# 39th Fajr Film Festival

The 39th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و نهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2021 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 39th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2021, at a press conference.

## Jury
### Main Competition

* Mohammad Ehsani
* Sareh Bayat
* Morteza Poursamadi
* Bahram Tavakoli
* Nima Javidi
* Seyyed Jamal Sadatian
* Mostafa Kiaei

### First Look, Short Film, Documentary

* Saeed Pouresmaili
* Amir Tooderousta
* Mohammad Ali Farsi
* Mohammad Kart
* Sam Kalantari

### Advertising Competition

* Ebrahim Haghighi
* Mitra Mohaseni
* Meysam Molaei

## Winners and nominees
### Main Competition

| Best Director | Best Film |
| Mehdi Jafari – Yadoo Narges Abyar – Pinto Mohsen Gharaee – Majority Arsalan Amiri – Zalava | Yadoo Pinto Majority Zalava |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Roya Afshar – Mom as Nasrin Setareh Pesyani – Yadoo (Honorary Diploma) as Elnaz Habibi – Romanticism of Emad and Tooba as Tooba Melisa Zakeri – Playing with Stars as Saba Elnaz Shakerdoost – Pinto as Raheleh Nazanin Farahani – Expediency as | Raza Attaran – Bright House as Roshan Parviz Parastui – Majority as Amir Navid Pourfaraj – Zalava as Masoud Ahmadi Mosen Tanabandeh – Once Upon a Time, Abadan as Mosayeb Amir Norouzi – Mom as Fereydoun Milad Soveylavi – Yadoo as Yadoo |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Gelareh Abbasi – Pinto as Shahla Azita Hajian – 180° Rule as Sara's Mother Elham Shafiei – Once Upon a Time, Abadan as Soheileh Giti Moeini – Pinto as Ashrat | Pouria Rahimi Sam – Zalava as Amardan Vahid Rahbani – Expediency as Hossein Jalali Erfan Ebrahimi – Mom as Pejman Jamshidi – Shishlik as Ahmad Pedram Sharifi – Majority as Teacher |
| Best Cinematography | Best Screenplay |
| Morteza Najafi – Bright House, Yadoo Mohammad Rasuli – Zalava (Honorary Diploma) Masoud Salami – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Farshad Mohammadi – TiTi Morteza Hedayati – Majority | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, Tahmineh Bahram – Zalava Arash Anisi – Mom Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh – TiTi |
| Best Original Score | Best Editor |
| Hamed Sabet – Majority Payam Azadi – Romanticism of Emad and Tooba Bamdad Afshar – Yadoo Alireza Afkari – TiTi Fardin Khalatabari – Expediency | Emad Khodabakhsh – Majority Emad Khodabakhsh – Punch Drunk Siavash Kordjan – Expediency Meysam Molaei – Yadoo |
| Best Sound Effects | Best Sound Recording |
| Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Yadoo Hossein Abolsedgh – The Sniper Bahman Baniardalan – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Alireza Alabvian – Majority Amir Hossein Ghasemi – Zalava Amirhossein Ghasemi – 180° Rule | Rashid Daneshmand – Yadoo Taher Pishvaei – Pinto Hadi Saed Mohkam – Shishlik Shahram Motavali Bashi – The Sniper Amir Mirshekari – Majority |
| Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| Soheil Daneshraqi – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Behzad Jafari Tadi – Expediency Mohammadreza Shojaei – Pinto Aidin Zarif – Yadoo Amirhossein Ghodsi – Majority | Maral Jeyrani – Majority Behzad Jafari Tadi – Expediency Mohammad Hossein Karami – Zalava Behzad Jafari Tadi, Mohammad Hossein Karami – Shishlik |
| Best Special Effects | Best Makeup |
| Iman Karamian – The Sniper Arash Aghabeyk – Bright House Iman Karamian – Yadoo | Iman Omidvari – Pinto Shahram Khalaj – Shishlik Roxana Razavi – Playing with Stars Abbas Abbasi – Yadoo |
| Audience Choice of Best Film | Best Visual Effects |
| Pinto Majority Shishlik The Sniper TiTI | Farid Nazerfasihi – Pinto Mohammad Baradaran – Mansour Javad Matoori – Majority |
| Special Jury Prize | Best National Film |
| Javad Norouzbeigi – Majority | Ebrahim Asghari – The Sniper |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Short Film |
| Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaee – Majority Hamid Reza Azarang – Once Upon a Time, Abadan Mehdi Jafari, Mahin Abbas Zadeh – Yadoo | Emergency Cover Witness Meatophile Mask Nahid |
| Best Documentary ||
| Coup 53 Isatis The Silhouettes Tattooed Dreams 1800 Feet ||

