Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay | |
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Awarded for | The Best Screenwriter(s) |
Country | Iran |
Presented by | Fajr International Film Festival |
First awarded | 1984 |
Currently held by | No Winner (2024) Ali Saghafi (Honorary Diploma) for Parviz Khan (2024) |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Kambuzia Partovi (4 times) |
Most nominations | Dariush Mehrjui (9 times) |
Honorary Diploma | Ebrahim Hatamikia (2 times) |
Website | fajrfilmfestival |
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran.
Winner
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Winner of the Honorary Diploma
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Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Ref.(s) |
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1983 1 |
Not awarded | [1] | |
1984 2 |
Award[a][b] | Alireza Davoodnejad and Ebrahim Makki | [3][4] |
1985 3 |
No Winner[a] | [5][6] | |
1986 4 |
The Grandfather[a][b] | Majid Gharizadeh | [7][8] |
1987 5 |
The Stony Lion[b] | Masoud Jafari Jozani | [9][10] |
The Lodgers | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
The Flight in the Night | Rasoul Mollagholipour | ||
Where Is the Friend's Home? | Abbas Kiarostami | ||
Manuscripts | Behrouz Afkhami | ||
1988 6 |
No Winner | [11][12] | |
1989 7 |
The Cyclist | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | [13][14] |
The Willow Branches | Amrollah Ahmadjoo | ||
Eye of the Hurricane | Masoud Jafari Jozani | ||
The Scout | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
Grand Cinema | Hassan Hedayat | ||
Pomegranate and Cane | Saeed Ebrahimifar, Hossein Irie and Aziz Tarseh | ||
1990 8 |
Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui | [15][16] |
The Immigrant | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
The Seeker | Esmaeel Khalaj, Mihan Bahrami and Mohammad Motevaselani | ||
Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami | ||
Savalan | Yadollah Samadi | ||
1991 9 |
Apartment No.13 | Yadollah Samadi | [17][18] |
The Last Act | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | ||
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | ||
The Bride | Behrouz Afkhami and Alireza Davoodnejad | ||
Portrait of Love | Shahriar Parsipour and Hadi Seif | ||
1992 10 |
The Quiet Home | Asghar Abdollahi and Hassan Gholizadeh | [19] |
Baduk | Majid Majidi and Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee | ||
The Hustler | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | ||
Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | ||
The Need | Aliakbar Ghazinezam | ||
1993 11 |
Sara | Dariush Mehrjui | [20][21] |
From Karkheh to Rhein | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
Remember the Flight | Nasser Tahmasb | ||
Shadows of Assault | Ahmad Amini | ||
Once for Ever | Sirus Alvand | ||
1994 12 |
Tic Tac | Mohammad-Ali Talebi and Houshang Moradi Kermani | [22][23] |
The Last Reconnaissance | Behzad Behzadpour | ||
The Child Hero | Aliakbar Ghazinezam | ||
Tanker War | Mohammad Bozorgnia | ||
The Spouse | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | ||
1995 13 |
The Blue-Veiled | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | [24][25] |
Kimia | Ahmad-Reza Darvish | ||
The White Balloon | Abbas Kiarostami | ||
Pari | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
Path of Glory | Mahmoud Dehghan and Reza Ghahremani | ||
The Fateful Day | Bahram Beyzai | ||
1996 14 |
Leily Is with Me | Kamal Tabrizi and Reza Maghsoudi | [26][27] |
The Father | Majid Majidi and Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee | ||
The Derrick | Abdolhassan Barzideh | ||
The Survivor | Seifollah Dad | ||
1997 15 |
Children of Heaven | Majid Majidi | [28][29] |
Leila | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
The Traveller from the South | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
Shadow to Shadow | Ali Zhekan | ||
1998 16 |
The Glass Agency | Ebrahim Hatamikia | [30][31] |
Takhti: The World Champion | Behrouz Afkhami | ||
Birth of A Butterfly | Saeid Shapouri | ||
The Tree of Life | Farhad Mehranfar | ||
1999 17 |
Two Women | Tahmineh Milani | [32][33] |
Son of Maryam | Hamid Jebeli | ||
Sweet Agony | Alireza Davoodnejad | ||
Heeva | Rasoul Mollagholipour | ||
The Fair & the Ugly | Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi | ||
2000 18 |
The Bride of Fire | Khosrow Sinai and Hamid Farrokhnezhad | [34][35] |
