27th Fajr International Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmEvery Night, Loneliness
LocationTehran, Iran
Founded1983
AwardsCrystal Simorgh
Golden Simorgh
Editor-in-chiefMajid Shah-Hosseini [fa][1]
No. of films277[1]
  • 128 (Iranian films)
  • 149 (foreign films)
Festival date31 January–10 February 2009[1]
LanguagePersian, English
Fajr International Film Festival
28th
26th

The 27th Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: بیست و هفتمین جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر) held from 31 January to 10 February 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

Doubt (Varuzh Karim-Masihi, 2009) — which adapted from Shakespeare's Hamlet —[2] was the festival's best film in "Competition of Iranian Cinema" and Snow (Aida Begić, 2008), a Bosnian film, was the festival's best film in "Competition of International Cinema".

Competition of Iranian Cinema

Tributes

Opening ceremony of the
27th Fajr International Film Festival's
Competition of Iranian Cinema
Date30 January 2009
SiteMilad Tower
Hosted byMohammad-Reza Foroutan[3]
Produced byMorteza Razzaq-Karimi
Directed byMajid Barzegar
Highlights
Most awardsBarefoot in Paradise [fa] (1)
Three Women (1)
Most nominationsThe Second Wife [fa] (2)
Three Women (2)
Television coverage
ChannelIRIB TV2
Duration3 hours, 15 minutes[3]

Opening ceremony of the festival's Competition of Iranian Cinema took place on 30 January 2009, at the Milad Tower in Tehran, Iran beginning at 7:45 p.m. IRST.[a][3]

Following individuals tributed by Golden Plaque:[3]

Winners of Crystal Simorgh are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Winners of secondary awards are listed second, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a dagger (†).[4][5]

Best Still Photography
Best Film Poster
  • No winner
    • The Second Wife [fa]  – Ali Zareʿ†[b]
    • The Day Looms [fa]  – Mahsa Ghabaei and Leila Miri
    • The Earth's Child [fa]  – Heidar Rezaei
Best Film Billboard
Best Film Trailer

Contending for Simorgh

Closing ceremony of the
27th Fajr International Film Festival's
Competition of Iranian Cinema
Date10 February 2009
SiteMinistry of Interior Hall
Hosted byMohammad-Reza Shahidifard [fa][6]
Produced byMorteza Razzaq-Karimi
Directed byMajid Barzegar
Highlights
Best FilmDoubt
Most awardsWhen We're All Asleep [fa] (3)
Most nominationsDoubt and About Elly (11)
Television coverage
ChannelIRIB TV2
Duration3 hours, 30 minutes[6][7]

Closing ceremony of the festival's Competition of Iranian Cinema took place on 10 February 2009, at the Ministry of Interior Hall in Tehran, Iran beginning at 7:25 p.m. IRST.[a][8] The ceremony was televised by IRIB.

Awards[6] and nominations[9][10][11][12] of the Competition of Iranian Cinema sections are below:

Golden Simorgh
Best Film with National Point of View
  • As Blue as the Lilac [fa]  – Ebrahim Asghari [fa], producer‡
    • Motherland [fa]  – Abolhassan Davoudi [fa], producer†[c]
    • Child and the Angel [fa]  – Hassan Kalami, producer†[c]
Audience Choice

Main Competition

Best Supporting Actor [fa]
Best Supporting Actress [fa]
Best Cinematography [fa]
Best Film Editing [fa]
Best Score [fa]
Best Sound [fa]
Best Set and Costume Design
  • When We're All Asleep [fa]  – Atoosa Ghalamfarsaei [fa] and Iraj Raminfar‡
    • The Penalty [fa]  – Asghar Nejad-Imani
    • Doubt  – Amir Esbati [fa]
    • The Voices [fa]  – Atoosa Ghalamfarsaei [fa]
    • Child and the Angel [fa]  – Mohsen Ahangarani
Best Makeup [fa]
Best Special Effects [fa]
  • As Blue As the Lilac [fa]  – Davoud Rasoulian [fa]‡
    • The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times [fa]  – Abbas Shoghi
    • Child and the Angel [fa]  – Javad Sharifi-Rad
    • The Mouse [fa]  – Javad Sharifi-Rad
Best Short Film
  • Where Is Fatemeh's House?  – Fereydoun Najafi [fa]‡
    • Dream's Keys  – Sara Namjoo†[b]
    • Old Men Never Die  – Reza Jamali
    • Solitude  – Mehrdad Sheikhan
    • Water Quatrains  – Shahram Alidi
Non-nomination Crystal Simorgh
Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film
11 Doubt
About Elly
8 The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times [fa]
6 When We're All Asleep [fa]
Twenty [fa]
5 Motherland [fa]
Superstar
Child and the Angel [fa]
3 Karat 14 [fa]
The Voices [fa]
The Day Goes and the Night Comes [fa]
2 The Penalty [fa]

The following 5 films received multiple awards:

