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36th Iran's Fajr Film Festival Location: Tehran, Iran Founded: 1982 Festival date:1–11 February (National Edition) 20–25 April (Foreign Films)

Fajr International Film Festival and Fajr Film Festival (FIFF), are Iran's annual film festivals, held every February and April in Tehran, Iran. The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Iran. It takes place every year on the anniversary of Iran's Islamic republic. From 2015 on, the festival has been separated to a national festival in February, and the international one in April.

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National Awards

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film Crystal Simorgh for Best Director Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay Crystal Simorgh for Best 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 Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Filmmaker Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film Crystal Simorgh for Best Photography

National Competitions

Competition of Iranian Cinema Competition of Iranian Short Film Competition of Documentary Works

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Crystal Simorgh for Best Film: (5 times) Crystal Simorgh for Best Director: (5 times) Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay: , Rakhshan Bani Etemad, and (2 times) Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari (4 times) Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress: Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Hedieh Tehrani, Parvaneh Massoumi, , , and (2 times) Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor: (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: , Ebrahim Hatamikia and (3 times) Special Jury Award: (2 times)

Movies with the most Crystal Simorghs

8 Crystal Simorgh Prizes: The Last Act (1991) (1998) Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000) Duel (2004) (2014) 7 Crystal Simorgh Prizes: Killing Mad Dogs (2001) Baran (2001) Life and a Day (2016) 6 Crystal Simorgh Prizes: Sar Zamin-e Khorshid (1996) Heeva (1998) A House Built on Water (2002) So Close, So Far (2005) Mainline (2006) 5 Crystal Simorgh Prizes: Hamoun (1991) Mohajer (1989) Travelers (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)

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The selection committee has chosen 22 features from the 67 submitted titles, two documentaries and one animation, for the main competition lineup:

Amir

Dark Room

‘Dark Room’ Producer: Ruhollah Hejazi ‘Amir’ Director: Ruhollah Hejazi Producer: Seyyed Zia Hashemi Cast: Sareh Bayat, Saed Soheili Director: Nima Eqlima Farhad and Halleh have married recently and Cast: Milad Key Maram, Hadi Kazemi, , have faced new challenges. Behdokht Valian, Vahid Manafi Everybody is killing himself, some in eraning more and more money, some by life challenges, and some others ‘Emperor of Hell’ by smoking. They are doing the same, just in different Producer: Mohammad Khazaei ways. Director: Parviz Sheikh-Tadi Cast: Ali Nasirian, Farrokh Nemati, Aliram Nuraei, Enayat Shafie, Kurush Zarei, and some ‘Bomb’ Lebanese cast Producer: Haqiqi The film shows Al- Saudi crimes and the roots Director: Peyman Moadi of ISIS and the expansion of Takfiris across the Cast: Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami, Habib Rezaei, Siamak region, Europe, and USA. Ansari, Baran Moadi The story is happening during the Iraq- Iran war days in which Iraqi forces bombard Iran cities. 10 February 2018 Mahan Inflight Magazine Iranian Cinema www.Mahan.aero

‘In the Levant Time’ Producer: Mohammad Khazaei Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia Cast: Hadi Hejazifar, Babak Hamidan, and a number of Syrian and Lebanese cast The film focuses on security threat by terrorists when an Iranian plane, conveying humanitarian aids to Syria, is challenged in Damascus Airport.

Istanbul Junction Abu Ghorayb Strait Nostalgia Celebration

‘Abu Ghorayb Strait’ Producer: Saeid Malekan Director: Bahram Tavakkoli Cast: Javad Ezzati, , Hamidreza ‘Nostalgia Celebration’ Azarang, Ali Soleymani, Ghorban Najafi, Mehdi Producer: Ali Ghaem Maghami Ghorbani Director: Pouria Azarbaijani The film is the narration of Ammar forces in Cast: , Mohsen Kiaei,Behnam Tashakor, a strait named Abu Ghorayb. The Iraqi forces , Pantea Panahiha, Parivash Nazarieh attacked to the majority of southern fronts in The film deals with virtual world and the people's real 1988 to capture Abu Ghoarayb Starit, and then relations affected by virtual atmosphere. to have access to most Iranian cities. ‘Istanbul Junction’ ‘Old Road’ Producer: Mostafa Kiaei Producer: Manijeh Hekmat Director: Mostafa Kiaei Director: Manijeh Hekmat Cast: , Mohsen Kiaei, Sahar Dolatshahi, Cast: Mahtab Keramati, Atila Pesyani mahoor Alvand, Masud Keramati, Mehdi Pakdel On the edge of the New Year, Minoo hasn’t got The film showcases Plasco Building's fire in a different home yet. viewpoint

