Iran Press/Iran news: 21st Iran Cinema Celebration awarding ceremony was held on Friday night at Milad Tower Conference Hall, with Nima Javidi’s feature ‘The Warden’ being selected as the Best Film and ‘The Lost Strait’ by Bahram Tavakkoli winning the most awards.
'The Warden' had earlier won the Special Jury Award at the 37th Fajr Film Festival held in February of this year.
Iran's House of Cinema organizes the celebration every year to commemorate the National Day of Cinema, which is 12 September. This year’s celebration was held a few weeks early due to its coincidence with Muharram mourning.
The list of winners of the 21st Iran Cinema Celebration is as follows:
Best Short Documentary: “Beloved” by Yaser Talebi
Best Feature Documentary: “It Is Winter”, awarded to producer Pirouz Hanachi
Best Animation: “The Sixth String” by Bahram Azimi
Best Short Film: “Dissect” by Siavash Shahabi
Best Visual Effects: “The Warden”, awarded to Javad Matouri
Best Field Effects: “The Lost Strait”, awarded to Mohsen Rouzbahani
Best Make-up: “When the Moon Was Full”, awarded to Iman Omidvari
Best Sound Mixing: “The Lost Strait”, awarded to Rashid Daneshmand
Best Sound Editing: “The Lost Strait”, awarded to Amir-Hossein Ghasemi
Best Costume Design: “When the Moon Was Full”, awarded to Mohammadreza Shojaei
Best Scene Design: “Takhti”, awarded to Keivan Moghaddam
Best Score: “The Lost Strait”, awarded to Hamed Sabet
Best Supporting Actress: Freshteh Sadr-Erfaei for “When the Moon Was Full”
Best Supporting Actor: Farhad Aslani for “Sheeple”
Best Editing: “6.5 for One Meter”, awarded to Bahram Dehghani
Best Cinematography: “The Warden”, awarded to Houman Behmanesh
Best Actress: Sara Bahrami for “Axing”
Best Actor: Navid Mohammadzadeh for “The Warden”
Best Script: “Lovely Trash”, awarded to Mohsen Amiryousefi
Best Director: Saeid Rousati for “6.5 for One Meter”
Best Film: “The Warden” directed by Yaser Talebi
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