39th Fajr Film Festival

39th Fajr Film Festival

Opening film	Romanticism of Emad and Tooba by Kaveh Sabagh Zadeh
Closing film	TiTi by Ida Panahandeh
Location	Milad Tower
Founded	1983
No. of films	31 films
Festival date	Opening: February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01) Closing: February 11, 2021 (2021-02-11)
Website	Fajr Film Festival
Fajr Film Festival
40th 38th

39th Fajr Film Awards
Date	February 11, 2021
Site	Milad Tower ,Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Organised by	Farabi Cinema Foundation Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Highlights
Most awards	Without Everything, Yadoo (5)
Most nominations	Without Everything (14)
Best Film	Yadoo
Special Jury Prize	Javad Norouzbeigi (producer) – Without Everything
Audience Choice of Best Film	Pinto
Website	Fajr Film Festival

The 39th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و نهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) held from 1 to 11 February 2021 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 39th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2021, at a press conference.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Jury[]

Main Competition[]

• Mohammad Ehsani
• Sareh Bayat
• Morteza Poursamadi
• Bahram Tavakoli
• Nima Javidi
• Seyyed Jamal Sadatian
• Mostafa Kiaei^[6]

First Look, Short Film, Documentary[]

• Saeed Pouresmaili
• Amir Tooderousta
• Mohammad Ali Farsi
• Mohammad Kart
• Sam Kalantari

Advertising Competition[]

• Ebrahim Haghighi
• Mitra Mohaseni
• Meysam Molaei^[7]

Winners and nominees[]

Main Competition[]

Best Director	Best Film
Mehdi Jafari – Yadoo Narges Abyar – Pinto Mohsen Gharaie – Without Everything Arsalan Amiri – Zalava	Yadoo Pinto Without Everything Zalava
Best Actress	Best Actor
Roya Afshar – Mom as Mom Setareh Pesyani – Yadoo (Diploma Honorary) as Elnaz Habibi – Romanticism of Emad and Tooba as Tooba Melisa Zakeri – Playing with Stars as Saba Elnaz Shakerdoost – Pinto as Raheleh Nazanin Farahani – Expediency as	Raza Attaran – Roshan as Roshan Parviz Parastui – Without Everything as Amir Navid Pourfaraj – Zalava as Masoud Ahmadi Mosen Tanabandeh – Once Upon a Time, Abadan as Amir Norouzi – Mom as Milad Soveylavi – Yadoo as
Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Gelareh Abbasi – Pinto as Shahla Azita Hajian – 180° Rule as Sara's Mother Elham Shafiei – Once Upon a Time, Abadan as Giti Moeini – Pinto as Ashrat	Pouria Rahimi Sam – Zalava as Amardan Vahid Rahbani – Expediency as Hossein Jalali Erfan Ebrahimi – Mom as Pejman Jamshidi – Shishlik as Ahmad Pedram Sharifi – Without Everything as Teacher
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Morteza Najafi – Roshan, Yadoo Mohammad Rasuli – Zalava (Diploma Honorary) Masoud Salami – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Farshad Mohammadi – TiTi Morteza Hedayati – Without Everything	Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram – Zalava Arash Anisi – Mom Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh – TiTi
Best Original Score	Best Editor
Hamed Sabet – Without Everything Payam Azadi – Romanticism of Emad and Tooba Bamdad Afshar – Yadoo Alireza Afkari – TiTi Fardin Khalatabari – Expediency	Emad Khodabakhsh – Without Everything Emad Khodabakhsh – Punch Drunk Siavash Kordjan – Expediency Meysam Molaei – Yadoo
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound Recording
Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Yadoo Hossein Abolsedgh – The Sniper Bahman Baniardalan – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Alireza Alabvian – Without Everything Amirhossein Ghasemi – Zalava Amirhossein Ghasemi – 180° Rule	Rashid Daneshmand – Yadoo Taher Pishvaei – Pinto Hadi Saed Mohkam – Shishlik Shahram Motavali Bashi – The Sniper Amir Mirshekari – Without Everything
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Soheil Daneshraqi – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Behzad Jafari Tadi – Expediency Mohammadreza Shojaei – Pinto Aidin Zarif – Yadoo Amirhossein Ghodsi – Without Everything	Maral Jeyrani – Without Everything Behzad Jafari Tadi – Expediency Mohammad Hossein Karami – Zalava Behzad Jafari Tadi, Mohammad Hossein Karami – Shishlik
Best Special Effects	Best Makeup
Iman Karamian – The Sniper Arash Aghabeyk – Roshan Iman Karamian – Yadoo	Iman Omidvari – Pinto Shahram Khalaj – Shishlik Roxana Razavi – Playing with Stars Abbas Abbasi – Yadoo
Audience Choice of Best Film	Best Visual Effects
Pinto Without Everything Shishlik The Sniper TiTI	Farid Nazerfasihi – Pinto Mohammad Baradaran – Mansour Javad Matoori – Without Everything
Special Jury Prize	Best National Film
Javad Norouzbeigi – Without Everything	Ebrahim Asghari – The Sniper
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Short Film
Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaie – Without Everything Hamid Reza Azarang – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Mehdi Jafari, Mahin Abbas Zadeh – Yadoo	Emergency Cover Witness Meatophile Mask Nahid
Best Documentary
Coup 53 Isatis The Silhouettes Tattooed Dreams 1800 Feet

