Fajr International film festival

Fajr International film festival

Fajr film festival are held every year in february and april in Teheran.The first festival started 1982, guarded by Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance inIran. The date is the actual anniversary of Iranian revolution.

This festival is a big event, which is also popular abroad and well known through the television, radio and social networks.

Awards are divided in international and national, such as:

World Panorama:

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Narrative Film

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Performance

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Script

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Direction

  • Crystal Simorgh Special Jury Prize

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Film

and national:

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Film

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Director

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Editor

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Composer

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup Artist

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Soundtrack

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Effects

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recorder

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Stage Designer

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best First Film Director

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Filmmaker

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Photo

A group of professional jury are controlling the competition. International Competition Jury

  • Competition of Spiritual Cinema Jury

  • International jury

  • Competition of Asian cinema jury

National record belong to the best Iranian and Asian actors, directors, editors, actresses and so on. Some of them are well known for all.

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Director: Asghar Farhadi 3 times - Majid Majidi 5 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Film: Ebrahim Hatamikia 5 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay: Dariush Mehrjui, Rakhshan Bani Etemad and Kambuzia Partovi 2 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari and Hossein Zandbaf 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Effects: Mohammad Reza Delpak 8 times - Eshagh Khanzadi 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recorder: Jahangir Mirshekari 5 times - Yadollah Najafi 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Soundtrack:Majid Entezami and Hossein Alizadeh 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Stage Designer: Iraj Raminfar and Amir Esbati 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup Artist: Abdollah Eskandari 6 times - Saeid Malekan 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects: Mohsen Rouzbahani 8 times - Mohammad Reza Sharafoddin 6 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress: Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Hedieh Tehrani,Parvaneh Massoumi, Baran Kosari, Merila Zarei and Leila Hatami 2 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor: Parviz Parastui 4 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress:Niku Kheradmand, Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Mahtab Nasirpour and Shabnam Moghaddami 2 times

  • Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor: Saeed Poursamimi 3 times

  • Audience Award: Asghar Farhadi, Ebrahim Hatamikia and Kamal Tabrizi 3 times

  • Special Jury Award: Abbas Kiarostami 2 times

Movies that left the best impression definitely diserved all the respect from the jury and audience.

Movies

Classification according the most winner Crystal Simorgh (in the original part):

  • 8 Crystal Simorgh - The Last Act (1991) - The Glass Agency (1998) - Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000) - Duel (2004) - Hussain Who Said No (2014)

  • 7 Crystal Simorgh - Killing Mad Dogs (2001) -Baran (2001) - Life and a Day (2016)

  • 6Crystal Simorgh - Sar Zamin-e Khorshid (1996) - Heeva (1998) -A House Built on Water (2002) - So Close, So Far (2005) - Mainline (2006)

  • 5 Crystal Simorgh -Hamoun (1991) - Mohajer (1989) - Travellers (1991) - Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992) - The Fateful Day (1994) - I Am Taraneh, I Am Fifteen Years Old (2002) - As Simple as That (2008) - Crime (2011) - Days of Life (2011) - Crazy Rook (2014)

Every year festival hosts many visitors from the Movie industry as well as all the movie lovers.