Day Zero (Persian: روز صفر, romanized: rooz-e sefr) is a 2020 Iranian action thriller drama film directed by Saeid Malekan and written by Bahram Tavakoli and Malekan. The film screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival and earned 7 nominations and received 5 awards.

Premise The story is about the arresting of the famous terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi and how it was accomplished.

Cast

Amir Jadidi as Reza / Siavash Saed Soheili as Abdolmalek Rigi Tinoo Salehi as Farough Mohammadreza Maleki as Security Agent Amin Golestaneh as Bashir Mahdi Gorbani as Suicide Terrorist Abolfazl Amiri as Terrorist Sniper Reza Khodadbigi as Suicide Terrorist Sina Shafiei as Security Agent Abolfazl Saffary as Reporter Natalie Lindeman Hamidreza Soleymani Milad Yazdani Mohammad-Ali Rajpout Ebrahim Barzideh Mojgan Mokhber Sabet Navid Karimzadeh Ali-Asghar Sabouri Rad Mohammad Dagheri Mohammadreza Tahiri

Reception

Accolades YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult2020Fajr Film FestivalSpecial Jury PrizeSaeid MalekanBest Costume DesignAmir MalekpourBest Special EffectsMohsen RoozbahaniBest National FilmSaeid MalekanBest First FilmSaeid MalekanBest FilmSaeid MalekanBest DirectorSaeid MalekanBest ScreenplaySaeid Malekan and Bahram TavakoliBest ActorAmir JadidiBest EditMaysam MolaeiBest Production DesignSoheil Danesh EshraghiBest Visual EffectsMohammad Ali Fathi, Mohsen Kheirabadi, Reza Misaghi2022Iran's Film Critics and Writers AssociationBest EditorMeysam MolaiBest Technical AchievementBest Special Effects: Mohsen Roozbahani Best Creativity and Talent (first filmmakers)Saeid Malekan

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