Awards Film
3 When We're All Asleep [fa]
2 Doubt
About Elly
Motherland [fa]
Twenty [fa]

New Vision

Best Film
  • Bleeding Heart [fa]  – Hossein Haghgoo, producer‡
    • Deportees 2 [fa]  – Habibollah Kasehsaz [fa] and DEFC [fa], producers
    • Penniless  – Mostafa Shayesteh [fa], producer
    • Doubt  – Saeed Sa'di [fa], producer
    • Child and the Angel [fa]  – Hassan Kalami, producer
Best Director
  • Varuzh Karim-Masihi  – Doubt‡
    • Saman Estaraki  – The Empty Chair [fa]†[b]
    • Hassan Fathi  – The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times [fa]
    • Shalizeh Arefpour  – Heiran [fa]
    • Mohammad-Reza Rahmani  – Bleeding Heart [fa]
    • Omid Bonakdar [fa] and Keyvan Ali-Mohammadi [fa]
       – The Day Goes and the Night Comes [fa]
Non-nomination Crystal Simorgh
Special Jury Prize
  • Deportees 2 [fa]  – Habibollah Kasehsaz [fa] and DEFC [fa], producers‡
Non-nominated Honorary Diploma
Additional Honorary Diploma

Video-Cinema

Best Film
  • Zeynab  – Alireza Tavana and IRIB TV2, producers‡
    • Water and Mirror  – Kiumars Pourahmad, producer
    • White Piece's Move  – Alireza Abolghaseminejad and Sima film, producers
    • The Fifth Killer  – Manouchehr Zebardast, producer
    • Mikaʿil  – Karamat Pourshahsavari, producer
Best Director
  • Jamshid Bahmani  – Mikaʿil‡
    • Pourya Azarbayjani [fa]  – Water and Mirror†[b]
    • Shahram Mokri  – Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories†[b]
    • Alireza Tavana  – Zeynab
    • Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh [fa]  – Mangrove
Non-nominated Honorary Diploma

Eye of the Reality

Best Documentary Feature Film
  • Unfinished Picture: Bahman Jalali  – Touraj Rabbani, producer‡
    • This House Is Bright  – Mahmoud Abdollahi, producer
    • My Heart Bleeds for Iran  – Javad Mir-Hashemi and DEFC [fa], producers
Best Documentary Short Film
  • How Green Was Our Valley  – Touraj Aslani [fa], producer‡
    • Frozen Bubble  – Touraj Aslani [fa] and Amir Joghataei, producers†[b]
    • Who Is That Man?  – Mahnaz Rokni, producer
    • Square Without A Fence  – DEFC [fa], producer
    • The Noise  – Babak Majidi, producer
Non-nominated Honorary Diploma

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[6]

Presenters

Name(s) Role
Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Mohammad-Hossein Saffar Harandi
Mohammad-Reza Jafari-Jelveh [fa] 		Presenters of the award for Best Film with National Point of View
Mahmoud Farshchian
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] 		Presenters of the award for Audience Choice of Best Film

Performers

Name(s) Role
Hesameddin Seraj [fa] Performer of the opening ceremony
Salar Aghili and Dastan Ensemble Performers of the closing ceremony

Competition of International Cinema

Closing ceremony of the
27th Fajr International Film Festival's
Competition of International Cinema
Date3 February 2009
SiteVahdat Hall[14]
Hosted byAkbar ʿAlemi [fa][14]
Produced byMorteza Razzaq-Karimi[14]
Directed byMajid Barzegar[14]
Highlights
Best FilmSnow
Most awardsSnow (2)
Pandora's Box (2)
Television coverage
Duration2 hours, 25 minutes

Closing ceremony of the festival's Competition of International Cinema took place on 3 February 2009, at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran, Iran beginning at 7:35 p.m. IRST.[a][14][15][16]

World Panorama

"World Panorama" is the main section of competition of International Cinema.

Audience Choice
Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay
Crystal Simorgh for Best Performance
Crystal Simorgh for Best Technical and Artistic Achievement
Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film
Non-nomination Crystal Simorgh
Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize

Seeking the Truth

"Seeking the Truth" section also known as "Competition of Spiritual Cinema". This section organized to emphasize cinema's incomparable capacity for depiction of the transcendental realms. Films which guide viewers to spiritual values and foster elevated human characteristics entered in this section.

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay
  • Walking My Life [ja]  – Satoshi Isaka [ja]‡ (Japan)
Additional Honorary Diploma

Eastern Vista

"Eastern Vista" section also known as "Competition of Asian Cinema". This section organized to promote film art and industry in Asian countries. Asia is the main core of the East, and East is not limited to a geographic concept, whereas it also includes history, culture, identity and all the shared elements of the people in this part of the world. in addition to the diversity of cultures in the Asian countries, this section also insists on the necessity of connections, unification, and cooperation of these countries. The "Special Asian Unity Prize" is created with respect to this idea and goal.

