36th Fajr Film Festival

The 36th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و ششمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2018 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 36th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2018, at a press conference.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

36th Fajr Film Festival

Opening film	Truck by Kambuzia Partovi
Closing film	Women with Gunpowder Earrings by Reza Farahmand
Location	Milad Tower
Founded	1983
No. of films	39
Festival date	Opening: February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01) Closing: February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)
Website	Fajr Film Festival

36th Fajr Film Awards
Date	February 11, 2018
Site	Milad Tower, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Organised by	Farabi Cinema Foundation Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Highlights
Most awards	The Lost Strait (6)
Most nominations	The Lost Strait, Sheeple (11)
Best Film	The Lost Strait
Special Jury Prize	Payman Maadi (producer) – Bomb: A Love Story
Audience Choice of Best Film	Sheeple
Website	Fajr Film Festival

Jury

Main Competition

• Bahram Badakhshani
• Kamal Tabrizi
• Hassan Khojasteh
• Khosrow Dehghan
• Rasul Sadr Ameli
• Fereshteh Taerpour
• Mohammad Reza Foroutan^[6]

Winners and nominees

Best Director	Best Film
Ebrahim Hatamikia – Damascus Time Bahram Tavakoli – The Lost Strait Behrouz Shoeibi – Axing Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar – Cypress Underwater Kambuzia Partovi – Truck Houman Seyyedi – Sheeple	The Lost Strait Damascus Time Bomb: A Love Story Axing Cypress Underwater Truck Sheeple
Best Actress	Best Actor
Sara Bahrami – Axing as Baran Kosari – Cold Sweat as Shabnam Moghaddami – Don't Be Embarrassed as Mahoor Alvand – Istanbul Junction as Mahnaz Afshar – Axing as Hanieh Tavassoli – The Misunderstanding as	Amir Jadidi – The Lost Strait, Cold Sweat as Amin Hayai – Flaming (Honorary Diploma) as Babak Hamadian – Cypress Underwater as Reza Attaran – Confiscation as Navid Mohammadzadeh – Sheeple as Saeed Aghakhani – Truck as
Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Sahar Dolatshahi – Cold Sweat, Istanbul Junction as Leili Rashidi – Cold Sweat as Hoda Zeinolabedin – Cold Sweat as Negar Abedi – Axing as	Jamshid Hashempour – Axing as Pejman Jamshidi – The Misunderstanding as Siamak Ansari – Bomb: A Love Story as Farhad Aslani – Sheeple as Navid Pourfaraj – Sheeple as Masoud Keramati – Istanbul Junction as
Best Cinematography	Best Screenplay
Alireza Zarrindast – Cypress Underwater Mahmoud Kalari – Bomb: A Love Story Hamid Khozouie Abyane – The Lost Strait Farshad Mohammadi – Cold Sweat Peyman Shadmanfar – Sheeple	Kambuzia Partovi – Truck Houman Seyyedi – Sheeple Payman Maadi – Bomb: A Love Story Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar, Hamed Ali Bashe Ahangar – Cypress Underwater Hadi Moghaddamdoost, Hamid Nematollah – Flaming
Best Original Score	Best Editor
Karen Homayounfar – Damascus Time Eleni Karaindrou – Bomb: A Love Story Hamed Sabet – The Lost Strait Behzad Abdi – Axing Sohrab Pournazeri – Flaming Karen Homayounfar – Cold Sweat	Bahram Dehghani, Mohammad Najarian – Cold Sweat Mehrdad Khoshbakht – Damascus Time Faramarz Hootham – Axing Mostafa Kherghehpoush – Truck Mehdi Sa'adi – Sheeple
Best Sound Effects	Best Sound Recording
Alireza Alavian – Damascus Time, Sheeple Bahman Bani Ardalan – Emperor of Hell Amir Hossein Ghasemi – The Lost Strait Amin Sharifi, Babak Shakiba – Flaming	Rashid Daneshmand – The Lost Strait Taher Pishvaee – Damascus Time – – –
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Abbas Belondi – Cypress Underwater – – – –	Sara Khaledizadeh – Bomb: A Love Story – – –
Best Special Effects	Best Makeup
Mohsen Rouzbahani – The Lost Strait – –	Saeed Malekan – The Lost Strait – – –
Audience Choice of Best Film	Best Visual Effects
Sheeple The Lost Strait Damascus Time Istanbul Junction Axing	Farid Nazerfasihi – Istanbul Junction Hadi Eslami – Damascus Time Mohammad Lotfali – Bomb: A Love Story Hassan Izadi, Javad Matoori, Mohammad Baradaran, Mohsen Kheirabadi – The Lost Strait Mohammad Khakzad – Cypress Underwater Sina Ghavidel – Lottery, Mahoora
Special Jury Prize	Best National Film
Payman Maadi – Bomb: A Love Story	Hamed Hosseini – Cypress Underwater
Best Art & Experience Film	Best Short Film
Houman Seyyedi – Sheeple	Animal Marlon Lunch Time Reveal
Best Documentary
Women with Gunpowder Earrings

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Films

Main Competition

Title	Director
Amir	Nima Eghlima
Axing	Behrouz Shoeibi
Bomb: A Love Story	Payman Maadi
Cold Sweat	Soheil Beiraghi
Confiscation	Mehran Ahmadi
Cypress Underwater	Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar
Damascus Time	Ebrahim Hatamikia
Dirty Job	Khosrow Masoumi
Don't Be Embarrassed	Reza Maghsoodi
The Dark Room	Rouhollah Hejazi
Emperor of Hell	Parviz Sheikh Tadi
Flaming	Hamid Nematollah
Highlight	Asghar Naeemi
Istanbul Junction	Mostafa Kiaee
The Lost Strait	Bahram Tavakoli
Lottery	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Mahoora	Hamid Zargarnejad
The Misunderstanding	Ahmad Reza Motamedi
Nostalgia Celebration	Pouria Azarbayjani
The Old Road	Manijeh Hekmat
Sheeple	Houman Seyyedi
Truck	Kambuzia Partovi

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