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Written by News Editor
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Sunday, 06 March 2011 09:42 |
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 The 29th edition of Iran's Fajr International Film Festival has wrapped up after announcing winners of the national section during a ceremony at Tehran's Milad Tower.
Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simin: A Separation dominated this year's list of winners receiving awards in most of the major categories. Winners of the National Competition, First Film and Video Cinema sections received are as follows:
National Competition Section Best Film Crime, Masoud Kimiaei Special Jury Prize The Beloved Sky, Dariush Mehrjui Golden Simorgh Marine Silk Road, Mohammad-Reza Bozorgnia Audience Award Nader and Simin: A Separation, Asghar Farhadi Special Award Devil's Passageway, Hamid Bahmani 33 Days, Jamal Shourjeh Black Box, Mohammad-Reza Eslamlou Eldest Director Special Prize Shapour Qarib for Meeting Best Director Asghar Farhadi for Nader and Simin: A Separation Best Screenplay Asghar Farhadi for Nader and Simin: A Separation Best Actor Mehdi Hashemi in Mr. Yousef Best Actress Vishka Asayesh in No Men Allowed Best Supporting Actor Hamed Behdad in Crime Best Supporting Actress Mahnaz Afshar in Saadat Abad Best Cinematography Mahmoud Kelari for Nader and Simin: A Separation Best Film Score Karen Homayounfar for Crime First Films Section Best Film Crimson Excursion, Hamid Farrokhnejad Best Director Hamid Farrokhnejad for Crimson Excursion, and Amir Saqafi for Death is my Business Best Screenplay Negar Azarbaijani and Fereshteh Taerpour for Opposite Mirrors Best Actor Pejman Bazeghi in Death is my Business Best Actress Ghazal Shakeri in Opposite Mirrors Best Artistic and Technical Achievements Vahid Nasirian for Heart of Simorgh Video Cinema Section Best Film Hamsangar, Mehdi Kabiri Best Director Houman Seyyedi for Africa Best Screenplay Ahmad Hamed for Only Twenty Best Actor Hamid Baghaki in Hamsangar Best Actress Azadeh Samadi in Africa Best Artistic and Technical Achievements Ashkan Ashkani for Soldiers of Execusion Participants of the national sections of the festival were judged by a group of veteran Iranian cineastes, including Jahangir Almasi, Majid Entezami, Abolqasem Talebi, Jaber Qasemali, Ali Moallem and Hassan Abbasi. The 2011 edition of Iran's Fajr International Film Festival was held from February 5 to 15, screening films from Iran and other countries. The annual festival is held to commemorate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Curtsey:Press Tv
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