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‘Don’t Be Shy’ ‘Underwater Cypress’ Producer: Amir Parvin Husseini Producer: Seyyed Hamed Husseini Director: Reza Maqsoudi Director: Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar Cast: Ahmad Mehranfar, Sam Derakhshani, Cast: Babak Hamidian, Masud Raygan, Reza Behbudi, Shabnam Moghaddami, Linda Kiani, Elnaz Mina Sadati, Homayun Ershadi, Mahtab Nasirpur, Habibi Human Barghnavard,Setareh Eskandari "Don't be Shy" is a comedy film about a rural Does Jahanbakhsh's secret reveal? This secret will midlife- aged couple , expecting a new baby disturb Chista, Mahru, Gudarz, Bahram, Jahangir, and while having daughter and son in law. Pushias the major. To prove his innocence, Jahanbakhsh goes on a long journey. A journey that concludes many changes in others' lives.

Woodpecker

Underwater Cypress ‘Misunderstanding’ Producer: Ahmad-Reza Motamedi Director: Ahmad-Reza Motamedi Cast: Merila Zarei, hanieh Tavasoli, Akbar abdi, Kambiz Dirbaz, Pezhman Jamshoidi ‘Woodpecker’ The film is the story of a hostage, which later seems to Producer: Mahmud Razavi be just a misunderstanding. While not to be sure if it is a Director: Behrouz Shoeibi hostage or misconception. Cast: Jamshid Hashempour, Amin Hayaei, , , Hadi Hejazifar, Alireza Keymanesh There is nothing harder in life than seeing someone you love, has decided to be alone. You enjoy seeing her and hearing her voice, but she closed the doors and has chosen loneliness.

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‘Aflame’ ‘Dirty Work’ Producer: Mohammadreza Shafiei Producer: Khosrow Masumi Director: Hamid Nematollah Director: Khosrow Masumi Cast: Amin Hayaei, Dara Hayaei, Zari Khoshkam, Cast: Pedram Sharifi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Loven Pantea Mahdinia Heftvan, Reza Fayyazi, Akbar Moazzezi, Maoud Forutan Films narrates the life of a man who thinks he is ‘Dirty Work’ deals with immigration and unemployment of no use, and his feelings affects his whole life. issues.

Aflame

Dirty Work Cold sweat Cold

‘Cold Sweat’ ‘Truck’ Producer: Mehdi Davari Producer: Kambozia Partovi Director: Soheil Beiraqi Director: Kambozia Partovi Cast: Baran Kosari, Amir Jadidi, Leili Rashidi, Cast: Saeed Aghakhani, , Nasrin Moradi, Sahar Dolatshahi Ramin Rastad, Truska Jula Iran actress Baran Kosari plays the role of ‘Truck’ is the story of a truck driver and his life events in famed female futsal player on Iranian women’s relation with other people around him. national futsal team, playing the role of futsal player Niloufar Ardalan. The futsal player is also the Iranian national team’s captain and has become one of the famous female athletes in Iran, but her husband doesn’t allow her to attend the national team's competitions.

