40th Fajr Film Festival

40th Fajr Film Awards
40th Fajr Film Awards
Date	February 11, 2022
Site	Milad Tower ,Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Organised by	Farabi Cinema Foundation; Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Highlights
Most awards	The Situation of Mehdi (5)
Most nominations	The Situation of Mehdi (14)
Best Film	The Situation of Mehdi
Special Jury Prize	Amir Hossein Asgari (director) – The Last Snow
Audience Choice of Best Film	No award given
Website	Fajr Film Festival
Television/radio coverage
Network	IRIB Namayesh

40th Fajr Film Festival
Opening film	Beyro ; by Morteza Aliabbas Mirzaei
Closing film	Linden ; by Davoud Bidel
Location	Milad Tower
Founded	1983
No. of films	40 films
Festival date	Opening: February 1, 2022 ; Closing: February 11, 2022
Website	Fajr Film Festival

The 40th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: چهلمین دوره جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2022 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 40th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2022, at a press conference.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jury

Main Competition

Masoud Jafari Jozani
Majid Entezami
Shahab Hosseini
Mohammad Ali Basheh Ahangar
Mohammad Davoudi
Mehdi Sajadeh Chi
Pejman Lashkari Pour

Documentary

Ahmad Zabeti Jehrami
Mohammad Tahami Nejad
Mohammadali Farsi
Morteza Shabani
Mohammadreza Abassian

Short Film

Ahmadreza Motamedi
Danesh Eghbashavi
Hamed Jafari

Advertising Competition

Ali Nikraftar
Mehrdad Khoshbakht
Mohammad Rouhallamin[6]

