# Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay

Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
* Winner
* Winner of the Honorary Diploma
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 1983 1 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1984 2 | Award [fa] | Alireza Davoodnejad and Ebrahim Makki [fa] |
| 1985 3 | No Winner | No Winner |
| 1986 4 | The Grandfather [fa] | Majid Gharizadeh |
| 1987 5 | The Stony Lion [fa] | Masoud Jafari Jozani |
| 1987 5 | The Lodgers | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 1987 5 | The Flight in the Night | Rasoul Mollagholipour |
| 1987 5 | Where Is the Friend's Home? | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 1987 5 | Manuscripts [fa] | Behrouz Afkhami |
| 1988 6 | No Winner | No Winner |
| 1989 7 | The Cyclist | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| 1989 7 | The Willow Branches [fa] | Amrollah Ahmadjoo [fa] |
| 1989 7 | Eye of the Hurricane | Masoud Jafari Jozani |
| 1989 7 | The Scout | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 1989 7 | Grand Cinema | Hassan Hedayat [fa] |
| 1989 7 | Pomegranate and Cane [fa] | Saeed Ebrahimifar [fa], Hossein Irie [fa] and Aziz Tarseh |
| 1990 8 | Hamoun | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 1990 8 | The Immigrant | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 1990 8 | The Seeker [fa] | Esmaeel Khalaj, Mihan Bahrami [fa] and Mohammad Motevaselani [fa] |
| 1990 8 | Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 1990 8 | Savalan [fa] | Yadollah Samadi |
| 1991 9 | Apartment No.13 | Yadollah Samadi |
| 1991 9 | The Last Act [fa] | Varuzh Karim-Masihi |
| 1991 9 | The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood [fa] | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| 1991 9 | The Bride [fa] | Behrouz Afkhami and Alireza Davoodnejad |
| 1991 9 | Portrait of Love [fa] | Shahriar Parsipour [fa] and Hadi Seif |
| 1992 10 | The Quiet Home [fa] | Asghar Abdollahi [fa] and Hassan Gholizadeh [fa] |
| 1992 10 | Baduk | Majid Majidi and Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee |
| 1992 10 | The Hustler [fa] | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh [fa] |
| 1992 10 | Nargess | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad |
| 1992 10 | The Need [fa] | Aliakbar Ghazinezam [fa] |
| 1993 11 | Sara | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 1993 11 | From Karkheh to Rhein | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 1993 11 | Remember the Flight [fa] | Nasser Tahmasb |
| 1993 11 | Shadows of Assault [fa] | Ahmad Amini [fa] |
| 1993 11 | Once for Ever [fa] | Sirus Alvand |
| 1994 12 | Tic Tac [fa] | Mohammad-Ali Talebi [fa] and Houshang Moradi Kermani |
| 1994 12 | The Last Reconnaissance [fa] | Behzad Behzadpour |
| 1994 12 | The Child Hero [fa] | Aliakbar Ghazinezam [fa] |
| 1994 12 | Tanker War [fa] | Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] |
| 1994 12 | The Spouse [fa] | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh [fa] |
| 1995 13 | The Blue-Veiled [fa] | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad |
| 1995 13 | Kimia [fa] | Ahmad-Reza Darvish |
| 1995 13 | The White Balloon | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 1995 13 | Pari | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 1995 13 | Path of Glory [fa] | Mahmoud Dehghan and Reza Ghahremani [fa] |
| 1995 13 | The Fateful Day | Bahram Beyzai |
| 1996 14 | Leily Is with Me | Kamal Tabrizi and Reza Maghsoudi [fa] |
| 1996 14 | The Father | Majid Majidi and Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee |
| 1996 14 | The Derrick [fa] | Abdolhassan Barzideh [fa] |
| 1996 14 | The Survivor | Seifollah Dad |
| 1997 15 | Children of Heaven | Majid Majidi |
| 1997 15 | Leila | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 1997 15 | The Traveller from the South [fa] | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 1997 15 | Shadow to Shadow [fa] | Ali Zhekan [fa] |
| 1998 16 | The Glass Agency | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 1998 16 | Takhti: The World Champion [fa] | Behrouz Afkhami |
| 1998 16 | Birth of A Butterfly [fa] | Saeid Shapouri |
| 1998 16 | The Tree of Life [fa] | Farhad Mehranfar [fa] |