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‘Lottery’ ‘Seizure’ Producer: Mahmud Razavi Producer: Mohammad Hussein Ghasemi Director: Mohammad-Hussein Mahdavian Director: Mehran Ahmadi Cast: Javad Ezzati ,Saed Soheili , Hadi Hejazifar, Cast: Reza Attaran, Houman Seyyedi, Babak Hamidian, Ziba Karamali Mir-Taher Mazloumi ‘Lottery’ deals with smuggling Iranian girls and Set in the US and Armenia, ‘Seizure’ is a comedy that women to countries . follows the story of a SAVAK (Iran's security service before the Islamic Revolution) agent escaping to the US after the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Seizure

Lottery

‘Mahoura’ ‘Rusty Little Brains’ Producer: Alireza Jalali Producer: Saeid Sadi Director: Hamid Zargar-Nezhad Director: Houman Seyyedi Cast: Kamran Tafti, Bahareh Kian-Afshar, Cast: , Farid Sajjadi Husseini, Dariush Arjmand, Saeed Aghakhani, Mitra , Human Seyyedi, Mahmud Kian, Nazanin Hajjar, Ali Osivand, Yousef Moradian. Bayati The movie depicts the story of a border village The story is about the brains that are rusty and frozen. in Iran, where people have a strange local custom. Each week, the most beautiful girl is named Hur Bride and sent to the river for a day to satisfy Hur. Amin, famed as rat the smuggler, robs Mahur, the Hur bride.

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‘Lady Qods of Iran’ (documentary) ‘Highlight’ Producer: Producer: Sasan Salur Director: Mostafa Razaq-Karimi Director: Asghar Naeimi "Lady Qods of Iran" is a documentary about the life Cast: Jamshid Hashem pur, Pezhman Bazeghi, of Imam Khomeini's wife, which is a co-production of Azadeh Zarei, Sam Gharibian, Elahe Hesari Orouj Film and The Documentary and Experimental Film The film is a romantic drama. Center (DEFC). "Khadijeh Saqafi married Imam Khomeni when she was 16, over 60 years ago, and this movie is about his life from time birth to death There are other members of her family in the film, talking about Mrs. Saqafi."

Highlight

Women with gunpowder earring Lady Gods of Iran ‘The Elephant King’ (animation) Producer: Hamed Jafari Director: Hadi Mohammadian Voices: Bahram Zand, Zohre Skekufandeh, Naser Tahmasb, Mir Taher Mazloomi, Shokat Hojat, George Petrusi, Shayan Shambiati, Hussein Erfani Set in Africa, the animated film ‘The Elephant King’ narrates the story of an elephant who rules over its ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ group like a king. (documentary) The queen bears him a son and everybody expects the Producer: Morteza Shabani son to replace his father as heir to the throne. The clumsy Director: Reza Farahmand baby elephant, however, disappoints them all with its The film is about Nur, a female journalist who clumsy and incredible propensity to cause destruction covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and sabotage for the group. and children in the war against the ISIS The 90-minute animation has more than 200 people terrorists. involved in production.

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One of the factors that make Fajr Film Festival so popular, is the competition of actors and actresses who draw their own fans, to the movie theaters; walk over the red carpet, and sit beside the audience to watch the flicks. It’s the audience that has its say in the audience award, and affects the jury decisions; they determine the winners in each category.

Among this year's competitors, Babak Hamidian has played roles in four flicks; ‘In the Time of the Levant’, ‘Feast of Desolation’, ‘Seizure’, and ‘Underwater Cypress’ are the four movies in which Hamidian has appeared. Next in the row are Hadi Hejazifar and Sahar Dolatshahi, each starring in 3 films. Hejazifar is on the cast of ‘Lottery’, ‘Istanbul Junction’, ‘In the Time of the Levant’ and ‘Woodpecker’; while POPULAR ACTOR TO Dolatshahi’s this year’s films include ‘Cold COMPETE AT FAJR FILMFEST Sweat’, ‘Amir’, and WITH 4 MOVIES IN IRAN’S ‘Istanbul Junction’. 2018 FAJR FEST

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Director Mohammad Ali Najafi to receive lifetime achievement award at Fajr festival Iranian veteran film producer, director, scriptwriter, and architect, Mohammad Ali Najafi, honored at the 36th Fajr Film Festival. Born in Isfahan, Najafi, 72, holds a master’s degree in urban construction and architecture from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. He directed his first feature film in 1979 and has made 15 short, feature, and documentary films as well as TV series so far. Najafi directed the popular historical TV series ‘Sarbedaran’ in 1983. He has also played in the historical series ‘In the Wind’s Eye’ (2003-08) and ‘The Enigma of the Shah’ (2016-17). Najafi’s credits include “Athar’s War”, “Report of a Murder”, “Taher’s Love” and “Zagros”.

