26th Fajr International Film Festival
The 26th International Fajr Film Festival were held from February 1 to February 11, 2008 in Tehran, Iran. It consisted of seven competitions: Seeking the Truth ( Competition of Spiritual Cinema), Eye for the Real (Competition of Iranian Documentary Cinema) held in two subsections for long films and short and medium-length films, Contending for Symorgh (Competition of Iranian Cinema — Featured Films), Eastern Vista (Competition of Asian Cinema), World Panorama (International Competition) in two subsections for short films and featured films.[1] Awards were given to the winners in the closing ceremony on February 11.[2]
National Films
Featured Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: As Simple As This produced by Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Majid Majidi for The Song of Sparrows
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: As Simple As This jointly written by Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi and Shadmehr Rastin
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actor: Amin Hayai (Night)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actress: Hengameh Ghaziani (As Simple As This)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor: Mohsen Tanabandeh (A Testimonial For God)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actress: Mahtab Nasirpour (The Son Of Soil)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Editor: Hasan Hasandoost (The Song of Sparrows)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian (The Wall)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Composer: Hossein Alizadeh (The Song of Sparrows)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Makeup Artist: Saeid Malekan (The Song of Sparrows)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound: Iraj Shahzadi (Green Fire)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Costume and Stage Designer: Zhila Mehrjouei and Sholeh Navab Tehrani (Green Fire)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Special Effects: Hosein Talabeigi (Flags Of The Castle Of Kaveh)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best First Film Director: Seyyed Rouhollah Hejazi (In The Middle of Clouds)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film (Spectators' Choice): A Woman Is Always Involved produced by Mohsen Aliakbari
Short Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Film: Boomerang directed by Dariush Gharibzadeh
Documentaries
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary Filmmaker: Mehdi Moniri (Tinar)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Documentary Filmmaker: Hamed Khosravi (The Gloomy Song of Mountains)
Spiritual Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: The Island by Popel Lotkin
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: The Professor And His Favorite Equation by Takashi Kuizomi
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: The Son Of Soil jointly written by Mohammad Ali Ahangar and Mohammad Reza Gohari
Inter-religious Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: Music Box by Farzad Motamen
International Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: Wind Waves In The Meadow by Jozan Film Institute
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Juries Special Award: Très bien, merci produced by Paulo Branco and directed by Emmanuelle Cuau (Portugal)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey) for Yumurta (aka Egg)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: El Violin (The Violin) by Francisco Vargas (Mexico)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film (Spectators' Choice): Très bien, merci
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Technical And Artistic Achievement: Özgür Eken (Yumurta)
Asian Films
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: In The Historical Expectancy by Katsuyuki Avana
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi (As Simple As This)
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: As Simple As This jointly written by Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi and Shadmehr Rastin
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