Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Category of film award
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Crystal Simorgh for Best Film is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran.
CountryIran
Presented byFajr International Film Festival
First award1985
Currently held byAbbas Naderan for Majnoon (2024)
| Crystal Simorgh for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | Iran |
| Presented by | Fajr International Film Festival |
| First award | 1985 |
| Currently held by | Abbas Naderan for Majnoon (2024) |
| Most wins | Farabi Cinema Foundation (3 times) |
| Most nominations | Farabi Cinema Foundation (9 times) |
| Website | fajrfilmfestival |
Winners and nominees
Winner |
Winner of the Honorary Diploma |
| Year | Film | Producer(s) | Ref.(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 1 |
Not awarded | [1] | |
| 1984 2 |
No winner[a] | [2][3] | |
| 1985 3 |
The Scarecrow[a][b] | Mostazafan Foundation's West Azerbaijan Province branch | [5][6] |
| 1986 4 |
No absolute winner[a] | [7][8] | |
| Frosty Roads[a][b] | Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| The Grandfather[a][b] | Peikar Company | ||
| The Finish Line[a][b] | Eifa Cinema Organization | ||
| The Bus[a][b] | Ayat Film | ||
| 1987 5 |
The Flight in the Night[b] | Rasoul Mollagholipour | [9][10] |
| Where Is the Friend's Home? | Alireza Zarrin | ||
| Captain Khorshid | Haroun Yashayaei and Mohammad-Ali Soltan-Zadeh | ||
| The Lodgers | Haroun Yashayaei and Mohammad-Ali Soltan-Zadeh | ||
| The Stony Lion | Masoud Jafari Jozani and Alireza Shoja Nouri | ||
| 1988 6 |
No winner | [11][12] | |
| 1989 7 |
Eye of the Hurricane | Haroun Yashayaei | [13][14] |
| The Scout | Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| Grand Cinema | Aliakbar Erfani and Hassan Hedayat | ||
| Pomegranate and Cane | Saeed Ebrahimifar and Hossein Irie | ||
| The Cyclist | Mostazafan Foundation's Cinematic Affairs Institute | ||
| 1990 8 |
The Immigrant | AIIPO | [15][16] |
| Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui and Haroun Yashayaei | ||
| Close-Up | Alireza Zarrin | ||
| Savalan | Seif-Ali Seyed-Kosarinejad | ||
| The Seeker | Ahmad Zahabzadeh, Abolfazl Entezari, Ali Sepaseh and Sha'ban-Ali Eslami | ||
| 1991 9 |
Apartment No.13 | Yadollah Samadi and Hamrah Filmmaking Group | [17][18] |
| One Ticket, Two Movies! | Gholamreza Moayeri and CSCIFI | ||
| 1992 10 |
The Need | Alireza Davoodnejad and Ali Vajed-Samii | [19] |
| Travellers | Bahram Beyzai, Khosrow Khosravi, Majid Roudiani and Abbas Sheikhzadeh | ||
| Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Arman Film | ||
| Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Masoud Jafari Jozani and Mohammad-Mehdi Dadgoo | ||
| 1993 11 |
From Karkheh to Rhein | Sina Film | [20][21] |
| Once for Ever | Majid Modarresi | ||
| Sara | Dariush Mehrjui and Hashem Seifi | ||
| Shame | IRIB TV1 | ||
| Shadows of Assault | IRIB TV2 and CYALAH | ||
| 1994 12 |
No winner | [22][23] | |
| 1995 13 |
The Fateful Day | Farabi Cinema Foundation | [24][25] |
| Kimia | Pakhshiran | ||