Winners and nominees

Reza Mirkarimi, Best Director winner

Amin Hayai, Best Actor winner

Nader Soleimani, Best Supporting Actor winner

Sadaf Espahbodi, Best Supporting Actress winner

Main Competition

Best Director	Best Film
Reza Mirkarimi – The Night Guardian Hadi Hejazifar – The Situation of Mehdi Kazem Daneshi – Grassland Amir Hossein Asgari – The Last Snow Behrouz Shoeibi – No Prior Appointment	The Situation of Mehdi Grassland The Last Snow The Night Guardian
Best Actress	Best Actor
*Tannaz Tabatabaei – Without Her* as Roya** Sara Bahrami – Grassland as Sara Zhila Shahi – The Situation of Mehdi as Safieh Modares Laleh Marzban – The Night Guardian as Nasibeh Ladan Mostofi – The Last Snow as Rana	*Amin Hayai – The Last Snow* as Yousef** Pejman Jamshidi – Grassland as Amir Hossein Touraj Alvand – The Night Guardian as Rasool Mehdi Nosrati – The Opposition as Saeed
Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
*Sadaf Espahbodi – Grassland* as Fariba Fereshteh Hosseini – Squad of Girls (Honorary Diploma) as Simin** Shadi Karamroudi – Without Her as Ziba Linda Kiani – The Opposition as Manijeh Safoora Khoshtinat – The Night Guardian as Nooshin Masoudian – The Last Snow as	*Nader Soleimani – The Opposition* as Naser** Aliakbar Osanloo – The Night Guardian (Honorary Diploma) as Majid Salehi – The Last Snow as Khalil Rouhollah Zamani – The Situation of Mehdi as Khosrow Mehdi Zaminpardaz – Grassland as Mohsen Payam Ahmadinia – Conjugal Visit as
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Arman Fayaz – The Last Snow Vahid Ebrahimi – The Situation of Mehdi Alireza Barazandeh – The Town Hadi Behrouz – Grassland Mohammad Hadadi – No Prior Appointment	Kazem Daneshi – Grassland Ebrahim Amini, Hadi Hejazifar – The Situation of Mehdi Farhad Tohidi, Mehdi Torab Beigi – No Prior Appointment Amir Hossein Asgari, Amir Mohammad Abdi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini – The Last Snow Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Davoudi – The Night Guardian
Best Original Score	Best Editor
Massoud Sekhavatdoost – The Situation of Mehdi *Behzad Abdi – Grassland* (Honorary Diploma)** Habib Khazaeifar – The Loser Man Fardin Khalatbari – Mahan Fardin Khalatbari – Henas	Hamid Najafirad – Grassland Sepideh Abdel Wahab – Killing a Traitor Hamid Najafirad – Squad of Girls Zhila Ipkechi – The Town Hossein Jamshidi Gohari – The Situation of Mehdi
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound Recording
Alireza Alavian – Grassland, No Prior Appointment Faramarz Abolsedgh – Squad of Girls Amin Sharifi – The Opposition Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Killing a Traitor, The Night Guardian Naeem Maschian – 2888	Massih Hadpour Seraj –The Situation of Mehdi Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh – Squad of Girls Abbas Rastegarpour – No Prior Appointment Amir Nobakht Haghighi – Golden Night Babak Ardalan – The Late Father
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Mohammad Reza Shojai – The Opposition Soheil Danesh Eshraghi – Killing a Traitor Amir Zagheri – The Situation of Mehdi Mohammad Reza Shojai – Squad of Girls Aidin Zarif – 2888 Ali Nasirinia – The Last Snow	Maral Jeyrani – Killing a Traitor Behzad Aghabeigi – The Situation of Mehdi Fatemeh Safarizadeh – The Late Father Zahra Samadi – The Night Guardian Ali Nasirinia – The Last Snow
Best Special Effects	Best Makeup
Iman Karamian – The Situation of Mehdi Arash Aghabeig – Killing a Traitor Arash Aghabeig – The Town Hamid Rasoulian – The Opposition Mohsen Roozbahani, Kavoos Roozbahani – Squad of Girls	Omid Golzadeh – The Last Snow, The Late Father Mona Jafari – Grassland Shahram Khalaj – The Situation of Mehdi Azim Farayn – Beyro Morteza Kahzadi – The Opposition
Best Documentary	Best Visual Effects
Lamentation Persian Elementary School Soldier N.0	Hassan Najafi, Amir Valikhani – Squad of Girls Mohammad Baradaran – Killing a Traitor Amin Pahlavanzadeh – The Loser Man Kamyar Shafiepour – The Last Snow Farid Nazerfasihi – Beyro
Special Jury Prize	Best National Film
Amir Hassan Asgari – The Last Snow *Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh – Scent of the Wind* (Honorary Diploma)**	Behrouz Shoeibi – No Prior Appointment
Best Short Film
Bonus Past Longing

First Look

Best First Film
The Situation of Mehdi Without Her Grassland Conjugal Visit

Advertising Competition

Best Poster Design	Best Still Photography
No Simorgh given *Ehsan Barabadi – Old Men Never Die* (Honorary Diploma)** Erfan Behkar – The Badger Mohammad Taghi Pour – Mansour	Habib Majidi – Mansour Omid Saleh – Atabai Fattah Zinouri – Under Low Light
Best Trailer
Omid Mirzae – Staging, The Sniper Rouhollah Moahedi – Siah Baz Kiomars Beykzand – Without Everything

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Films
5	The Situation of Mehdi
4	The Last Snow
4	Grassland
2	The Night Guardian
	Squad of Girls
	No Prior Appointment
	The Opposition

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
14	The Situation of Mehdi
13	Grassland
12	The Last Snow
9	The Night Guardian
7	Squad of Girls
7	The Opposition
6	Killing a Traitor
5	No Prior Appointment
3	The Late Father
	Without Her
	The Town
2	The Loser Man
	Conjugal Visit
	Beyro
	2888

