38th Fajr Film Festival

The 38th Fajr Film Festival () was held from 1 to 11 February 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 38th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2020, at a press conference.

Jury

Main Competition Narges Abyar Touraj Aslani Abbas Blondie Reza Pour Hossein Fereydoun Jeyrani Saeed Rad Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour Tahmaseb Solhjoo Maziar Miri

First Look, Short Film, Documentary Mehdi Jafari Rouhollah Hejazi Mostafa Razagh Karimi Fereshteh Taerpour Hadi Moghadamdoost

Advertising Competition

Mohammad Rouhollamin Amir Sheiban Khaghani Habib Majidi

Winners and nominees

Main Competition Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian – Walnut Tree Majid Majidi – Sun Children Niki Karimi – Atabai Morteza Farshbaf – Tooman Saeid Malekan – Day Zero Mohammad Kart – Drown Sun Children Walnut Tree Atabai Day Zero Drown Nazanin Ahmadi – The Rain Falls Where It Will as Sara Parinaz Izadyar – 3 Puffs as Nasim Maryam Moqadam – Ballad of a White Cow as Mina Neda Jebraeili – Drowning in Holy Water as Setareh Elnaz Shakerdoost – I'm Scared as Payman Maadi – Walnut Tree as Ghader Molanpour Mirsaeed Molavian – Tooman as Davood Faramarz Gharibian – Exodus as Rahmat Amir Jadidi – Day Zero as Reza / Siavash Ali Shadman – Drowning in Holy Water as Sohrab Tannaz Tabatabaei – Drown as Parvaneh Leila Zare – There Was Blood as Fatemeh Minoo Sharifi – Walnut Tree as Maryam Samira Hassanpour – 3 Puffs as Fariba Mirhadi Setareh Pesyani – I'm Scared as Baran Kosari – Popular as Afsaneh Shirkhodai Amir Aghaei – Drown as Hashem Javad Ezzati – Atabai as Yahya Arshia Nikbin – The Rain Falls Where It Will as Mojtaba Pirzadeh – Tooman as Aziz Babak Karimi – Shahre Gheseh Cinema as Morteza Najafi – Tooman Saman Lotfian – Atabai Saman Lotfian – Drown Masoud Amini Tirani – The Rain Falls Where It Will Hooman Behmanesh – Sun Children Masoud Salami – 3 Puffs Nima Javidi, Majid Majidi – Sun Children Saeid Malekan, Bahram Tavakoli – Day Zero Mohammad Kart, Hossein Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri – Drown Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moqadam, Mehrdad Kouroshnia – Ballad of a White Cow Ali Zarnegar – Bone Marrow Behnam Behzadi, Sahar Sakhai – I'm Scared Bamdad Afshar – Skin Hossein Alizadeh – Atabai Ramin Kousha – Sun Children Habib Khazaeifar – Walnut Tree Masoud Sekhavatdoust – Drown Esmaeil Alizade – Drown Mohammad Najarian – Skin Mohammad Najarian – Walnut Tree Hassan Hassandoost – Sun Children Maysam Molaei – Day Zero Siavash Pourkhalili – Shahre Gheseh Cinema Arash Ghasemi – Drown Alireza Alavian – Skin Amin Sharifi – Tooman Arash Ghasemi – Exodus Mohammad Reza Delpak – Sun Children Mehdi Salehkermani – Drown Amir Shahordi – Skin Rashid Daneshmand – Tooman Amir Nobakht – Exodus Hossein Bashash – Sun Children Keyvan Moghaddam – Sun Children Pouria Akhavan – Skin Mohamadreza Shojaei – Walnut Tree Soheil Danesheshraghi – Day Zero Aydin Zarif – Shahre Gheseh Cinema Amir Malekpour – Day Zero Rasoul Alizadeh – Skin Maral Jeyrani – Exodus Behzad Jafari Tadi – Walnut Tree Sheideh Mohammadzadeh – Shahre Gheseh Cinema Ghazaleh Motamed – Drown Mohsen Roozbahani – Day Zero Arash Aghabeik – Skin Arash Aghabeik – Drown Iman Karamian – Sun Children Iman Karamian – Butterfly Stroke Mehrdad Mirkiani – Exodus Mohammadreza Ghomi – There Was Blood Shahram Khalaj – Walnut Tree Iman Omidvari – 3 Puffs Azim Farain – Drown Rasul Sadr Ameli – Drown Mohammad Baradaran – Exodus Javad Matoori – Abadan 11 60 Javad Matoori – Sun Children Amin Pahlavanzadeh, Kamyar Shafiepour – Walnut Tree Reza Misaghi, Mohsen Kheirabadi – Day Zero Saeid Malekan – Day Zero Rouhollah Zamani, Shamila Shirzad, Abolfazl Shirzad, Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Mousavifard – Sun Children (Honorary Diploma) Saeid Malekan – Day Zero Abadan 11 60 – Hassan Kalami Ark Brothers – Skin No Place for Angels Lady The Marriage Project It Is Winter Dabur Exam Alley

