# 37th Fajr Film Festival

The 37th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و هفتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2019 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 37th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10th, 2019, at the press conference.

## Winners and nominees
### Main Competition

| Best Director | Best Film |
| Narges Abyar – When the Moon Was Full Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Saeed Roustayi – Just 6.5 Nima Javidi – The Warden Reza Mirkarimi – Castle of Dreams Bahram Tavakoli – Gholamreza Takhti | When the Moon Was Full Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood The Warden Just 6.5 Castle of Dreams Gholamreza Takhti |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Elnaz Shakerdoost – When the Moon Was Full as Faezeh Mansouri Behnoosh Tabatabaei – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood as Sima Mahnaz Afshar – Oath as Razieh Fatemeh Motamed Arya – African Violet as Shokoo Zhaleh Sameti – Darkhoongah as Tavoos | Hootan Shakiba – When the Moon Was Full as Abdolhamid Rigi Navid Mohammadzadeh – The Warden as Nemat Jahed Payman Maadi – Just 6.5 as Samad Hamed Behdad – Castle of Dreams as Jalal Amin Hayai – Darkhoongah as Reza Misagh |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Fereshteh Sadreh Orafaei – When the Moon Was Full as Ghamnaz Pantea Panahiha – Darkhoongah as Shahrzad Zohreh Abbasi – Suddenly a Tree as Homa Zhila Shahi – Castle of Dreams as Najmeh Niousha Alipour – Castle of Dreams as Sara | Ali Nassirian – A Hairy Tale as Kazem Khan Javad Ezzati – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood as Sadegh Navid Mohammadzadeh – Just 6.5 as Nasser Khakzad / Ali Rostami Hasan Pourshirazi – Oath as Khalil Armin Rahimian – When the Moon Was Full as Abdolmalek Rigi Yuna Tadayyon – Castle of Dreams as Ali |
| Best Cinematography | Best Screenplay |
| Hamid Khozouie Abyane – Gholamreza Takhti Hooman Behmanesh – Just 6.5 Hadi Behrooz – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Shahram Najarian – Blood of God Ali Ghazi – A Hairy Tale Masoud Salami – The Agitation | Mohsen Gharaie, Mohammad Davoudi – Castle of Dreams Nima Javidi – The Warden Mohsen Tanabandeh – Oath Parviz Shahbazi – Gold Narges Abyar, Morteza Esfahani – When the Moon Was Full |
| Best Original Score | Best Editor |
| Amin Honarman – Castle of Dreams Peyman Yazdanian – Just 6.5, African Violet Masoud Sekhavatdoust – When the Moon Was Full Christophe Rezai – Suddenly A Tree, My Second Year in College Afshin Azizi – Gholamreza Takhti | Bahram Dehghani – Just 6.5 Mohammad Najarian – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Mohammad Reza Mouyini – Symphony No. 9 Khashayar Movaheddian – Oath Maysam Molaei – Gholamreza Takhti |
| Best Sound Effects | Best Sound Recording |
| Mehrshad Malakouti – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Just 6.5 Hosein Abolsedgh – Symphony No. 9 Arash Ghasemi – When the Moon Was Full Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Gholamreza Takhti | Iraj Shahzadi – Just 6.5 Masih Seraj – Camel Coat Bahman Ardalan – 23 People Mansour Shahbazi – Gold Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh – Oath |
| Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| Keyvan Moghaddam – Gholamreza Takhti Soheil Daneshraqi – A Hairy Tale Mohamadreza Shojaei – When the Moon Was Full Mohsen Nassrollahi – Just 6.5, The Warden Kamyab Aminashayeri – 23 People | Mohammad Reza Shojaei – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Meshkin Mehrgan – Symphony No. 9 Mohamadreza Shojaei – When the Moon Was Full Amir Malekpour – Gholamreza Takhti Elham Moien – A Hairy Tale |
| Best Special Effects | Best Makeup |
| Iman Karamian – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Mohsen Rouzbahani – 23 People Iman Karamian – Symphony No. 9 Arash Aghabeik – When the Moon Was Full Arsha Aghdasi – Oath | Iman Omidvar – When the Moon Was Full Majid Eskandari – Symphony No. 9 Shahram Khalaj – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Abbas Abbasi – 23 People Saeid Malekan – Gholamreza Takhti Iman Omidvar – A Hairy Tale |
| Audience Choice of Best Film | Best Visual Effects |
| Just 6.5 The Warden Gholamreza Takhti When the Moon Was Full Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Javad Motavari – A Hairy Tale Javad Motavari – The Warden Hadi Eslami, Amir Saharkhiz – 23 People Sina Ghavidel – Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood Mohsen Khirabadi, Reza Misaghi, Shahab Najafi – Gholamreza Takhti |
| Special Jury Prize | Best National Film |
| Nima Javidi – The Warden | 23 People |
| Best Animation | Best Art & Experience Film |
| The Last Fiction Benyamin Sunny Night | A Hairy Tale |
| Best Documentary | Best Short Film |
| Melat House Hospital All the Things That are Missing A House for You Beloved Copper Notes of a Dream | Child Eater Bitter Sea Dissect You're Still Here S Reverence Fault |

