The Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بین المللی فیلم فجر) and Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF) (Persian: جشنواره فیلم فجر) are Iran's annual film festivals, held every February and April in Tehran, Iran. The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Iran. It takes place every year on the anniversary of the Iranian revolution. There were 90 '''feature film'''s submitted for the 29th edition of the festival in 2011. The festival as been promoted both locally and abroad through television, radio and webinars with previous speakers coming from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany.
Contributing organizations to the event include the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iran film foundation, Press TV, HispanTV and Iran's multi-lingual film channel IFilm (TV channel). From 2015 on, the festival has been separated to a national festival in February and an international one in April, with the national one being the more notable for premiers of the most important domestic movies.
World Panorama:
Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Narrative Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement
Crystal Simorgh for Best Performance
Crystal Simorgh for Best Script
Crystal Simorgh for Best Direction
Crystal Simorgh Special Jury Prize
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress
Crystal Simorgh for Best Editor
Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography
Crystal Simorgh for Best Composer
Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup Artist
Crystal Simorgh for Best Soundtrack
Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Effects
Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recorder
Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Stage Designer
Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects
Crystal Simorgh for Best First Film Director
Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary
Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Filmmaker
Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Photo
For all:
Golden Tablet
Diploma Honorary
Golden Flag
Single:
Audience Award
Golden Banner
Inter-Faith
Abbas Kiarostami Award
Competition of Asian Cinema
Competition of Spiritual Cinema
International Competition
International Competition of Short Films
International Competition of Documentary Works
Competition of Iranian Cinema
Competition of Iranian Short Film
Competition of Documentary Works
International Competition Jury
Competition of Spiritual Cinema Jury
Competition of Asian Cinema Jury
1st Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1983)
2nd Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1984)
3rd Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1985)
4th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1986)
5th Fajr International Film Festival ( 2 – 12 February 1987)
6th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1988)
7th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1989)
8th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1990)
9th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1991)
10th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1992)
11th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1993)
12th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1994)
13th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1995)
14th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1996)
15th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1997)
16th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1998)
17th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 1999)
18th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2000)
19th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2001)
20th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2002)
21st Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2003)
22nd Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2004)
23rd Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2005)
24th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2006)
25th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2007)
26th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2008)
27th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2009)
28th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2010)
29th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2011)
30th Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2012)
31st Fajr International Film Festival ( 1 – 11 February 2013)
32nd Fajr International Film Festival ( 1–11 February 2014)
33rd Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2015)
33rd Fajr International Film Festival (2015)
34th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2016)
34th Fajr International Film Festival (20–25 April 2016)
35th Fajr Film Festival (1–11 February 2017)
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director: Asghar Farhadi 3 times - Majid Majidi 5 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film: Ebrahim Hatamikia 5 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay: Dariush Mehrjui, Rakhshan Bani Etemad and Kambuzia Partovi 2 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari and Hossein Zandbaf 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Effects: Mohammad Reza Delpak 8 times - Eshagh Khanzadi 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recorder: Jahangir Mirshekari 5 times - Yadollah Najafi 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Soundtrack: Majid Entezami and Hossein Alizadeh 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Stage Designer: Iraj Raminfar and Amir Esbati 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup Artist: Abdollah Eskandari 6 times - Saeid Malekan 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects: Mohsen Rouzbahani 8 times - Mohammad Reza Sharafoddin 6 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress: Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Hedieh Tehrani, Parvaneh Massoumi, Baran Kosari, Merila Zarei and Leila Hatami 2 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor: Parviz Parastui 4 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress: Niku Kheradmand, Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Mahtab Nasirpour and Shabnam Moghaddami 2 times
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor: Saeed Poursamimi 3 times
Audience Award: Asghar Farhadi, Ebrahim Hatamikia and Kamal Tabrizi 3 times
Special Jury Award: Abbas Kiarostami 2 times
Classification according the most winner Crystal Simorgh (in the original part):
8 Crystal Simorgh - The Last Act (1991) - The Glass Agency (1998) - Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000) - Duel (2004) - Hussain Who Said No (2014)
7 Crystal Simorgh - Killing Mad Dogs (2001) - Baran (2001) - Life and a Day (2016)
6 Crystal Simorgh - Sar Zamin-e Khorshid (1996) - Heeva (1998) - A House Built on Water (2002) - So Close, So Far (2005) - Mainline (2006)
5 Crystal Simorgh - Hamoun (1991) - Mohajer (1989) - Travellers (1991) - Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992) - The Fateful Day (1994) - I Am Taraneh, I Am Fifteen Years Old (2002) - As Simple as That (2008) - Crime (2011) - Days of Life (2011) - Crazy Rook (2014)
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 and Costa-Gavras just to name a few among other influential figures.