| 1999 17 | Two Women | Tahmineh Milani |
| 1999 17 | Son of Maryam | Hamid Jebeli |
| 1999 17 | Sweet Agony [fa] | Alireza Davoodnejad |
| 1999 17 | Heeva [fa] | Rasoul Mollagholipour |
| 1999 17 | The Fair & the Ugly [fa] | Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] |
| 2000 18 | The Bride of Fire [fa] | Khosrow Sinai and Hamid Farrokhnezhad |
| 2000 18 | Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine | Bahman Farmanara |
| 2000 18 | Maturity [fa] | Masoud Jafari Jozani |
| 2000 18 | The Child and the Soldier [fa] | Mohammad Rezaei-Rad [fa] |
| 2000 18 | Whisper [fa] | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2001 19 | Killing Mad Dogs | Bahram Beyzai |
| 2001 19 | Baran | Majid Majidi |
| 2002 20 | I'm Taraneh, 15 | Kambuzia Partovi and Rasul Sadr-Ameli |
| 2002 20 | To Stay Alive | Dariush Mehrjui and Vahideh Mohammadifar |
| 2002 20 | The White Dream [fa] | Hamid Jebeli |
| 2002 20 | A House Built on Water | Bahman Farmanara |
| 2002 20 | Unruled Paper | Nasser Taghvai and Minoo Farshchi [fa] |
| 2002 20 | The Poisonous Mushroom [fa] | Rasoul Mollagholipour |
| 2003 21 | Deep Breath | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2003 21 | Look at the Sky Sometimes [fa] | Farhad Tohidi [fa] |
| 2003 21 | Pink | Fereydoun Jeyrani |
| 2003 21 | Hard Times in Khomein [fa] | Mojtaba Ra'i [fa] |
| 2003 21 | Here, A Shining Light [fa] | Reza Mirkarimi |
| 2004 22 | The Lizard | Peyman GhasemKhani |
| 2004 22 | Ghadamgah [fa] | Mohammad Rezaei-Rad [fa] |
| 2004 22 | The Beautiful City | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2004 22 | Him [fa] | Rahbar Ghanbari [fa] |
| 2004 22 | Tradition of Lover Killing [fa] | Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] |
| 2004 22 | Mum's Guest | Dariush Mehrjui, Houshang Moradi Kermani and Vahideh Mohammadifar |
| 2005 23 | Café Transit | Kambuzia Partovi |
| 2005 23 | A Place to Live [fa] | Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] |
| 2005 23 | Behind the Curtain of Fog [fa] | Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] and Hossein Yadegari |
| 2005 23 | We Are All Fine [fa] | Mozhgan Farah Avar Moghaddam |
| 2005 23 | The Willow Tree | Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas and Nasser Hashemzadeh |
| 2005 23 | So Close, So Far | Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad-Reza Gohari [fa] |
| 2006 24 | No Winner | No Winner |
| 2006 24 | In the Name of the Father | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 2006 24 | Gradually… [fa] | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2006 24 | Fireworks Wednesday | Asghar Farhadi and Mani Haghighi |
| 2006 24 | When All Were Asleep [fa] | Fereidoun Hassanpour |
| 2006 24 | Friday Evening [fa] | Farid Mostafavi |
| 2007 25 | Mainline [fa] | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Farid Mostafavi, Mohsen Abdolvahab [fa] and Naghmeh Samini [fa] |
| 2007 25 | The Third Day | Mehdi Sajjadehchi |
| 2008 26 | As Simple as That | Shadmehr Rastin [fa] and Reza Mirkarimi |
| 2008 26 | A Petition for Allah [fa] | Alireza Amini [fa] and Mohsen Tanabandeh |
| 2008 26 | Standing Alone [fa] | Gholamreza Ramezani [fa] |
| 2008 26 | The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi and Mehran Kashani |
| 2008 26 | Wind Blows in the Meadow [fa] | Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] |
| 2009 27 | Motherland [fa] | Abolhassan Davoudi [fa] and Farid Mostafavi |
| 2009 27 | About Elly | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2009 27 | Doubt | Varuzh Karim-Masihi |
| 2009 27 | Superstar | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2009 27 | Karat 14 [fa] | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2010 28 | The Fateful Night [fa] | Homayoun Shahnavaz [fa] and Shahram Assadi [fa] |
| 2010 28 | In Amethyst Color | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 2010 28 | Forty Years Old | Mostafa Rastegari [fa] |
| 2010 28 | Gold and Copper | Hamed Mohammadi [fa] |
| 2010 28 | The Insider [fa] | Ahmad Kaveri [fa] |
| 2011 29 | A Separation | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2011 29 | Beloved Sky | Dariush Mehrjui and Vahideh Mohammadifar |
| 2011 29 | Alzheimer | Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] |