First Look[]

Best Film

Zalava Expediency (Diploma Honorary) Once Upon a Time, Abadan Mom Punch Drunk Mansour

Advertising Competition[]

Best Poster Design	Best Still Photography
Vahid Abdolhosseini – Seven and a Half Mohammad Taghi Pour – Abadan 11 60 Mohammad Moahadnia – Seven and a Half Mohammad Shakiba – Exodus	Sahab Zaribaf – Sun Children Jalal Hamidi – Gilda Ali Nikraftar – Suddenly a Tree
Best Trailer
Hamid Najafirad – Butterfly Stroke Masoud Rafizadeh – Blue Like Sky Hamed Batouli – Numbness Masoud Rafizadeh – Gold Masoud Rafizadeh – The Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret Army

Films with multiple wins[]

Wins	Films
5	Without Everything
	Yadoo
4	Pinto
3	Zalava
2	The Sniper
	Roshan

Films with multiple nominations[]

Nominations	Films
14	Without Everything
13	Yadoo
10	Pinto
9	Zalava
7	Once Upon a Time, Abadan
5	Shishlik
	Mom
	The Sniper
4	TiTi
3	Roshan
	Expediency
2	180° Rule
	Playing with Stars
	Romanticism of Emad and Tooba
	Mansour
	Punch Drunk

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Films[]

Main Competition[]

Title	Director
Pinto	Narges Abyar
Without Everything	Mohsen Gharaie
The Sniper	Ali Ghafari
TiTi	Ida Panahandeh
180° Rule	Farnoosh Samadi
Romanticism of Emad and Tooba	Kaveh Sabaghzadeh
Once Upon a Time, Abadan	Hamid Reza Azarang
Roshan	Rouhollah Hejazi
Zalava	Arsalan Amiri
Playing with Stars	Hatef Alimardani
Shishlik	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Punch Drunk	Adel Tabrizi
Mom	Arash Anisi
Expediency	Hossein Darabi
Mansour	Siavash Sarmadi
Yadoo	Mehdi Jafari

First Look[]

Title	Director
Expediency	Hossein Darabi
Zalava	Arsalan Amiri
Once Upon a Time, Abadan	Hamid Reza Azarang
Mom	Arash Anisi
Punch Drunk	Adel Tabrizi
Mansour	Siavash Sarmadi
180° Rule	Farnoosh Samadi

Documentary[]

Title	Director
Isatis	Alirerza Dehghan
The Silhouettes	Afsaneh Salari
Tattooed Dreams	Mehdi Ganji
Coup 53	Taghi Amirani
1800 Feet	Mehdi Shahmohammadi

Short Film[]

Title	Director
Cover	Ehsan Majouni
Aydin	Mir Abbas Khosravi
Witness	Ali Asgari
Meatophile	Farid Haji
Sangbal	Amin Shahri
Mask	Nava Rezvani
Nahid	Samad Alizadeh
Emergency	Maryam Esmikhani
Slow Death	Amin Shahrai
Necrosis	Morteza Farhadnia

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References[]

External links[]

• 39th Fajr Film Festival at IMDb