# 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.

## Jury
### Main Competition

* Bahram Badakhshani
* Kamal Tabrizi
* Hassan Khojasteh
* Khosrow Dehghan
* Rasul Sadr Ameli
* Fereshteh Taerpour
* Mohammad Reza Foroutan

## 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 ||

## 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 |