38th Fajr Film Festival

The 38th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و هشتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) 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.^[1][2][3][4]

38th Fajr Film Festival

Opening film	3 Puffs by Saman Salur
Closing film	The Feast of The Goat by Saeed Zamanian
Location	Milad Tower
Founded	1983
No. of films	51 films
Festival date	Opening: February 1, 2020 (2020-02-01) Closing: February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)
Website	Fajr Film Festival

38th Fajr Film Awards
Date	February 11, 2020
Site	Milad Tower ,Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Organised by	Farabi Cinema Foundation Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Highlights
Most awards	Drown, Day Zero (5)
Most nominations	Drown (12)
Best Film	Sun Children
Special Jury Prize	Saeid Malekan (director) – Day Zero
Audience Choice of Best Film	Drown
Website	Fajr Film Festival

Jury

Main Competition

• Narges Abyar
• Touraj Aslani
• Abbas Blondie
• Reza Pour Hossein
• Fereydoun Jeyrani
• Saeed Rad
• Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour
• Tahmaseb Solhjoo
• Maziar Miri^[5]

First Look, Short Film, Documentary

• Mehdi Jafari
• Rouhollah Hejazi
• Mostafa Razagh Karimi
• Fereshteh Taerpour
• Hadi Moghadamdoost^[6]

Advertising Competition

• Mohammad Rouhollamin
• Amir Sheiban Khaghani
• Habib Majidi^[7]

Winners and nominees

Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian, Best Director winner

Nazanin Ahmadi, Best Actress winner

Payman Maadi, Best Actor winner

Amir Aghaei, Best Supporting Actor winner

Tannaz Tabatabaei, Best Supporting Actress winner

Main Competition

Best Director	Best Film
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
Best Actress	Best Actor
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
Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Cinematography 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	Best Screenplay 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
Best Original Score	Best Editor
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
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound Recording
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
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
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
Best Special Effects	Best Makeup
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
Audience Choice of Best Film	Best Visual Effects
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
Special Jury Prize	Best National Film
Saeid Malekan – Day Zero Rouhollah Zamani, Shamila Shirzad, Abolfazl Shirzad, Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Mousavifard – Sun Children (Honorary Diploma)	Saeid Malekan – Day Zero
Sardar Soleimani Award	Best Art & Experience Film
Abadan 11 60 – Hassan Kalami	Ark Brothers – Skin
Best Documentary	Best Short Film
No Place for Angels Lady The Marriage Project It Is Winter	Dabur Exam Alley

First Look

Best First Film

Day Zero Soundless Skin Drown The Undercover

Advertising Competition

Best Poster Design	Best Still Photography
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
Best Trailer
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

Wins	Films
5	Drown
	Day Zero
3	Sun Children
2	Walnut Tree
	Exodus
	Skin

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
12	Drown
11	Walnut Tree
10	Sun Children
9	Day Zero
6	Skin
5	Tooman
	Atabai
	Exodus
4	3 Puffs
	Shahre Gheseh Cinema
3	The Rain Falls Where It Will
	I'm Scared
2	Abadan 11 60
	Drowning in Holy Water
	There Was Blood
	Ballad of a White Cow
	Bone Marrow

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Films

Main Competition

Title	Director
Abadan 11 60	Mehrdad Khoshbakht
Atabai	Niki Karimi
The Night	Kourosh Ahari
The Rain Falls Where It Will	Majid Barzegar
Filicide	Mohammad Hadi Karimi
Skin	Ark Brothers
Tooman	Morteza Farshbaf
Exodus	Ebrahim Hatamikia
The Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret Army	Peyman Ghasemkhani
Sun Children	Majid Majidi
There Was Blood	Masoud Kimiai
Walnut Tree	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Amphibious	Borzou Niknejad
The Day of the Riot	Behrouz Shoeibi
Day Zero	Saeid Malekan
3 Puffs	Saman Salur
Shahre Gheseh Cinema	Keyvan Alimohammad, Aliakbar Heydari
Drown	Mohammad Kart
Popular	Soheil Beyraghi
Ballad of a White Cow	Behtash Sanaeeha
Drowning in Holy Water	Navid Mahmoudi
Bone Marrow	Hamid Ghorbani
I'm Scared	Behnam Behzadi

First Look

Title	Director
The Night	Kourosh Ahari
Soundless	Behrang Dezfoulizadeh
Fathers	Salem Salavati
Skin	Ark Brothers
Enemies	Ali Derakhshandeh
Day Zero	Saeid Malekan
Conflict	Mohammad Reza Lotfi
Drown	Mohammad Kart
Slaughterhouse	Abbas Amini
The Undercover	Amir Abbas Rabiei

Documentary

Title	Director
Lady	Mohammad Habibi Mansour
The Marriage Project	Hesam Eslami, Atieh Attarzadeh Firozabad
No Place for Angels	Sam Kalantari
Lunar Eclipse	Mohsen Ostadali
The Narrow Red Line	Farzad Khoshdast
It Is Winter	Mehrdad Zahedian
Living Among the Flags of War	Mohsen Eslamzadeh
Excellency	Sajad Imani
The story of Forough girls	Khatereh Hanachi
Kill Mehdi Araghi	Abdolreza Nematollahi

Short Film

Title	Director
The Rubbish	Ali Azizi
Exam	Sonia K. Hadad
White Wandering Snows	Mohamadreza Vatandoust
Red Panda	Ali Paknia
Dabur	Saeed Nejati
Dragon's Tail	Saeed Keshavarz
The Feast of The Goat	Saeed Zamanian
Aziz	Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi Barzaki
Alley	Mohammad Reza Mesbah
Snowy Mother	Marjan Khosravi

Out of competition

Title	Director
Killer Spider	Ebrahim Irajzad
Sheen	Meysam Kazazi

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External links

• 38th Fajr Film Festival at IMDb