The awards ceremony for the 35th Fajr International Film
Festival took place on Thursday evening, 27 April, at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall,
with all the winners, as they were announced.Culture
Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif,
Director of Iranian Cinema Organization Mohammad Mehdi Heydarian,were present .Addressing
the gathering, Fajr festival Director Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi said: I would
like to extend my gratitude to all those who worked round the clock to help me
make this up-and-coming event possible. We are now more than ever determined to
turn Fajr International Film Festival into an annual event for those who are
vying for global peace, justice and dignity both in their films and in their
workings.Hosted
by prominent actor Ashkan Khatibi, the ceremony was broadcast live in both
English and Persian languages.
Founded
in 1982, Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is Iran’s largest annual film festival
held in Tehran. It is an event that celebrates cultural exchange, displays
creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to quality
local and international films. Since its establishment, Fajr International Film
Festival has played a vital role in the development of the Iranian Cinema.
Every year, veteran directors and new filmmakers devotedly present their works
in the festival.
Over
the years, Fajr has been honored by numerous great film figures who have also
worked closely with the festival as respectable Jury Members, such as Volker Schlondorff, Krzysztof Zanussi,
Robert Chartoff, Semih Kaplanoglu, Bruce Beresford, Percy Adlon, Paul Cox,
Shyam Benegal, Bela Tarr, Jan Troell, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Elia Suleiman,
Agnieszka Holland, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Rustam Ibragimbekov,
just to name a few among other influential figures.
Furthermore,
a few of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking films, made by great
filmmakers in the prime of their career, that were honored and awarded in
different sections of the festival include, MABOROSI NO HIKARI by Hirokazu Kore-eda, LA
PROMESSE by Dardenne
Borthers, CLOUDS OF MAY by Nuri
Bulge Ceylan, 23 by Hans-Christian
Schmid, RESSOURCES HUMAINES by Laurent Cantet, NAPOLA by Dennis Gansel, THE RETURN
by Andrey Zvyagintsev, LIVES
OF THE OTHERS by Florian
Henckel Von Donnersmarck and
so forth.
During
different editions of Fajr, brilliant auteur filmmakers such as Costa-Gavras, Francesco Rosi, Theo
Angelopoulos, Mario Monicellli, Moustapha Akkad, Darius Khondji
etc… have taken part in the festival and have been presented with lifetime
achievement awards.
Full
List of Winners:
International Competition
(Cinema of Salvation)
Golden Simorgh for Best Film: The Home, Asghar Yousefinejad, Iran
Silver Simorgh for Best
Director: Ivan D. Gaona, Guilty Men,
Colombia
Silver Simorgh for Best
Actor: Stefan Denolyubov, Glory, Bulgaria
Silver Simorgh for Best
Script: The Home, Asghar
Yousefinejad, Iran
Silver Simorgh for Special
Jury Prize – Art Direction and Cinematography: Zhu Jinjing (Cinematography), Wang Tou (Art Director), Mr. No
Problem, (China, France)
Silver Simorgh for Best Short
Film: Online Shopping, Ghasideh Golmakani, Iran
Jury: Florian Gallenberger (Germany), Jessica
Woodworth (USA), Lech Majewski (Poland), Mieko Harada (Japan), Uberto Pasolini
(Italy), Fatemah Motamed-Aria (Iran), and Rasoul Sadrameli
(Iran).
Muhammad Al Ameen Award
Babaei,
Mozaffar Hosseinkhani Hezaveh, Iran
Asian Film Awards
Best Asian Film: Returnee, Sabit Kurmanbekov, Kazakhstan
Best Asian Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Wolf and Sheep,
Afghanistan/Denmark/France/Sweden
Best Asian Short Film: Not Yet, Arian Vazirdaftari, Iran
Jury: Hamida Omarova (Azerbaijan), Omirbaev
Darezhan Karazhanovich (Kazakhstan), Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey), Nejib Ayed
(Tunisia), and Kamal Tabrizi (Iran).
Interfaith Award
Knife
in the Clear Water, Wang Xuebo, China
Jury: Michał Legan (Poland), Katia
Malatesta (Italy), and Hojatollah Ayoubi (Iran).
NETPAC Prize
The
Home, Asghar Yousefinejad, Iran
Jury: Anne Demy-Geroe (Australia), Rolando B.
Tolentino (Philipines), and Houshang Golmakani (Iran).
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