| Pari | Dariush Mehrjui, Amir-Hossein Sharifi and Hashem Seifi | ||
| The Disarmament | Alireza Davoodnejad, Mahvash Jazayeri and Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| The Blue-Veiled | Majid Modarresi and Fariborz Pourmand | ||
| 1996 14 |
The Father | Documentary and Experimental Film Center | [26][27] |
| Strange Sisters | Kiumars Pourahmad and Soureh Cinema Development Organization | ||
| The Red Circle | Mostazafan Foundation's Cinematic Affairs Institute | ||
| Gabbeh | Khalil Doroudchi and Khalil Mahmoudi | ||
| The Survivor | Manouchehr Mohammadi, Manouchehr Asgarinasab and Seifollah Dad | ||
| 1997 15 |
Children of Heaven | IIDCYA | [28][29] |
| Land of the Sun | Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| Leila | Dariush Mehrjui, Faramarz Farazmand | ||
| The Traveller from the South | Kourosh Mazkouri and IRIB TV2 | ||
| 1998 16 |
The Glass Agency | Varahonar and Farabi Cinema Foundation | [30] |
| The Tree of Life | Mohammadreza Sarhangi and IRIB TV2 | ||
| The Pear Tree | Dariush Mehrjui, Faramarz Farazmand and Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| The May Lady | Alireza Raisian and Jahangir Kosari | ||
| Birth of A Butterfly | SimaFilm | ||
| 1999 17 |
Heeva | Negin Film and Soureh Cinema Development Organization | [31][32] |
| The Color of Paradise | Varahonar | ||
| Two Women | Arman Film and Arta Film | ||
| Son of Maryam | Fereshteh Taerpoor | ||
| Red | Gholamreza Mousavi and Habib Esmaeili | ||
| Sweet Agony | Alireza Davoodnejad and Ali Vajed-Samii | ||
| 2000 18 |
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine | Morteza Shayesteh | [33][34] |
| Protest | Masoud Kimiai | ||
| Rain Man | Abolhassan Davoudi | ||
| Born Under Libra | Tamasha Cultural Institute and Soureh Cinema Development Organization | ||
| Maturity | Masoud Jafari Jozani, Fathollah Jafari Jozani and Abbas Haghighi | ||
| 2001 19 |
Baran | Majid Majidi and Fouad Nahas | [35][36] |
| Under the Moonlight | Manouchehr Mohammadi | ||
| Killing Mad Dogs | Bahram Beyzai | ||
| Paradise for you | Ali Vajed-Samii | ||
| End of the Game | Namaadin | ||
| 2002 20 |
A House Built on Water | Bahman Farmanara | [37][38] |
| I'm Taraneh, 15 | Rasul Sadr Ameli | ||
| Low Heights | Manouchehr Mohammadi | ||
| To Stay Alive | Dariush Mehrjui, Tahmineh Milani and Mohammad Nikbin | ||
| Unruled Paper | Hassan Tavakkolnia | ||
| The Poisonous Mushroom | Rasoul Mollagholipour | ||
| 2003 21 |
The Insane Flew Away | Mohammad-Reza Takht-Keshian | [39] |
| The Wind Carpet | Alireza Shoja Nouri | ||
| Here, A Shining Light | Reza Mirkarimi | ||
| Deep Breath | Amir Samavati | ||
| The Fifth Reaction | Mohammad Nikbin | ||
| 2004 22 |
Mum's Guest | Dariush Mehrjui and SimaFilm | [40][41] |
| Duel | Tamasha Cultural Institute | ||
| Tradition of Lover Killing | Mahmoud Fallah | ||
| The Beautiful City | Iraj Taghipour and Neshaneh Film Production | ||
| Ghadamgah | Mohammad-Reza Takht-Keshian, IRIB TV1 and Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| 2005 23 |
So Close, So Far | Reza Mirkarimi | [42][43] |
