Russian movie Wins Grand Prix at Fajr Int’l pageant in Tehran

TEHRAN (FNA)- The 37th edition of the Fajr overseas film competition named its winners during its concluding ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat corridor, granting the grand prix to “A Russian early life”.

Iranian and overseas officers, dignitaries, filmmakers and guests attended the closing ceremony on Thursday, April 25.

Addressing the ceremony, pageant Director Seyed Reza Mirkarimi pointed out the imposed unilateral sanctions haven't simplest targeted Iran’s economy however its lifestyle as neatly: regardless of these difficulties, we managed to organize the annual cinematic event. The first rate information is that many international filmmakers, critics, and students who love Iranian cinema didn’t leave us alone.

The award-successful director and screenwriter delivered, "this is one of the vital oldest and essentially the most critical movie gala's in West Asia. i want to lengthen my gratitude to Ministry of tradition, Cinema firm of Iran, Ministry of Communications, Tehran Municipality, as well as many others who helped us to hold this 12 months’s adventure."

foreign competitors (Cinema Salvation)

Golden Simorgh for ideal movie: A Russian early life directed by Alexander Zolotukhin, produced with the aid of Eduard Pichugin, Alexander Sokurv (Russia)

Silver Simorgh for top-quality Director: Soroush Sehat for Dance with Me! (Iran)

Silver Simorgh for greatest Script: Gernot Kraa, Oliver Haffner for Wackersdorf through Oliver Haffner (Germany)

Silver Simorgh for greatest Actress: Martina Apostolova for Irina with the aid of Nadejda Koseva (Bulgaria)

Silver Simorgh for most fulfilling Actor: Jesper Christensen for before the Frost via Michael Noer (Denmark)

Diploma of Honor for most reliable Actor: Ali Mosaffa for Dance with Me by using Soroush Sehat (Iran)

Silver Simorgh for special Jury Prize: most beneficial Costume Design for Spring Sparrow by means of Jingxiang Li (China)

Silver Simorgh for most effective brief film: excess Will store Us with the aid of Morgane Dziurla-Petit (Sweden)

foreign competition Jury (The Cinema Salvation): Wang Xiaoshuai (China), Mike van Diem (Netherlands), Muzaffer Özdemir (Turkey), Navid Mohammadzadeh (Iran), Labina Mitevska (Macedonia), Peter Fleischmann (Germany), Narges Abyar (Iran).

Asian film Awards

Trophy for ultimate Asian film: without My buddy by using Mohammad Ali Talebi (Iran)

Diploma of Honor for most fulfilling Asian film: Rona, Azim’s mom by Jamshid Mahmoudi (Afghanistan)

Trophy for premiere Asian Director: Huo Meng for Crossing the Border (China)

Trophy for premier short film: Sacrifice via Mehdi Mahmmad-Nejadian (Iran)

japanese Vista Jury (Panorama of films from Asian and Islamic countries): Khosro Masoumi (Iran), Rusudan Glurjidze (Georgia)

most reliable First film Award

Trophy for best First characteristic movie: A Russian youth by using Alexander Zolotukhin (Russia)

First movie Jury: Behrouz Shoeibi (Iran), Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon), Ammar Hadi Al-Arady (Iraq)

Muhammad Al-Ameen Award

Trophy and Diploma of Honor for Muhammad Al-Ameen Award: Hamid through Aijaz Khan (India)

certificates of Peace

Amina by Iyman Zidan (Syria)

international Critics Award

Diploma of Honor to ideal feature film in japanese Vista section: The Announcement via Mahmut Fazil Coskun (Turkey/Bulgaria)

overseas Critics Jury: Cüneyt Cebenoyan (Turkey), Robert Safarian (Iran), Barbara Lorey (Germany)

Interfaith Award

Diploma of Honor to Rona, Azim’s mom with the aid of Jamshid Mahmoudi (Afghanistan)

Interfaith competition Jury: Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Navab (Iran), Inês Mendes Gil (Portugal), Douglas P. Fahleson (Scotland)

NETPAC Prize

narrow crimson Line via Farzad Khoshdast (Iran)

NETPAC Jury: Latika Padgaonkar (India), Seyyed Gholamreza Mousavi (Iran), Aijaz Gul (Pakistan)

The 37th Fajr international film competition turned into held within the Iranian capital Tehran from April 18 to 26, screening 107 titles from seventy five countries around the globe.