40th Fajr Film Festival announces nominations

The jury included Masoud Jafari Jozani, Majid Entezami, shahab Hosseini, Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahang, Mohammad Davoodi, Mehdi Sadeghi, and Pejman Lashkari who announced nominations on Thursday:

Best Film

Hassan Mostafavi for production of "Last Snow"

Bahram Radan for production of "Meadowَ"

Habibolah Valinejad for production of "Mehdi's Location"

Reza Mirkarimi for production of "Night Watchman"

Best Director:

Reza Mirkarimi for "Night Watchman"

Hadi Hejazifar for "Mehdi's Location"

Behrouz Shoaybi for "Without a Prior Appointment"

Kazem Daneshi for "Meadowَ"

Amirhossein Asgari for "Last Snow"

Best First Director:

Kazem Daneshi for "Meadowَ"

Hadi Hejazifar for "Mehdi's Location"

Arian Vazirdaftari for "Without Roya"

Omid Shams for "Private Meeting"

Best Actress

Sara Bahrami for "Meadowَ"

Zhila Shahi for "Mehdi's Location"

Tannaz Tabatabaei for "Without Roya"

Ladan Marzban for "Night Watchman"

Ladan Mostofi for "Last Snow"

Best Actor

Toraj Alvand for "Night Watchman"

Pejman Jamshidi for "Meadowَ"

Amin Hayaiee for "Last Snow"

Mehdai Nosrati for "Zed" (Against)

Best Supporting Actress

Sadaf Espahbodi for "Meadowَ"

Fereshteh Hosseini for "Girls Group"

Safura Khoshtinat for "Night Watchman"

Shadi Karamroudi for "Without Roya"

Linda Kiani for "Zed" (Against)

Noshin Masoudian for "Last Snow"

Best Supporting Actor

Payam Ahmadinia for "Private Meeting"

Ali Akbar Osanloo for "Night Watchman"

Rouhollah Zamani for "Mehdi's Location"

Mehdi Zaminpardaz for "Meadowَ"

Nader Solimani for "Zed" (Against)

Majid Salehi for "Last Snow"

Best Screenplay

Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Davoodi for "Night Watchman"

Ebrahim Amini, Hadi Hejazifar for "Mehdi's Location"

Farhad Tohidi, Mehdi Torabbeigi for "Without a Prior Appointment"

Kazem Daneshi for "Meadowَ"

Amirhossein Asgari, Amirmohammad Abedi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini for "Last Snow"

Best Cinematography

Vahid Ebrahimi for "Mehdi's Location"

Alireza Barazandeh for "The Town"

Hadi Behroozi for "Meadowَ"

Mohammad Hadadi for "Without a Prior Appointment"

Arman Fayaz for "Last Snow"

Best Editor

Zhila Epekchi for "The Twon"

Hossein Jamshidi Gohari for "Mehdi's Location"

Sepideh Abdolvahab for "Killing The Traitor"

Hamid Najafirad for "Meadowَ", "Girls Group"

Best Composer

Habib Khazaeifar for "Loser Man"

Fardin khalatbari for "Mahan" and "Henas"

Masoud Sekhavat Dost for "Mehdi's Location"

Behzad Abdi for "Meadowَ"

Best Sound Recorder

Mehdi Ebrahimizadeh for "Girls Group"

Babak Ardalan for "Shadravan"

Masih Hadpour for "Mehdi's Location"

Abbas Rastegarpour for "Without a Prior Appointment"

Amir Nobakht Haghighi for "Golden Night"

Best Sound Mix

Faramarz Abolsedgh for "Girls Group"

Amin Sharifi for "Zed"

Ali Reza Alavian for "Without a Prior Appointment", "Meadowَ"

Amir Hossein Ghasem for "Killing The Traitor" and "Night Watchman"

Naim Meschian for "2888"

Best Costume Designer

Behzad Aghabeigi for "Mehdi's Location"

Maral Jeyrani for "Killing The Traitor"

Fatmeh Safarizadeh for "Shadravan"

Zahra Samadi for "Night Watchman"

Ali Nasirnia for "Last Snow"

Best Stage Designer

Soheil Danesh Eshraghi for "Killing The Traitor"

Amir Zaghari for "Mehdi's Location"

Mohammadreza Shojaee for "Zed" and "Girls Group"

Aydin Zarif for "2888"

Ali Nasirnia for "Last Snow"

 Best Makeup Artist

Mona Jafari for "Meadowَ"

Shahram Khalaj for "Mehdi's Location"

Azim Farayen for "Beyro"

Morteza Kahzadi for "Zed"

Omid Golzadeh for "Shadravan" and "Last Snow"

Best Special Effects

Arash Aghabig for "Killing The Traitor" and "The Town"

Hamid Rasoulian for "Zed"

Mohsen Rozbehani, Kavoos Rozbehani for "Girls Group"

Iman Karimian for "Mehdi's Location"

Best Visual Effects

Omid Pahlevanzadeh for "Looser Man"

Farid Nazer Fasihi for "Beyro"

Mohammad Baradaran for "Killing The Traitor"

Kamyar Shafipour for "Last Snow"

Hassan Najafi, Amir Valikhni for "Girls Group"