| The Willow Tree | Majid Majidi | ||
| Behind the Curtain of Fog | Mohammad Khazaee | ||
| A Place to Live | Hassan Beshkufeh | ||
| Café Transit | Amir Samavati | ||
| We Are All Fine | Mohammad-Reza Takht-Keshian | ||
| 2006 24 |
In the Name of the Father | Ebrahim Hatamikia | [44][45] |
| The Incident | Nasser Shafagh and Saeed Hajimiri | ||
| Fireworks Wednesday | Jamal Sadatian | ||
| Friday Evening | Jahangir Kosari | ||
| 2007 25 |
The Third Day | Alireza Jalali | [46] |
| Colors of Memory | Amir-Shahab Razavian | ||
| The Night Bus | Mehdi Homayounfar | ||
| 2008 26 |
As Simple as That | Reza Mirkarimi | [47] |
| The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi | ||
| Wind Blows in the Meadow | Fathollah Jafari Jozani | ||
| 2009 27 |
Doubt | Saeed Sa'di | [48] |
| Twenty | Pouran Derakhshandeh | ||
| The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times | Javad Norouzbeigi | ||
| About Elly | Asghar Farhadi | ||
| Motherland | Abolhassan Davoudi | ||
| When We're All Asleep | Bahram Beyzai | ||
| 2010 28 |
In Amethyst Color | Jamal Sadatian | [49] |
| Forty Years Old | Alireza Raisian | ||
| The Fateful Night | Seyyed Ahmad Mir-Alaei | ||
| Gold and Copper | Manouchehr Mohammadi | ||
| The Kingdom of Solomon | Mojtaba Faravardeh | ||
| Seven Minutes to Fall | Jamal Sadatian | ||
| 2011 29 |
Crime | Masoud Kimiai | [50][51] |
| Beloved Sky | SimaFilm | ||
| A Separation | Asghar Farhadi | ||
| Alzheimer | Saeed Sa'di | ||
| 33 Days | Mehdi Homayounfar | ||
| 2012 30 |
No winner | [52] | |
| Days of Life | Saeed Sa'di | ||
| Bulletproof | Reza Rakhshan | ||
| The Queen | Abolghasem Hosseini | ||
| Orange Suit | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
| The Wooden Bridge | Ali Sartipi and Mehdi Davari | ||
| Kissing the Moon-Like Face | Manouchehr Mohammadi | ||
| 2013 31 |
Give Back | Mohsen Ali-Akbari | [53][54] |
| Trapped | Amir Samavati | ||
| The Corridor | Mahmoud Razavi | ||
| Sinners | Faramarz Gharibian | ||
| Berlin -7° | Siamak Poursharif | ||
| 2014 32 |
Hussein Who Said No | Taghi Aligholizadeh | [55][56] |
| Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others | Behrouz Afkhami and Jamal Sadatian | ||
| Che | Farabi Cinema Foundation | ||
| Track 143 | Mohammad-Hossein Ghasemi and Abouzar Pourmohammadi | ||
| Tales | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | ||
| 2015 33 |
Crazy Rook | Bita Mansouri | [57][58] |
| The Long Farewell | Farzad Motamen and Ali Hazrati | ||
| Time to Love | Alireza Raisian | ||
| Mazar Sharif | Manouchehr Shahsavari | ||
| I Am Diego Maradona | Javad Norouzbeigi | ||
| 2016 34 |
Standing in the Dust | Habibollah Valinejad | [59][60] |
| Life and A Day | Saeid Malekan | ||
| Mina's Choice | Kamal Tabrizi | ||
| Daughter | Reza Mirkarimi | ||
| When Did You See Sahar Last Time? | Farzad Motamen | ||
| 2017 35 |
Midday Adventures | Mahmoud Razavi | [61] |
| No Date, No Signature | Ali Jalilvand | ||
| Searing Summer | Javad Norouzbeigi | ||
| Ferrari | Jahangir Kosari | ||
| Under the Smokey Roof | Pouran Derakhshandeh | ||
| 2018 36 |