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay

Special Asian Unity Prize

"Special Asian Unity Prize" from Asian Parliamentary Assembly awarded to:

Turquoise Road Prize

"Turquoise Road Prize" had no winner. The prize scheduled to the Best Film from Economic Cooperation Organization countries, jointly with ECO Cultural Institute.

Path of the Prophets

"Path of the Prophets" section awarded "Interfaith Award" to:

Moustapha Akkad's Special Prize

"Golden Banner" in memorial of deceased Syrian director Moustapha Akkad, designed in order to persuade that part of the world cinema which has a respectful look at Islam and its greatness. The prize awarded to:

Non-competition sections

Special Screenings, retrospectives and memorials

Ceremony information

The Kingdom of Solomon (Shahriar Bahrani, 2010) removed from the festival's list of accepted films, due to incompleteness of post-production processes.[17]

One of the most controversial events of the Iranian cinema's passed year was Golshifteh Farahani's appearance in Body of Lies (Ridley Scott, 2008). Because of her performance in a Hollywood film, Asghar Farhadi's About Elly faced preventing its screening at the Fajr International Film Festival. At last, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped in and ordered the removal of the obstacles.[18]

Bahram Beyzai's When We're All Asleep [fa] awarded by main prizes of the Fajr International Film Festival while many of his plays and scripts had rejected for production permit by government, after the revolution.[19]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ceremony was scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Honorary Diploma winner
  3. ^ a b Golden Plaque winner
  4. ^ This award should be given for sound mixer but by mistake of ceremony executives, received by Hassan Zahedi [fa] who is the sound recorder of the film.

References

  1. ^ a b c Anari, Elham (19 January 2009). نشست خبری جشنواره فیلم فجر [Fajr Film Festival press conference] (in Persian). Hamshahri Online.
  2. ^ Burnett 2019, p. 212.
  3. ^ a b c d آغاز جشنواره بیست و هفتم با پنج بزرگداشت و چند اتفاق هیجان‌انگیز [The 27th festival begins with five tributes and some exciting happenings] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 31 January 2009.
  4. ^ نامزدهای بخش مواد تبلیغی و اطلاع‌رسانی جشنواره معرفی شدند [Fajr Film Festival honored two Crystal Simorgh for "Advertisement Competition" section nominations announced] (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 28 January 2009.
  5. ^ اهدای دو سیمرغ در بخش مواد تبلیغی جشنواره فیلم فجر [Festival's "Advertisement Competition" section] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 30 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d بیست و هفت سیمرغ بلورین به برگزیدگان جشنواره بیست و هفتم اهدا شد [27th festival winners awarded by 27 Crystal Simorgh] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 12 February 2009.
  7. ^ بی‌پولی و درباره الی بهترین فیلم‌های جشنواره از دیدگاه تماشاگران [Penniless and About Elly elected as best films of the festival by audience choices]. Iran Fstivals. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.
  8. ^ آغاز مراسم اختتامیه [Closing ceremony begins]. Iran Festivals. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  9. ^ نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند [Fajr Film Festival's "Longing for the Simorgh" section nominations announced]. Iran Festivals. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.
  10. ^ معرفی نامزدهای دریافت سیمرغ بلورین بخش "نگاه نو" جشنواره فجر [Fajr Festival's "New Vision" section nominations announced]. Iran Festivals. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  11. ^ نامزدهای جایزه بهترین آثار ویدیویی جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند [Fajr Film Festival's "Video-Cinema" section nominations announced]. Iran Festivals. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  12. ^ نامزدهای دریافت سیمرغ بلورین بهترین فیلم کوتاه داستانی جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند [Fajr Film Festival's "Crystal Simorgh of Best Short Filml" nominations announced]. Iran Festivals. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009.
  13. ^ اسامی برندگان جوایز بخش سینمای مستند ایران (چشم واقعیت) اعلام شد ["Eye of the Reality" section winners announced]. Iran Festivals. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009.
  14. ^ a b c d e فردا؛ نیمی از سیمرغ‌های جشنواره پرواز می‌كنند [Half of Simorgh prizes will award tomorrow] (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 2 February 2009.
  15. ^ برف، بیضایی و بگیچ سیمرغ‌های بلورین را به خانه بردند [Snow, Beyzai and Begić won the awards] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 5 February 2009.
  16. ^ یک سیمرغ بلورین تقدیم به کارگران افغانی مقیم ایران [A Crystal Simorgh dedicated to Afghani workers] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 4 February 2009.
  17. ^ حضور ملک سلیمان در جشنواره فجر منتفی شد [Presence of The Kingdom of Solomon in the Fajr Festival was canceled]. Etemad (in Persian). Vol. 7, no. 1884. 4 February 2009. p. 16 – via Magiran.
  18. ^ "Ahmadinejad orders removal of obstacles for screening About Elly". Mehr News Agency. 28 January 2009.
  19. ^ Esfandiary 2012, pp. 76–77.

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