Pouya Badkoubeh for ‘Dressage’

Mahmoud Ghaffari for ‘No. 17 Soheila’

Pouria Kakavand for ‘Golden Time’

Abbas Nezam-Doust for ‘A Bigger Game’

Kazem Mollaee for ‘Kupal’

Best documentary and best short film nominees are announced as well.

The Cinema Cinema Academy Awards is Iran’s first private film academy based in Tehran.

The Cinema Cinema Academy Awards ceremony, which can be considered as the Iranian equivalent to the Oscars, is slated for August 10 at Tehran’s Enqelab Hotel.

MG/MG