The Lost Strait | Saeid Malekan | [62] |
| Damascus Time | Mohammad Khazaee | ||
| Bomb: A Love Story | Payman Maadi and Ehsan Rasoulof | ||
| Axing | Mahmoud Razavi | ||
| Under Water Cypress | Hamed Hosseini | ||
| Truck | Kambuzia Partovi | ||
| Sheeple | Saeed Sa'di | ||
| 2019 37 |
When the Moon Was Full | Mohammad-Hossein Ghasemi | [63] |
| Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Mahmoud Razavi | ||
| The Warden | Majid Motalebi | ||
| Gholamreza Takhti | Saeid Malekan | ||
| Just 6.5 | Jamal Sadatian | ||
| Castle of Dreams | Reza Mirkarimi | ||
| 2020 38 |
The Sun | Majid Majidi and Amir Banan | [64] |
| Butterfly Stroke | Rasul Sadr Ameli | ||
| Walnut Tree | Mostafa Ahmadi | ||
| Day Zero | Saeid Malekan | ||
| Atabai | Niki Karimi | ||
| 2021 | Yadoo | Mohammad Reza Mesbah | [65] |
| Pinto | Mohammadhossein Ghasemi | ||
| Without Everything | Javad Norouzbeigi | ||
| Zalava | Roohollah Baradari and Samira Baradari | ||
| 2022 | The Situation of Mehdi | Habibollah Valinejad | [66] |
| Grassland | Bahram Radan | ||
| The Last Snow | Hassan Mostafavi | ||
| The Night Guardian | Reza Mirkarimi | ||
| 2023
41 |
Metropol Cinema | Hamed Hosseini | [67] |
| Smart Kid | Hamed Jafari | ||
| Number Ten | Ebrahim Asghari | ||
| In the Arms of the Tree | Mohammadreza Mesbah | ||
| Mud Room | Davoud Sabouri | ||
| The Leather Jacket Man | Kamran Hejazi | ||
| My Name is Love | Mojtaba Rashvand | ||
| 2024
42 |
Majnoon | Abbas Naderan | [68] |
| Summer Time | Ali Oji | ||
| Parviz Khan | Ata Panahi | ||
| The Morning of The Execution | Ali Shirmohammadi | ||
| The West Sky | Habibollah Valinejad | ||
Most wins and nominations
| Nominations | Producer |
|---|---|
| 8 | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 5 | Manouchehr Mohammadi |
| Jamal Sadatian | |
| Reza Mirkarimi | |
| 4 | Haroun Yashayaei |
| Saeed Sa'di | |
| Mahmoud Razavi | |
| Saeid Malekan | |
| Majid Majidi | |
| 3 | Alireza Davoodnejad |
| Masoud Jafari Jozani | |
| Ali Vajed-Samii | |
| Mohammad-Reza Takht-Keshian | |
| Bahram Beyzai | |
| Amir Samavati | |
| Alireza Raisian | |
| Jahangir Kosari | |
| Javad Norouzbeigi | |
| Habibollah Valinejad |
| Wins | Producer |
|---|---|
| 2 | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Jamal Sadatian | |
| Majid Majidi | |
| Habibollah Valinejad |
Production companies
| Production company | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Farabi Cinema Foundation | 9 | 3 |
| IRIB | 5 | 0 |
| Soureh Cinema Development Organization | 3 | 1 |
| SimaFilm | 3 | 1 |
| Varahonar | 2 | 1 |
| Arman Film | 2 | 0 |
| Tamasha Cultural Institute | 2 | 0 |
| Peikar Company | 1 | 1 |
| Eifa Cinema Organization | 1 | 1 |
| Ayat Film | 1 | 1 |
| AIIPO | 1 | 1 |
| Hamrah Filmmaking Group | 1 | 1 |
| Sina Film | 1 | 1 |
| Documentary and Experimental Film Center | 1 | 1 |
| IIDCYA | 1 | 1 |
| Negin Film | 1 | 1 |
| Pakhshiran | 1 | 0 |
| Arta Film | 1 | 0 |
| Namaadin | 1 | 0 |
| Neshaneh Film Production | 1 | 0 |
Notes
- Nominations for 1983–1986 are not available.
- Crystal Simorgh statuette awarded from 7th FIFF on 1989.[4]