39th Fajr Film Festival

The 39th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و نهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) was 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]}

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

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	Majority, Yadoo (5)
Most nominations	Majority (14)
Best Film	Yadoo
Special Jury Prize	Javad Norouzbeigi (producer) – Majority
Audience Choice of Best Film	Pinto
Website	Fajr Film Festival

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

Mehdi Jafari, Best Director winner

Reza Attaran, Best Actor winner

Roya Afshar, Best Actress winner

Pouria Rahimi Sam, Best Supporting Actor winner

Gelareh Abbasi, Best Supporting Actress winner

Main Competition

Best Director	Best Film
Mehdi Jafari – Yadoo Narges Abyar – Pinto Mohsen Gharaee – Majority Arsalan Amiri – Zalava	Yadoo Pinto Majority Zalava
Best Actress	Best Actor
Roya Afshar – Mom as Nasrin Setareh Pesyani – Yadoo (Honorary Diploma) 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 – Bright House as Roshan Parviz Parastui – Majority as Amir Navid Pourfaraj – Zalava as Masoud Ahmadi Mosen Tanabandeh – Once Upon a Time, Abadan as Mosayeb Amir Norouzi – Mom as Fereydoun Milad Soveylavi – Yadoo as Yadoo
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 Soheileh 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 – Majority as Teacher
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Morteza Najafi – Bright House, Yadoo Mohammad Rasuli – Zalava (Honorary Diploma) Masoud Salami – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Farshad Mohammadi – TiTi Morteza Hedayati – Majority	Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram – Zalava Arash Anisi – Mom Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh – TiTi
Best Original Score	Best Editor
Hamed Sabet – Majority Payam Azadi – Romanticism of Emad and Tooba Bamdad Afshar – Yadoo Alireza Afkari – TiTi Fardin Khalatabari – Expediency	Emad Khodabakhsh – Majority 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 – Majority Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Zalava Amirhossein Ghasemi – 180° Rule	Rashid Daneshmand – Yadoo Taher Pishvaei – Pinto Hadi Saed Mohkam – Shishlik Shahram Motavali Bashi – The Sniper Amir Mirshekari – Majority
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 – Majority	Maral Jeyrani – Majority 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 – Bright House 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 Majority Shishlik The Sniper TiTI	Farid Nazerfasihi – Pinto Mohammad Baradaran – Mansour Javad Matoori – Majority
Special Jury Prize	Best National Film
Javad Norouzbeigi – Majority	Ebrahim Asghari – The Sniper
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Short Film
Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaee – Majority 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 First Film

Zalava Expediency (Honorary Diploma) 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 – Drown 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	Majority
	Yadoo
4	Pinto
3	Zalava
2	Bright House
	The Sniper

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
14	Majority
13	Yadoo
10	Pinto
9	Zalava
7	Once Upon a Time, Abadan
5	Shishlik
	Mom
	The Sniper
4	TiTi
3	Bright House
	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
Majority	Mohsen Gharaee
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
Bright House	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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