First Look Day Zero Soundless Skin Drown The Undercover

Advertising Competition Mohammad Taghi Pour – 23 People Ali Bagheri – Women With Gunpowder Earrings Mohammad Hossein Houshmandi – The Paternal House Mohammad Shakiba – Swear Mohammad Taghi Pour – Mahin Maryam Takhtkeshian – Gholamreza Takhti Fatah Zei Nouri – Rona, Azim's Mother Majid Talebi – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Masoud Ashtari – A Hairy Tale Amirhossein Shojaei – Just 6.5 Amir Mirzai – King Slayer Zeinabollsadat Badri – The Lost Paradise Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadi – Swear Morteza Movahadi – Gholamreza Takhti Masoud Rafizadeh – Dance With Me

Films with multiple wins WinsFilms5DrownDay Zero3Sun Children2Walnut TreeExodusSkin

Films with multiple nominations NominationsFilms12Drown11Walnut Tree10Sun Children9Day Zero6Skin5ToomanAtabaiExodus43 PuffsShahre Gheseh Cinema3The Rain Falls Where It WillI'm Scared2Abadan 11 60Drowning in Holy WaterThere Was BloodBallad of a White CowBone Marrow

Films

Main Competition TitleDirectorAbadan 11 60Mehrdad KhoshbakhtAtabaiNiki KarimiThe NightKourosh AhariThe Rain Falls Where It WillMajid BarzegarFilicideMohammad Hadi KarimiSkinArk BrothersToomanMorteza FarshbafExodusEbrahim HatamikiaThe Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret ArmyPeyman GhasemkhaniSun ChildrenMajid MajidiThere Was BloodMasoud KimiaiWalnut TreeMohammad Hossein MahdavianAmphibiousBorzou NiknejadThe Day of the RiotBehrouz ShoeibiDay ZeroSaeid Malekan3 PuffsSaman SalurShahre Gheseh CinemaKeyvan Alimohammad, Aliakbar HeydariDrownMohammad KartPopular Soheil BeyraghiBallad of a White CowBehtash SanaeehaDrowning in Holy WaterNavid MahmoudiBone MarrowHamid GhorbaniI'm ScaredBehnam Behzadi

First Look TitleDirectorThe NightKourosh AhariSoundlessBehrang DezfoulizadehFathersSalem SalavatiSkinArk BrothersEnemiesAli DerakhshandehDay ZeroSaeid MalekanConflictMohammad Reza LotfiDrownMohammad KartSlaughterhouseAbbas AminiThe UndercoverAmir Abbas Rabiei

Documentary TitleDirectorLadyMohammad Habibi MansourThe Marriage ProjectHesam Eslami, Atieh Attarzadeh FirozabadNo Place for AngelsSam KalantariLunar EclipseMohsen OstadaliThe Narrow Red LineFarzad KhoshdastIt Is WinterMehrdad ZahedianLiving Among the Flags of WarMohsen EslamzadehExcellencySajad ImaniThe story of Forough girlsKhatereh HanachiKill Mehdi AraghiAbdolreza Nematollahi

Short film TitleDirectorThe RubbishAli AziziExamSonia K. HadadWhite Wandering SnowsMohamadreza VatandoustRed PandaAli PakniaDaburSaeed NejatiDragon's TailSaeed KeshavarzThe Feast of The GoatSaeed ZamanianAzizSeyyed Mehdi Mousavi BarzakiAlleyMohammad Reza MesbahSnowy MotherMarjan Khosravi

Out of competition TitleDirectorKiller SpiderEbrahim IrajzadSheenMeysam Kazazi

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