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine | Bahman Farmanara | ||
Maturity | Masoud Jafari Jozani | ||
The Child and the Soldier | Mohammad Rezaei-Rad | ||
Whisper | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
2001 19 |
Killing Mad Dogs | Bahram Beyzai | [36][37] |
Baran | Majid Majidi | ||
2002 20 |
I'm Taraneh, 15 | Kambuzia Partovi and Rasul Sadr-Ameli | [38][39] |
To Stay Alive | Dariush Mehrjui and Vahideh Mohammadifar | ||
The White Dream | Hamid Jebeli | ||
A House Built on Water | Bahman Farmanara | ||
Unruled Paper | Nasser Taghvai and Minoo Farshchi | ||
The Poisonous Mushroom | Rasoul Mollagholipour | ||
2003 21 |
Deep Breath | Parviz Shahbazi | [40] |
Look at the Sky Sometimes | Farhad Tohidi | ||
Pink | Fereydoun Jeyrani | ||
Hard Times in Khomein | Mojtaba Ra'i | ||
Here, A Shining Light | Reza Mirkarimi | ||
2004 22 |
The Lizard | Peyman GhasemKhani | [41][42] |
Ghadamgah | Mohammad Rezaei-Rad | ||
The Beautiful City | Asghar Farhadi | ||
Him | Rahbar Ghanbari | ||
Tradition of Lover Killing | Khosrow Ma'sumi | ||
Mum's Guest | Dariush Mehrjui, Houshang Moradi Kermani and Vahideh Mohammadifar | ||
2005 23 |
Café Transit | Kambuzia Partovi | [43][44] |
A Place to Live | Mohammad Bozorgnia | ||
Behind the Curtain of Fog | Parviz Sheikhtadi and Hossein Yadegari | ||
We Are All Fine | Mozhgan Farah Avar Moghaddam | ||
The Willow Tree | Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas and Nasser Hashemzadeh | ||
So Close, So Far | Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad-Reza Gohari | ||
2006 24 |
No Winner | [45][46] | |
In the Name of the Father | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
Gradually… | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
Fireworks Wednesday | Asghar Farhadi and Mani Haghighi | ||
When All Were Asleep | Fereidoun Hassanpour | ||
Friday Evening | Farid Mostafavi | ||
2007 25 |
Mainline | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahab and Naghmeh Samini | [47] |
The Third Day | Mehdi Sajjadehchi | ||
2008 26 |
As Simple as That | Shadmehr Rastin and Reza Mirkarimi | [48] |
A Petition for Allah | Alireza Amini and Mohsen Tanabandeh | ||
Standing Alone | Gholamreza Ramezani | ||
The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi and Mehran Kashani | ||
Wind Blows in the Meadow | Khosrow Ma'sumi | ||
2009 27 |
Motherland | Abolhassan Davoudi and Farid Mostafavi | [49] |
About Elly | Asghar Farhadi | ||
Doubt | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | ||
Superstar | Tahmineh Milani | ||
Karat 14 | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
2010 28 |
The Fateful Night | Homayoun Shahnavaz and Shahram Assadi | [50] |
In Amethyst Color | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
Forty Years Old | Mostafa Rastegari | ||
Gold and Copper | Hamed Mohammadi | ||
The Insider | Ahmad Kaveri | ||
2011 29 |
A Separation | Asghar Farhadi | [51][52] |
Beloved Sky | Dariush Mehrjui and Vahideh Mohammadifar | ||
Alzheimer | Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi | ||
Crime | Masoud Kimiai | ||
Facing Mirrors | Negar Azarbaijani and Fereshteh Taerpour | ||
Mr. Yousef | Ali Rafi'i | ||
Dragonfly's Pond | Alireza Talebzadeh | ||
2012 30 |
Bulletproof | Mostafa Kiayee | [53] |
Kissing the Moon-Like Face | Homayoun Ass'adian | ||
Days of Life | Parviz Sheikhtadi | ||
The Queen | Mohammad-Reza Gohari and Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar | ||
Orange Suit | Vahideh Mohammadifar and Dariush Mehrjui | ||
2013 31 |
Bending the Rules | Behnam Behzadi | [54][55] |
Trapped | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
The Corridor | Ali Asghari | ||
Sinners | Sam Gharibian | ||
Give Back | Alireza Talebzadeh | ||
2014 32 |
Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others | Behrouz Afkhami | [56][57] |
Raspberry | Saman Salur | ||
Sensitive Floor | Peyman GhasemKhani | ||
Special Line | Mostafa Kiayee | ||
Snow | Hossein Mahkam | ||
2015 33 |
Time to Love | Roya Mohaghegh | [58][59] |
The Long Farewell | Asghar Abdollahi | ||
Crazy Rook | Mohammad-Reza Gohari | ||
I Am Diego Maradona | Bahram Tavakoli | ||
2016 34 |
Life and A Day | Saeed Roustayi | [60][61] |
Mina's Choice | Farhad Tohidi and Morteza Esfahani | ||
When Did You See Sahar Last Time? | Amir Arabi | ||
Daughter | Mehran Kashani | ||
Standing in the Dust | Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | ||
