# 40th Fajr Film Festival

The 40th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: چهلمین دوره جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2022 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 40th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2022, at a press conference.

## Jury
### Main Competition

* Masoud Jafari Jozani
* Majid Entezami
* Shahab Hosseini
* Mohammad Ali Basheh Ahangar
* Mohammad Davoudi
* Mehdi Sajadeh Chi
* Pejman Lashkari Pour

### Documentary

* Ahmad Zabeti Jehrami
* Mohammad Tahami Nejad
* Mohammadali Farsi
* Morteza Shabani
* Mohammadreza Abassian

### Short Film

* Ahmadreza Motamedi
* Danesh Eghbashavi
* Hamed Jafari

### Advertising Competition

* Ali Nikraftar
* Mehrdad Khoshbakht
* Mohammad Rouhallamin

## Winners and nominees
### Main Competition

| Best Director | Best Film |
| Reza Mirkarimi – The Night Guardian Hadi Hejazifar – The Situation of Mehdi Kazem Daneshi – Grassland Amir Hossein Asgari – The Last Snow Behrouz Shoeibi – No Prior Appointment | The Situation of Mehdi Grassland The Last Snow The Night Guardian |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Tannaz Tabatabaei – Without Her as Roya Sara Bahrami – Grassland as Sara Zhila Shahi – The Situation of Mehdi as Safieh Modares Laleh Marzban – The Night Guardian as Nasibeh Ladan Mostofi – The Last Snow as Rana | Amin Hayai – The Last Snow as Yousef Pejman Jamshidi – Grassland as Amir Hossein Touraj Alvand – The Night Guardian as Rasool Mehdi Nosrati – The Opposition as Saeed |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Sadaf Espahbodi – Grassland as Fariba Fereshteh Hosseini – Squad of Girls (Honorary Diploma) as Simin Shadi Karamroudi – Without Her as Ziba Linda Kiani – The Opposition as Manijeh Safoora Khoshtinat – The Night Guardian as Nooshin Masoudian – The Last Snow as | Nader Soleimani – The Opposition as Naser Aliakbar Osanloo – The Night Guardian (Honorary Diploma) as Majid Salehi – The Last Snow as Khalil Rouhollah Zamani – The Situation of Mehdi as Khosrow Mehdi Zaminpardaz – Grassland as Mohsen Payam Ahmadinia – Conjugal Visit as |
| Best Cinematography | Best Screenplay |
| Arman Fayaz – The Last Snow Vahid Ebrahimi – The Situation of Mehdi Alireza Barazandeh – The Town Hadi Behrouz – Grassland Mohammad Hadadi – No Prior Appointment | Kazem Daneshi – Grassland Ebrahim Amini, Hadi Hejazifar – The Situation of Mehdi Farhad Tohidi, Mehdi Torab Beigi – No Prior Appointment Amir Hossein Asgari, Amir Mohammad Abdi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini – The Last Snow Reza Mirkarimi, Mohammad Davoudi – The Night Guardian |
| Best Original Score | Best Editor |
| Massoud Sekhavatdoost – The Situation of Mehdi Behzad Abdi – Grassland (Honorary Diploma) Habib Khazaeifar – The Loser Man Fardin Khalatbari – Mahan Fardin Khalatbari – Henas | Hamid Najafirad – Grassland Sepideh Abdel Wahab – Killing a Traitor Hamid Najafirad – Squad of Girls Zhila Ipkechi – The Town Hossein Jamshidi Gohari – The Situation of Mehdi |
| Best Sound Effects | Best Sound Recording |
| Alireza Alavian – Grassland, No Prior Appointment Faramarz Abolsedgh – Squad of Girls Amin Sharifi – The Opposition Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Killing a Traitor, The Night Guardian Naeem Maschian – 2888 | Massih Hadpour Seraj –The Situation of Mehdi Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh – Squad of Girls Abbas Rastegarpour – No Prior Appointment Amir Nobakht Haghighi – Golden Night Babak Ardalan – The Late Father |
| Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| Mohammad Reza Shojai – The Opposition Soheil Danesh Eshraghi – Killing a Traitor Amir Zagheri – The Situation of Mehdi Mohammad Reza Shojai – Squad of Girls Aidin Zarif – 2888 Ali Nasirinia – The Last Snow | Maral Jeyrani – Killing a Traitor Behzad Aghabeigi – The Situation of Mehdi Fatemeh Safarizadeh – The Late Father Zahra Samadi – The Night Guardian Ali Nasirinia – The Last Snow |
| Best Special Effects | Best Makeup |
| Iman Karamian – The Situation of Mehdi Arash Aghabeig – Killing a Traitor Arash Aghabeig – The Town Hamid Rasoulian – The Opposition Mohsen Roozbahani, Kavoos Roozbahani – Squad of Girls | Omid Golzadeh – The Last Snow, The Late Father Mona Jafari – Grassland Shahram Khalaj – The Situation of Mehdi Azim Farayn – Beyro Morteza Kahzadi – The Opposition |
| Best Documentary | Best Visual Effects |
| Lamentation Persian Elementary School Soldier N.0 | Hassan Najafi, Amir Valikhani – Squad of Girls Mohammad Baradaran – Killing a Traitor Amin Pahlavanzadeh – The Loser Man Kamyar Shafiepour – The Last Snow Farid Nazerfasihi – Beyro |
| Special Jury Prize | Best National Film |
| Amir Hassan Asgari – The Last Snow Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh – Scent of the Wind (Honorary Diploma) | Behrouz Shoeibi – No Prior Appointment |
| Best Short Film ||
| Bonus Past Longing ||