| 2011 29 | Crime [fa] | Masoud Kimiai |
| 2011 29 | Facing Mirrors | Negar Azarbaijani [fa] and Fereshteh Taerpour |
| 2011 29 | Mr. Yousef [fa] | Ali Rafi'i |
| 2011 29 | Dragonfly's Pond [fa] | Alireza Talebzadeh [fa] |
| 2012 30 | Bulletproof [fa] | Mostafa Kiayee [fa] |
| 2012 30 | Kissing the Moon-Like Face [fa] | Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] |
| 2012 30 | Days of Life [fa] | Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] |
| 2012 30 | The Queen | Mohammad-Reza Gohari [fa] and Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar |
| 2012 30 | Orange Suit | Vahideh Mohammadifar and Dariush Mehrjui |
| 2013 31 | Bending the Rules | Behnam Behzadi |
| 2013 31 | Trapped | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2013 31 | The Corridor | Ali Asghari |
| 2013 31 | Sinners [fa] | Sam Gharibian [fa] |
| 2013 31 | Give Back [fa] | Alireza Talebzadeh [fa] |
| 2014 32 | Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others [fa] | Behrouz Afkhami |
| 2014 32 | Raspberry [fa] | Saman Salur |
| 2014 32 | Sensitive Floor | Peyman GhasemKhani |
| 2014 32 | Special Line [fa] | Mostafa Kiayee [fa] |
| 2014 32 | Snow [fa] | Hossein Mahkam [fa] |
| 2015 33 | Time to Love [fa] | Roya Mohaghegh [fa] |
| 2015 33 | The Long Farewell [fa] | Asghar Abdollahi [fa] |
| 2015 33 | Crazy Rook | Mohammad-Reza Gohari [fa] |
| 2015 33 | I Am Diego Maradona | Bahram Tavakoli |
| 2016 34 | Life and A Day | Saeed Roustayi |
| 2016 34 | Mina's Choice [fa] | Farhad Tohidi [fa] and Morteza Esfahani [fa] |
| 2016 34 | When Did You See Sahar Last Time? [fa] | Amir Arabi |
| 2016 34 | Daughter | Mehran Kashani |
| 2016 34 | Standing in the Dust | Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian |
| 2017 35 | Ferrari [fa] | Kambuzia Partovi |
| 2017 35 | Villa Dwellers [fa] | Arsalan Amiri [fa] and Monir Gheydi [fa] |
| 2017 35 | Blockage | Saeed Roustayi |
| 2017 35 | No Date, No Signature | Vahid Jalilvand and Ali Zarnegar |
| 2017 35 | Searing Summer [fa] | Payam Karami |
| 2018 36 | Truck [fa] | Kambuzia Partovi |
| 2018 36 | Sheeple [fa] | Houman Seyyedi |
| 2018 36 | Bomb: A Love Story | Payman Maadi |
| 2018 36 | Under Water Cypress [fa] | Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar and Hamed Bashe-Ahangar |
| 2018 36 | Flaming [fa] | Hadi Moghadamdoost and Hamid Nematollah [fa] |
| 2019 37 | Castle of Dreams | Mohsen Gharaie [fa] and Mohammad Davoudi |
| 2019 37 | Swear [fa] | Mohsen Tanabandeh |
| 2019 37 | The Warden | Nima Javidi |
| 2019 37 | Talla [fa] | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2019 37 | When the Moon Was Full | Narges Abyar and Morteza Esfahani [fa] |
| 2020 38 | The Sun | Majid Majidi and Nima Javidi |
| 2020 38 | Day Zero | Saeid Malekan and Bahram Tavakoli |
| 2020 38 | Butterfly Stroke | Mohammad Kart, Hossein Doumari and Pedram Pour-Amiri |
| 2020 38 | The Ballad of A White Cow | Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moqadam and Mehrdad Kouroshnia |
| 2020 38 | Bone Marrow [fa] | Ali Zarnegar |
| 2020 38 | I'm Scared [fa] | Behnam Behzadi and Sahar Sakhaei |
| 2021 39 | Zalava | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram |
| 2021 39 | TiTi | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh |
| 2021 39 | Mom | Arash Anisi |
| 2022 40 | Grassland | Kazem Daneshi |
| 2022 40 | The Situation of Mehdi | Ebrahim Amini, Hadi Hejazifar |
| 2022 40 | The Last Snow | Amir Hossein Asgari, Amir Mohammad Abdi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini |
| 2022 40 | The Night Guardian | Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Davoudi – The Night Guardian |
| 2022 40 | No Prior Appointment | Farhad Tohidi, Mehdi Torab Beigi |
| 2023 41 | In the Arms of the Tree | Babak Khajeh Pasha |
| 2023 41 | Smart Kid | Ali Ramezan |
| 2023 41 | Number Ten | Hamid Zargarnejad |
| 2023 41 | The Leather Jacket Man | Masoud Hasheminejad |
| 2023 41 | Metropol Cinema | Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar, Hamed Bashe Ahangar |
| 2023 41 | My Name is Love | Pedram Pour-Amiri, Hossein Doumari |
| 2024 42 | No Winner | No Winner |
| 2024 42 | Parviz Khan | Ali Saghafi |
| 2024 42 | The Morning of The Execution | Behrouz Afkhami |
| 2024 42 | Summer Time | Mahmoud Kalari |