Films

Main Competition

Title	Director
2888	Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heydari
No Prior Appointment	Behrouz Shoeibi
The Last Snow	Amir Hossein Asgari
Without Her	Arian Vazirdaftari
Motherless	Morteza Fatemi
Beyro	Morteza Aliabbas Mirzaei
Killing a Traitor	Masoud Kimiai
Scent of the Wind	Seyyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Squad of Girls	Monir Gheidi
The Late Father	Hossein Namazi
Golden Night	Yousef Hatamikia
The Town	Ali Hazrati
Henas	Hossein Darabi
The Opposition	Amir Abbas Rabiei
Grassland	Kazem Daneshi
Layers of Lies	Ramin Sohrab
Mahan	Hamid Shahhatami
The Loser Man	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Conjugal Visit	Omid Shams
The Situation of Mehdi	Hadi Hejazifar
The Night Guardian	Reza Mirkarimi
Linden	Davoud Bidel

Documentary

Title	Director
The Man Came by Bus	Nima Mahdian
Lamentation	Hojat Taheri
My Brother's Gun	Kamran Jahedi
Persian Elementary School	Hassan Naghashi
Soldier N.0	Mohammad Salimi Rad
Tonight's Homework	Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi
Nobody is Waiting for You	Mohsen Eslamzadeh
One of My Dreams	Mohsen Hadi

Short Film

Title	Director
Gazelle	Mahsa Razavi
Bonus	Reza Nejati
Coffin	Akbar Zare'e
Past	Hamid Mohammadi
Deer	Hadi Babaeifar
Leo	Mohammadmoein Roujollamini
Majan	Fardin Ansari
Hajrou	Afshin Akhlaghi Feyzasar
Longing	Houra Tabatabaei
All The Time	Shadi Karamroudi

[7][8][9][10][11]

References

"تغییرات جشنواره فیلم فجر در چهلمین دوره برگزاری". جامعه خبری تحلیلی الف (in Persian). 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"تشریح جزيیات برگزاری چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر". خبرگزاری ایلنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"مسعود نقاش‌زاده: چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر، برنامه‌های فرهنگی را مورد تأکید قرار داده است - اخبار سینما و تئاتر - اخبار فرهنگی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"آیین‌نامه چهلمین دوره جشنواره فیلم فجر منتشر شد". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"آمار رسمی فیلم‌های بلند سینماییِ رسیده به جشنواره چهلم فیلم فجر". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"اعضای هیأت انتخاب بخش سودای سیمرغ چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
"40th Fajr festival announces lineups of shorts, docs". Tehran Times. 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
"اسامی فیلم های مستند و کوتاه چهلمین جشنواره فجر اعلام شد". موتور جستجوی قطره (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
"همه چیز درباره فیلم‌های چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر/ غافلگیر می‌شویم؟". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
"۲۲ فیلم بخش مسابقه سینمای ایران در چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
"2022 Fajr Film Festival unveils official lineup". Tehran Times. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

External links

40th Fajr Film Festival at IMDb

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[1] "تغییرات جشنواره فیلم فجر در چهلمین دوره برگزاری". جامعه خبری تحلیلی الف (in Persian). 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[2] "تشریح جزيیات برگزاری چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر". خبرگزاری ایلنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[3] "مسعود نقاش‌زاده: چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر، برنامه‌های فرهنگی را مورد تأکید قرار داده است - اخبار سینما و تئاتر - اخبار فرهنگی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[4] "آیین‌نامه چهلمین دوره جشنواره فیلم فجر منتشر شد". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[5] "آمار رسمی فیلم‌های بلند سینماییِ رسیده به جشنواره چهلم فیلم فجر". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[6] "اعضای هیأت انتخاب بخش سودای سیمرغ چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[7] "40th Fajr festival announces lineups of shorts, docs". Tehran Times. 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

[8] "اسامی فیلم های مستند و کوتاه چهلمین جشنواره فجر اعلام شد". موتور جستجوی قطره (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-01-16.

[9] "همه چیز درباره فیلم‌های چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر/ غافلگیر می‌شویم؟". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

[10] "۲۲ فیلم بخش مسابقه سینمای ایران در چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[11] "2022 Fajr Film Festival unveils official lineup". Tehran Times. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-01-18.