### First Look

* Best First Film
* Zalava
* Expediency (Honorary Diploma)
* Once Upon a Time, Abadan
* Mom
* Punch Drunk
* Mansour

### Advertising Competition

| Best Poster Design | Best Still Photography |
| Vahid Abdolhosseini – Seven and a Half Mohammad Taghi Pour – Abadan 11 60 Mohammad Moahadnia – Seven and a Half Mohammad Shakiba – Exodus | Sahab Zaribaf – Sun Children Jalal Hamidi – Gilda Ali Nikraftar – Suddenly a Tree |
| Best Trailer ||
| Hamid Najafirad – Drown Masoud Rafizadeh – Blue Like Sky Hamed Batouli – Numbness Masoud Rafizadeh – Gold Masoud Rafizadeh – The Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret Army ||

### Films with multiple wins

| Wins | Films |
| 5 | Majority |
| 5 | Yadoo |
| 4 | Pinto |
| 3 | Zalava |
| 2 | Bright House |
| 2 | The Sniper |

### Films with multiple nominations

| Nominations | Films |
| 14 | Majority |
| 13 | Yadoo |
| 10 | Pinto |
| 9 | Zalava |
| 7 | Once Upon a Time, Abadan |
| 5 | Shishlik |
| 5 | Mom |
| 5 | The Sniper |
| 4 | TiTi |
| 3 | Bright House |
| 3 | Expediency |
| 2 | 180° Rule |
| 2 | Playing with Stars |
| 2 | Romanticism of Emad and Tooba |
| 2 | Mansour |
| 2 | Punch Drunk |

## Films
### Main Competition

| Title | Director |
| Pinto | Narges Abyar |
| Majority | Mohsen Gharaee |
| The Sniper | Ali Ghafari |
| TiTi | Ida Panahandeh |
| 180° Rule | Farnoosh Samadi |
| Romanticism of Emad and Tooba | Kaveh Sabaghzadeh |
| Once Upon a Time, Abadan | Hamid Reza Azarang |
| Bright House | Rouhollah Hejazi |
| Zalava | Arsalan Amiri |
| Playing with Stars | Hatef Alimardani |
| Shishlik | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian |
| Punch Drunk | Adel Tabrizi |
| Mom | Arash Anisi |
| Expediency | Hossein Darabi |
| Mansour | Siavash Sarmadi |
| Yadoo | Mehdi Jafari |

### First Look

| Title | Director |
| Expediency | Hossein Darabi |
| Zalava | Arsalan Amiri |
| Once Upon a Time, Abadan | Hamid Reza Azarang |
| Mom | Arash Anisi |
| Punch Drunk | Adel Tabrizi |
| Mansour | Siavash Sarmadi |
| 180° Rule | Farnoosh Samadi |

### Documentary

| Title | Director |
| Isatis | Alirerza Dehghan |
| The Silhouettes | Afsaneh Salari |
| Tattooed Dreams | Mehdi Ganji |
| Coup 53 | Taghi Amirani |
| 1800 Feet | Mehdi Shahmohammadi |

### Short Film

| Title | Director |
| Cover | Ehsan Majouni |
| Aydin | Mir Abbas Khosravi |
| Witness | Ali Asgari |
| Meatophile | Farid Haji |
| Sangbal | Amin Shahri |
| Mask | Nava Rezvani |
| Nahid | Samad Alizadeh |
| Emergency | Maryam Esmikhani |
| Slow Death | Amin Shahrai |
| Necrosis | Morteza Farhadnia |