36th Fajr Film Festival to honor Iran Dubber

The 36th Fajr Film Festival scheduled to honor Iranian film dubber Manouchehr Esmaeili. Esmaeili has voiced many leading characters played by famous Hollywood actors, including Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, James Cagney, and Marcello Mastroianni, among others. The 78-year-old also lent his voice to many Iranian films produced during the 80s and 90s.

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“Razmara, a Silent Dossier” by Seyyed Ehsan Emadi The film documents Razmara's both personal life, and his life as a military person.

“Iran’s Lady Qods” by Mostafa Razzaq-Karimi "Lady Qods of Iran" is a documentary about the life of Imam Khomeini's wife. Lady Khadijeh Saghafi was married to Imam Khomeini from the age of 16 up until his death.

Ten films have been selected to screen in the documentary competition of the 36th edition of the Fajr Film Festival as follows: FAJR FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY LINEUP

“Finding Farideh” co-directed by Azadeh Musavi and Kurosh Atai Co-directed by Azadeh Musavi and Kurosh Atai, "Finding Farideh" is about an Iranian girl named Farideh, who has been adopted by a Dutch couple 40 years ago, and now overcomes her fears and travels to her motherland, Iran for the first time to meet three families who claim to be her real family and have a DNA test with them, and to find out about her Iranian Identity and culture.

“Women with Gunpowder Earrings” by Reza Farahmand The film is about Nur, a female journalist who covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and children in the war against the ISIS terrorists.

18 February 2018 Mahan Inflight Magazine Documentary Works www.Mahan.aero “Blue as the Sky” by Amir Rafiei The film called "4 Asian Final" previously, shows Esteqlal Football Team's history. Amir Rfiei has also directed the documentary of "I'm Naser Hejazi".

“In the Whirlpool of Extinction” by Fathollah Amiri Fathollah Amiri's latest environmental movie deals with a special kind of cat family which exclusively lives in Iran, and is about to “Sailors Never Go to the Sea Alone” extinct. by Allahkaram Rezai Bandar Anzali Malavan football team is “Sarcheshmeh Assassination” of a special value for local people, and by Mohammad-Hussein Mahdavian is in fact the symbol of the city. The The film talks about Tir Month 7th, 1360 assassination, and the film deals with the affection between martyrdom of dozens of Republic Party (Hezb-e Jomhuri), including people and the team, and also reviews Martyr Beheshti, and 72 of the party members. ups and downs of the team.

“Veh Antiyok Shapur” by Sudabeh Mojaveri veh Antiyok Shapur is about the ancient city of Gundeshapur, the world's first academic and international city with a large and a huge library. The leading physicians of the time, with medical knowledge of Persia, Greece and India, gathered at this university, mixed their knowledge with the modern methods, and so the medical method of Gundeshapur was presented to the world.

“Shouting through the Wind” by Ata Mehrad and Siavash Jemali A poor teenager living in Darvazrh Ghaar neighborhood, tries to change his life and the lives of his community; so he decides to be a singer. On his way, he faces lots of problems such as poorness, having no financial sponsor, his parents' disagreement, and so on.

February 2018 Mahan Inflight Magazine 19 The film is about a man who wants to cross the border illegally; so he hunts for a ram and decides to escape disguised as the animal. 36th Fajr Festival Short36th Fajr Festival Films

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Four short films (less than 15 minutes) are to compete in the 36th Fajr Film “Marlon” by Farnaz Hajiha Festival. Film is the story of a 10 years old boy that his Marlon mother is preparing him for acting test.

“Lunch Time” by Alireza Qasemi A 16 year old girl has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital – due to her young age – won’t let her into the morgue and ask her to bring her guardian instead. However the girl insists that most of her family are in jail for criminal activities. Finally, after her insistence, they agree to let her into the morgue...

“Disclosure” by Ehsan Mokhtari It is more than 20 days that two brothers are staying in their home to hide from some bothering youngsters.

Disclosure Lunch Time

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