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.