### First Look

* Best First Film
* The Situation of Mehdi
* Without Her
* Grassland
* Conjugal Visit

### Advertising Competition

| Best Poster Design | Best Still Photography |
| No Simorgh given Ehsan Barabadi – Old Men Never Die (Honorary Diploma) Erfan Behkar – The Badger Mohammad Taghi Pour – Mansour | Habib Majidi – Mansour Omid Saleh – Atabai Fattah Zinouri – Under Low Light |
| Best Trailer ||
| Omid Mirzae – Staging, The Sniper Rouhollah Moahedi – Siah Baz Kiomars Beykzand – Without Everything ||

### Films with multiple wins

| Wins | Films |
| 5 | The Situation of Mehdi |
| 4 | The Last Snow |
| 4 | Grassland |
| 2 | The Night Guardian |
| 2 | Squad of Girls |
| 2 | No Prior Appointment |
| 2 | The Opposition |

### Films with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Films |
| 14 | The Situation of Mehdi |
| 13 | Grassland |
| 12 | The Last Snow |
| 9 | The Night Guardian |
| 7 | Squad of Girls |
| 7 | The Opposition |
| 6 | Killing a Traitor |
| 5 | No Prior Appointment |
| 3 | The Late Father |
| 3 | Without Her |
| 3 | The Town |
| 2 | The Loser Man |
| 2 | Conjugal Visit |
| 2 | Beyro |
| 2 | 2888 |

## Films
### Main Competition

| Title | Director |
| 2888 | Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heydari |
| No Prior Appointment | Behrouz Shoeibi |
| The Last Snow | Amir Hossein Asgari |
| Without Her | Arian Vazirdaftari |
| Motherless | Morteza Fatemi |
| Beyro | Morteza Aliabbas Mirzaei |
| Killing a Traitor | Masoud Kimiai |
| Scent of the Wind | Seyyed Hadi Mohaghegh |
| Squad of Girls | Monir Gheidi |
| The Late Father | Hossein Namazi |
| Golden Night | Yousef Hatamikia |
| The Town | Ali Hazrati |
| Henas | Hossein Darabi |
| The Opposition | Amir Abbas Rabiei |
| Grassland | Kazem Daneshi |
| Layers of Lies | Ramin Sohrab |
| Mahan | Hamid Shahhatami |
| The Loser Man | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian |
| Conjugal Visit | Omid Shams |
| The Situation of Mehdi | Hadi Hejazifar |
| The Night Guardian | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Linden | Davoud Bidel |

### Documentary

| Title | Director |
| The Man Came by Bus | Nima Mahdian |
| Lamentation | Hojat Taheri |
| My Brother's Gun | Kamran Jahedi |
| Persian Elementary School | Hassan Naghashi |
| Soldier N.0 | Mohammad Salimi Rad |
| Tonight's Homework | Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi |
| Nobody is Waiting for You | Mohsen Eslamzadeh |
| One of My Dreams | Mohsen Hadi |

### Short Film

| Title | Director |
| Gazelle | Mahsa Razavi |
| Bonus | Reza Nejati |
| Coffin | Akbar Zare'e |
| Past | Hamid Mohammadi |
| Deer | Hadi Babaeifar |
| Leo | Mohammadmoein Roujollamini |
| Majan | Fardin Ansari |
| Hajrou | Afshin Akhlaghi Feyzasar |
| Longing | Houra Tabatabaei |
| All The Time | Shadi Karamroudi |