### First Look

* Best First Film
* A Hairy Tale
* Alive
* Gold Carrier
* Watching This Movie Is a Crime
* Orange Days

### Advertising Competition

| Best Poster Design | Best Still Photography |
| Taha Zaker – Kupal Mohammad Taghi Pour – The Lost Strait Mohammad Hossein Houshmandi – Cold Sweat Erfan Bahkar Mehrbani – Pig Mohammad Rouholamin – Confiscation | Habib Majidi – Bomb: A Love Story Kourosh Pirou – Behind the Wall of Silence Mohammad Badrloo – The Lost Strait Maryam Takhtkeshian – Murphy's Law Amirhossein Shojaei – Sheeple |
| Best Trailer ||
| Rouhollah Mohedi – A Bigger Game Kazem Mollaie – Kupal Hamid Najafirad – Pig, No Date, No Signature Masoud Rafizadeh – Sheeple ||

### Films with multiple wins

| Wins | Films |
| 6 | When the Moon Was Full |
| 3 | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood |
| 3 | Just 6.5 |
| 3 | A Hairy Tale |
| 2 | Gholamreza Takhti |
| 2 | Castle of Dreams |

### Films with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Films |
| 13 | When the Moon Was Full |
| 11 | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood |
| 10 | Just 6.5 |
| 10 | Gholamreza Takhti |
| 8 | Castle of Dreams |
| 6 | Oath |
| 6 | A Hairy Tale |
| 6 | The Warden |
| 5 | 23 People |
| 5 | Symphony No. 9 |
| 3 | Darkhoongah |
| 2 | African Violet |
| 2 | Gold |
| 2 | Suddenly A Tree |

## Films
### Main Competition

| Title | Director |
| The Agitation | Fereydoun Jeyrani |
| Main Idea | Azita Moguie |
| African Violet | Mona Zandi Haghighi |
| 23 People | Mehdi Jafari |
| Polo Coat | Mehdi Alimirzaei |
| Blade and Termeh | Kiumars Pourahmad |
| Jamshidieh | Yalda Jebeli |
| Blood of God | Morteza Ali Abbas Mirzaei |
| Darkhoongah | Siavash Asadi |
| My Second Year in College | Rasul Sadr Ameli |
| The Warden | Nima Javidi |
| Symphony No. 9 | Mohammad Reza Honarmand |
| When the Moon Was Full | Narges Abyar |
| Gold | Parviz Shahbazi |
| Gholamreza Takhti | Bahram Tavakoli |
| Oath | Mohsen Tanabandeh |
| Castle of Dreams | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian |
| Just 6.5 | Saeed Roustayi |
| A Man without a Shadow | Alireza Raisian |
| A Hairy Tale | Homayoun Ghanizadeh |
| Suddenly a Tree | Safi Yazdanian |

### First Look

| Title | Director |
| Camel Coat | Mehdi Alimirzaei |
| Alive | Hossein Amiri Domari, Pedram Pouramiri |
| Watching This Movie Is a Crime | Reza Zehtabchian |
| Gold Carrier | Touraj Aslani |
| Orange Days | Arash Lahooti |
| Snake Venom | Javad Razavian |
| Tsunami | Milad Sadrameli |
| A Hairy Tale | Homayoun Ghanizadeh |
| Reverse | Poulad Kimiayi |
| Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness | Massoud Bakhshi |

### Animation

| Title | Director |
| The Last Fiction | Ashkan Rahgozar |
| Benyamin | Mohsen Enayati |
| Sunny Night | Ali Madani |

### Documentary

| Title | Director |
| Melat House Hospital | Babak Behdad |
| All the Things That are Missing | Zeinab Tabrizi |
| A House for You | Mehdi Bakhshi Moghaddam |
| Beloved | Yaser Talebi |
| Copper Notes of a Dream | Reza Farahmand |

### Short Film

| Title | Director |
| Fault | Soheil Amir Sharifi |
| Reverence | Sogol Rezvani |
| S | Hamed Aslani |
| You're Still Here | Mohammad Rouhbakhsh, Katayoun Parmar |
| Dissect | Siavash Shahabi |
| Child Eater | Mohammad Kart |
| Bitter Sea | Fatemeh Ahmadi |