25th Fajr International Film Festival

The 25th International Fajr Film Festival were held from February 1 to February 11, 2007 in Tehran, Iran.

National

*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film: “The Third Day” produced by Alireza Jalali
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Director: Mohammad-Hossein Latifi for “The Third Day” and Amir-Shahab Razavian for “Mina of the Silent City”
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Screenplay: “Mainline” jointly written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahhab, and Naghmeh Samini
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actor: Bahram Radan (“Santouri”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Actress: Baran Kowsari (“Mainline” and “The Third Day”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor: Afshin Hashemi (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actress: Pante’a Bahram (“Eternal Kids”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahhab (“Mainline”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Cinematographer: Hamid Khozuei Abyaneh (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Composer: Kambiz Roshanravan (“Eternal Kids”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Makeup Artist: Mehrdad Mirkiani (“Mainline”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Effects: Mohammadreza Delpak (“Rule of the Game”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Sound Recorder: Hassan Zahedi and Dariush Sadeqpur (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Costume and Stage Designer: Mohsen Ruzbehani (“The Third Day”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Special Effects: Mohsen Ruzbehani and Alaeddin Pajhan (“Rule of the Game”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best First Film Director: Bahram Tavakkoli (“Barefoot in Heaven”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary: “Memoirs of a 75-Year-Old” directed by Mohammadreza Aslani
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Documentary Filmmaker: Masud Bakhshi (“Tehran Has No Pomegranates”)
*Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Film: “Weight of Being” directed by Hamid Bahrami

Spiritual section

*Crystal Simorgh for best screenplay to “The Collector” directed by Feliks Falk
*Crystal Simorgh for best director to “Dorm” by Songyos Sukmakanan
*Crystal Simorgh for best film to “Barefoot in Heaven” by Bahram Tavakkoli

Inter-religious section

*Crystal Simorgh to Parviz Sheikh Tadi’s “Robin”

Asian section

*Crystal Simorgh for best screenplay to “Blue Swallow” directed by Yoon Jong-chan
*Crystal Simorgh for best director to “Hi-Bi: Days of Fire” by Banmei Takahashi
*Crystal Simorgh for best film to “The Night Bus” By Kiumars Purahmad