## Most wins and nominations

Most nominations :
| Nominations | Director |
| 9 | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 7 | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 7 | Majid Majidi |
| 6 | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 5 | Behrouz Afkhami |
| 4 | Asghar Farhadi |
| 4 | Vahideh Mohammadifar |
| 4 | Kambuzia Partovi |
| 3 | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 3 | Alireza Davoodnejad |
| 3 | Masoud Jafari Jozani |
| 3 | Rasoul Mollagholipour |
| 3 | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad |
| 3 | Farid Mostafavi |
| 3 | Reza Mirkarimi |
| 3 | Mohammad-Reza Gohari [fa] |
Most wins :
| Wins | Director |
| 4 | Kambuzia Partovi |
| 2 | Dariush Mehrjui |
| 2 | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad |
| 2 | Farid Mostafavi |
| 2 | Majid Majidi |

## Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay

Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award which established in 2006 but only awarded four times in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2021. Nominations of this award were not announced.

### Winners

Table key :
* Winner
* Winner of the Honorary Diploma
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Source Material(s) |
| 2006 24 | No Winner | No Winner | No Winner |
| 2006 24 | The Persian Prince [fa] | Mohammad Nourizad | The epic Battle of Rostam and Esfandiyār from Shahnameh |
| 2009 27 | Doubt | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| 2010 28 | Forty Years Old | Mostafa Rastegari [fa] | The novel by Nahid Tabatabaei [fa] |
| 2012 30 | The Last Step | Ali Mosaffa | The short story "The Dead" in Dubliners by James Joyce and the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy |
| 2021 39 | Without Everything | Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaie | Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play The Visit |
| 2021 39 | Once Upon a Time, Abadan | Hamid Reza Azarang | Based on a Play |
| 2021 39 | Yadoo | Mehdi Jafari, Mahin Abbas Zadeh | Samad Taheri's eleven short stories ''The Lion Wound'' |