Special Jury Prize (Fajr International Film Festival)
Category of film award
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The Special Jury Prize is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran.
CountryIran
Presented byFajr International Film Festival
First award1984
Currently held byGhorbanali Taherfar for Projectionist (2024)
| Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize | |
|---|---|
| Country | Iran |
| Presented by | Fajr International Film Festival |
| First award | 1984 |
| Currently held by | Ghorbanali Taherfar for Projectionist (2024) |
| Most wins | Dariush Mehrjui (3) Alireza Davoodnejad (3) |
| Website | fajrfilmfestival |
Winners
Winner |
Winner of the Honorary Diploma |
| Year | Film | Winner(s) | for | N. | Notes | Ref.(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 2 |
Land of Lovers[a] | Ministry of Islamic Guidance | Film | N/a | N/a | [2] |
| 1986 4 |
First Graders[a] | IIDCYA | Film | N/a | N/a | |
| The Spring[a] | IRIB TV1 | Film | N/a | N/a | ||
| 1987 5 |
Where Is the Friend's Home?[a] | Alireza Zarrin | Film | Yes | N/a | [3] |
| 1988 6 |
Kani-Manga[a] | Abdollah Bakideh | Film | N/a | N/a | [4] |
| Little Bird of Happiness[a] | Sirous Taslimi | Film | N/a | N/a | ||
| Little Bird of Happiness[a] | Atieh Masoumi | Juvenile | N/a | N/a | ||
| 1989 7 |
The Scout | Ebrahim Hatamikia | Director | No | N/a | [5] |
| Pomegranate and Cane | Saeed Ebrahimifar | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 1990 8 |
Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui and Haroun Yashayaei | Film | Yes | N/a | [6] |
| Close-Up | Alireza Zarrin | Film | Yes | N/a | ||
| 1991 9 |
Portrait of Love | Shahrokh Dastour-Tabar | Film | Yes | N/a | [7] |
| 1992 10 |
Travellers | Bahram Beyzai, Khosro Khosravi, Majid Roudiani and Abbas Sheikhzadeh | Film | Yes | N/a | [8] |
| 1993 11 |
Shame | Kiumars Pourahmad | Director | No | N/a | [9] |
| 1994 12 |
The Epic of Majnun | Jamal Shurjeh | Director | Yes | N/a | [10] |
| Tic Tac | Mohammad-Ali Talebi | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 1995 13 |
Kimia | Pakhshiran | Film | Yes | N/a | [11] |
| 1996 14 |
The Survivor | Manouchehr Mohammadi, Manouchehr Asgarinasab and Seifollah Dad | Film | Yes | N/a | [12] |
| 1997 15 |
Land of the Sun | Farabi Cinema Foundation | Film | Yes | N/a | [13] |
| 1998 16 |
The May Lady | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Director | Yes | N/a | [14] |
| 1999 17 |
Sweet Agony | Alireza Davoodnejad and Ali Vajed-Samii | Film | No | N/a | [15] |
| 2000 18 |
Maturity | Masoud Jafari Jozani, Fathollah Jafari Jozani and Abbas Haghighi | Film | No | N/a | [16] |
| 2001 19 |
Under the Moonlight | Manouchehr Mohammadi | Film | Yes | N/a | [17] |
| 2002 20 |
The Exam | Nasser Refaei | Director | Yes | N/a | [18] |
| Unruled Paper | Nasser Taghvai | Director | Yes | N/a | ||
| 2003 21 |
The Wind Carpet | Kamal Tabrizi | Director | No | N/a | [19] |
| 2004 22 |
The Lizard | Parviz Parastui | Actor | Yes | N/a | [20] |
| A Trilogy (Third episode) | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 2005 23 |
A Piece of Bread | Kamal Tabrizi | Director | No | N/a | [21] |
| 2006 24 |
Friday Evening | Mona Zandi Haghighi | Director | Yes | N/a | [22] |
| Rival Wife | Alireza Davoodnejad | Director | No | N/a | ||
| How Much You Want to Cry? | Shahed Ahmadloo | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 2007 25 |
Not awarded | |||||
| 2008 26 |
N/a | Alireza Zarrindast | N/a | N/a | "for technical and artistic lifetime achievements" | [23] |
| 2009 27 |
Karat 14 | Parviz Shahbazi | Film | No | N/a | [24] |
| 2010 28 |
40 Years Old | Alireza Raisian | Director | Yes | N/a | [25] |
| Gold and Copper | Homayoun Ass'adian | Director | Yes | N/a | ||
| 2011 29 |
Beloved Sky | Dariush Mehrjui | Director | Yes | N/a | [26] |
| 2012 30 |
Orange Suit | Dariush Mehrjui | Director | Yes | N/a | [27] |
| 2013 31 |
Actors Studio | Alireza Davoodnejad | Director | Yes | N/a | [28] |
| 2014 32 |
Hard Makeup | Hamid Nematollah | Director | Yes | N/a | [29] |
| Track 143 | Narges Abyar | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 2015 33 |
N/a | Javad Norouzbeigi | N/a | N/a | "for producing of I Am Diego Maradona, Confessions of My Dangerous Mind and Avalanche" | [30] |
| N/a | Niki Karimi | N/a | N/a | "for directing and producing of Night Shift, and acting in the Death of the Fish and Wednesday, May 9" | ||
| 2016 34 |
Standing in the Dust | Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | Director | Yes | N/a | [31] |
| The Sound and the Fury | Houman Seyyedi | Director | No | N/a | ||
| 2017 35 |
Ferrari | Alireza Davoodnejad | Director | Yes | N/a | [32] |
| 2018 36 |
Bomb: A Love Story | Payman Maadi | Director | Yes | N/a | [33] |
| 2019 37 |
The Warden | Nima Javidi | Director | Yes | N/a | [34] |
| 2020 38 |
Day Zero | Saeid Malekan | Director | Yes | N/a | [35] |
| Sun Children | Rouhollah Zamani, Shamila Shirzad, Abolfazl Shirzad, Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Mousavifard | Ensemble cast | No | N/a | ||
| 2021 | Without Everything | Javad Norouzbeigi | Film | Yes | N/a | |
| 2022 | The Last Snow | Amir Hossein Asgari | Director | Yes | N/a | |
| 2023
41 |
Mud Room | Davoud Sabouri | Film | Yes | N/a | [36] |
| 2024
42 |
Projectionist | Ghorbanali Taherfar | Director | Yes | N/a | [37] |
Notes
- Crystal Simorgh statuette awarded from 7th FIFF on 1989.[1]