The Fajr International Film Festival Poster 2007

The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بین المللی فیلم فجر or simply Persian: جشنواره فیلم فجر) is Iran's annual film festival, held every February in Tehran. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “Farsi” redirects here. ... “Farsi” redirects here. ... A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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Awards

• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actor
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actress
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actress
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Editor
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Cinematographer
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Composer
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Makeup Artist
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Effects
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Recorder
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Costume and Stage Designer
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Special Effects
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best First Film Director
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary Filmmaker
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Film

Competition Winners (2007)

National

• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: “The Third Day” produced by Alireza Jalali
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Mohammad-Hossein Latifi for “The Third Day” and Amir-Shahab Razavian for “Mina of the Silent City”
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: “Mainline” jointly written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahhab, and Naghmeh Samini
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actor: Bahram Radan (“The Santur Player”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actress: Baran Kowsari (“Mainline” and “The Third Day”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor: Afshin Hashemi (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actress: Pante’a Bahram (“Eternal Kids”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahhab (“Mainline”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Cinematographer: Hamid Khozuei Abyaneh (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Composer: Kambiz Roshanravan (“Eternal Kids”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Makeup Artist: Mehrdad Mirkiani (“Mainline”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Effects: Mohammadreza Delpak (“Rule of the Game”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Recorder: Hassan Zahedi and Dariush Sadeqpur (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Costume and Stage Designer: Mohsen Ruzbehani (“The Third Day”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Special Effects: Mohsen Ruzbehani and Alaeddin Pajhan (“Rule of the Game”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best First Film Director: Bahram Tavakkoli (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary: “Memoirs of a 75-Year-Old” directed by Mohammadreza Aslani
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary Filmmaker: Masud Bakhshi (“Tehran Has No Pomegranates”)
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Film: “Weight of Being” directed by Hamid Bahrami

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Spiritual section

• Crystal Simorgh for best screenplay to “The Collector” directed by Feliks Falk
• Crystal Simorgh for best director to “Dorm” by Songyos Sukmakanan
• Crystal Simorgh for best film to “Barefoot in Heaven” by Bahram Tavakkoli

Inter-religious section

• Crystal Simorgh to Parviz Sheikh Tadi’s “Robin”

Asian section

• Crystal Simorgh for best screenplay to “Blue Swallow” directed by Yoon Jong-chan
• Crystal Simorgh for best director to “Hi-Bi: Days of Fire” by Banmei Takahashi
• Crystal Simorgh for best film to “The Night Bus” By Kiumars Purahmad

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Competition Winners (2006)

Beginning of 24th Fajr Film Festival, Tehran, Vazarate Keshvar Hall

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International Awards

• Crystal Simorgh prize for Best Short Narrative Film to Rain is Falling, directed by Holger Ernst from Germany.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement to the film Downfall directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from Germany.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Performance to Mohammad Reza Foroutan for the film Slowly Directed by Maziar Miri, Iran.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Script to Mani Haqiqi for Men at Work, Iran.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Gianni Amelio for the film The Keys to the House, Italy.
• Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize to Bashing, directed by Kobayashi Masahiro, Japan.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film to Slowly, directed by Maziar Miri, Iran.

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Awards of Spiritual Cinema

• Crystal Simorgh Prize of Best Script for the film Zozo, directed by Josef Fares, Sweden.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Tae Hyung Im, director of the film Little Brother, Korea.
• Crystal Simorgh prize for Best Film to When Everybody was asleep, directed by Fereidoun Hassanpour, Iran.

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Awards of Asian Cinema

• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Script to Mitsuhiro Mihara for the film The Village Album, Japan.
• Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Ma Liwen , director of the film You and Me, China.
• Crystal Simorgh prize for Best Film to In the Name of the Father, directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, Iran.

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Competitions

• Competition of Asian Cinema
• Competition of Spiritual Cinema
• International Competition
• International Competition of Short Films
• Competition of Iranian Cinema
• Competition of Iranian short film
• Competition of Documentary Works

Juries

• International Competition Jury
• Competition of Spiritual Cinema Jury
• Competition of Asian Cinema Jury

Fajr International Film Festival Logo

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Fajr International Film Festivals

• 12th Fajr International Film Festival
• 13th Fajr International Film Festival
• 14th Fajr International Film Festival
• 15th Fajr International Film Festival
• 16th Fajr International Film Festival
• 17th Fajr International Film Festival
• 18th Fajr International Film Festival
• 19th Fajr International Film Festival
• 20th Fajr International Film Festival
• 21st Fajr International Film Festival
• 22nd Fajr International Film Festival
• 23rd Fajr International Film Festival
• 24th Fajr International Film Festival
• 25th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 - 11 February 2007)

// Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: “The Third Day” produced by Alireza Jalali Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Mohammad-Hossein Latifi for “The Third Day” and Amir-Shahab Razavian for “Mina of the Silent City” Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: “Mainline” jointly written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

External link(s)

• Fajr International Film Festival official website