2017 35 |
Ferrari | Kambuzia Partovi | [62] |
Villa Dwellers | Arsalan Amiri and Monir Gheydi | ||
Blockage | Saeed Roustayi | ||
No Date, No Signature | Vahid Jalilvand and Ali Zarnegar | ||
Searing Summer | Payam Karami | ||
2018 36 |
Truck | Kambuzia Partovi | [63] |
Sheeple | Houman Seyyedi | ||
Bomb: A Love Story | Payman Maadi | ||
Under Water Cypress | Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar and Hamed Bashe-Ahangar | ||
Flaming | Hadi Moghadamdoost and Hamid Nematollah | ||
2019 37 |
Castle of Dreams | Mohsen Gharaie and Mohammad Davoudi | [64] |
Swear | Mohsen Tanabandeh | ||
The Warden | Nima Javidi | ||
Talla | Parviz Shahbazi | ||
When the Moon Was Full | Narges Abyar and Morteza Esfahani | ||
2020 38 |
The Sun | Majid Majidi and Nima Javidi | [65] |
Day Zero | Saeid Malekan and Bahram Tavakoli | ||
Butterfly Stroke | Mohammad Kart, Hossein Doumari and Pedram Pour-Amiri | ||
The Ballad of A White Cow | Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moqadam and Mehrdad Kouroshnia | ||
Bone Marrow | Ali Zarnegar | ||
I'm Scared | Behnam Behzadi and Sahar Sakhaei | ||
2021 39 |
Zalava | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram | [66] |
TiTi | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh | ||
Mom | Arash Anisi | ||
2022 40 |
Grassland | Kazem Daneshi | [67] |
The Situation of Mehdi | Ebrahim Amini, Hadi Hejazifar | ||
The Last Snow | Amir Hossein Asgari, Amir Mohammad Abdi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini | ||
The Night Guardian | Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Davoudi – The Night Guardian | ||
No Prior Appointment | Farhad Tohidi, Mehdi Torab Beigi | ||
2023 41 |
In the Arms of the Tree | Babak Khajeh Pasha | [68] |
Smart Kid | Ali Ramezan | ||
Number Ten | Hamid Zargarnejad | ||
The Leather Jacket Man | Masoud Hasheminejad | ||
Metropol Cinema | Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar, Hamed Bashe Ahangar | ||
My Name is Love | Pedram Pour-Amiri, Hossein Doumari | ||
2024 42 |
No Winner | [69] | |
Parviz Khan | Ali Saghafi | ||
The Morning of The Execution | Behrouz Afkhami | ||
Summer Time | Mahmoud Kalari |
Nominations | Director |
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9 | Dariush Mehrjui |
7 | Parviz Shahbazi |
Majid Majidi | |
6 | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
5 | Behrouz Afkhami |
4 | Asghar Farhadi |
Vahideh Mohammadifar | |
Kambuzia Partovi | |
3 | Abbas Kiarostami |
Alireza Davoodnejad | |
Masoud Jafari Jozani | |
Rasoul Mollagholipour | |
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | |
Farid Mostafavi | |
Reza Mirkarimi | |
Mohammad-Reza Gohari |
Wins | Director |
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4 | Kambuzia Partovi |
2 | Dariush Mehrjui |
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | |
Farid Mostafavi | |
Majid Majidi |
Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Country | Iran |
Presented by | Fajr International Film Festival |
First awarded | 2009 |
Currently held by | Mohammad Davoudi and Mohsen Gharaie for Without Everything (2021) |
Website | fajrfilmfestival |
Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award which established in 2006[70] but only awarded four times in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2021. Nominations of this award were not announced.
Winner
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Winner of the Honorary Diploma
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Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Source Material(s) | Ref.(s) |
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2006 24 |
No Winner | [46] | ||
The Persian Prince | Mohammad Nourizad | The epic Battle of Rostam and Esfandiyār from Shahnameh | ||
2009 27 |
Doubt | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Hamlet by William Shakespeare | [71] |
2010 28 |
Forty Years Old | Mostafa Rastegari | The novel by Nahid Tabatabaei | [50] |
2012 30 |
The Last Step | Ali Mosaffa | The short story "The Dead" in Dubliners by James Joyce and the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy |
[53] |
2021 39 |
Without Everything | Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaie | Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play The Visit | [66] |
Once Upon a Time, Abadan | Hamid Reza Azarang | Based on a Play | ||
Yadoo | Mehdi Jafari, Mahin Abbas Zadeh | Samad Taheri's eleven short stories ''The Lion Wound'' |