38th Fajr Film Festival
The 38th Fajr Film Festival (Persian: سی و هشتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) was held from 1 to 11 February 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 38th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2020, at a press conference.
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- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsAli NasirianJavad EzatiTannaz Tabatabaei12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.
- DirectorMohammad Hossein MahdavianStarsPayman MaadiMina SadatiMinoo SharifiQader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city.
- DirectorSaeid MalekanStarsAmir JadidiSaed SoheiliTinoo SalehiThe story is about the arresting of the famous terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi and how it was accomplished.
- DirectorMohammad KartStarsJavad EzatiTannaz TabatabaeiAmir AghaeeA film of a woman swimming in a pool is distributed through the internet. Now her husband and her brother are after finding the one who is responsible for that and taking revenge on him.
- DirectorNiki KarimiStarsHadi HejazifarSahar DolatshahiJavad EzatiThe story is about Kazem, a middle-aged man who lives in a village. He has left the university because of a former love but when two sisters enter his life he falls in love once again.
- DirectorMorteza FarshbafStarsMirsaeed MolavianMojtaba PirzadehIman Sayad BorhaniDavood bets his entire earning from a factory job on online soccer gambling; without ever losing on any game, he bets till he loses his life and love.
- DirectorMehrdad KhoshbakhtStarsAlireza KamaliMohammad Hassan MadjooniNader SoleimaniThe struggle of a local radio station in Abadan in the begging of the Iraq invasion against Iran. A group of youngsters try to keep the station live and give the people hope under the shelling and bombarding by Saddam's forces.
- DirectorKourosh AhariStarsShahab HosseiniNiousha NoorLeah OganyanAn Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
- DirectorMajid BarzegarStarsNazanin AhmadiAlireza Sani FarMazdak MirabediniSara is a middle aged experienced nurse who help her patients calm down even those who have no hope of living.
- DirectorMohammad Hadi KarimiStarsJaleh SametiArman DarvishBahareh Kian AfsharIt tells the story of a social and enigmatic story chronicles the hardships of the 1960s and 1990s and points to a misconception that has overshadowed family life for decades.
- DirectorBahman ArkBahram ArkStarsJavad GhamatiFatemeh MasoudifarMahmoud NazaralianWhen demonic Jinns threaten his mother, a man must confront the sins of his family and a curse that spans generations. A tale of love, magic and superstition.
- DirectorEbrahim HatamikiaStarsFaramarz GharibianPantea PanahihaJahangir AlmasiThe story of a group of farmers who their lands and crops have been destroyed by a mistake of a governmental company. Now after not finding any response from the government they decide to go with their tractors from their village to Tehran to meet the president himself and hand him their complain.
- DirectorPeyman GhassemkhaniStarsSam DerakhshaniHamed KomailyPejman JamshidiA revolutionary group led by Dr. Madani and under the supervision of Donald Trump will send the secret agent Farbod to a mission in Iran as a film crew. There, Pejman Jamshidi and Sam Derakhshani are selected as actors in the Secret Army movie. Farbod tries to carry out the mission, but Pejman and Sam destroy almost everything.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsSaeed AghakhaniSiamak SafariNasrin MoghanlooFazli (Saeid Aghakhani) is back to his family after so many years in jail. He tries to gather all his family members in the parental house but in this way he has lots of troubles and stories.
- DirectorBorzou NiknejadStarsJavad EzatiSetareh PesyaniElham AkhavanSome people are amphibians; half spirit and half animal - as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. If they don't sneak underwater, they'll get squashed.
- StarsMohsen KiayeeMohammad Ali MohammadiPasha JamaliEmad, a well-known cleric and TV personality, is suddenly faced with serious accusations that put him and his family in a complicated situation . . .
- DirectorSaman SalurStarsMohsen TanabandehParinaz IzadyarSamira HassanpourMojtaba and Nasim, a young couple just had a baby. They reside in the south of Tehran, yet they are relatively happy. Mojtaba sells disposable plastic dishes and Nasim makes dolls at home. After Mojtaba's accident, strange events occurred in their life and Nasim realized that her husband was a drug trafficker. Nasim did all to save her family and turned into a trafficker in no time.
- DirectorSoheil BeiraghiStarsFatemah Motamed-AriaHootan ShakibaBaran KosariA middle-aged housewife tries to start a new life after her divorce
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsMaryam MoghadamAlireza Sani FarPourya Rahimi SamMina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
- DirectorNavid MahmoudiStarsMatin HeydariniaSadaf AsgariAli ShadmanA young Afghan couple is trying to leave Afghanistan and to exile to Europe from Afghanistan in a hope to find a better life. To execute this plan, they first illegally arrive in Iran by bus. He stays in the residence of another Afghan friend who is already in Tehran and is ready to move to Turkey. But finally, they realize that they need convincing reasons to move from Turkey to Europe and be recognized as refugees. Eventually, she tries to convert from Islam to Catholicism, but there are even greater problems and dangers.
- DirectorHamid Reza GhorbaniStarsParinaz IzadyarBabak HamidianJavad EzatiBahar who has separated from her husband and now marry again lives a new life. She has a son from her past husband who has leukemia and must be cured. Her ex-husband is in jail and will be executed for his crimes. She has to find a way and compromise for her son.
- DirectorBehnam BehzadiStarsElnaz ShakerdoostAmir JafariSetareh PesyaniThe story about a boy who wants to emigrate but loses his cell phone in the meantime.
- DirectorBehrang DezfulizadehStarsHanieh TavassoliMehran AhmadiMohsen KiayeeThe story of a woman who has to decide and choose between her senses and her reason.
- DirectorSalem SalavatiStarsGelareh AbbassiAlireza Sani FarHedayat HashemiMani and Sina 19-year-olds have been friends for a long time. Sina has low self-esteem and is mentally dependent on Mani. In a car accident, Mani is killed and Sina is severely injured. At first, everyone thinks that Mani was behind the wheel because Sina is not certified. This incident provides the ground for the fathers of these two young men to take a step towards proving their claim, knowing more about their children and realizing their own negligence.
- DirectorAli DerakhshandehStarsRoya AfsharNeda JebraeiliGhorban Najafi60 year-old Zohreh's son is missing. Her husband has left her and she lives with her elderly, foul-mouthed mother and recently widowed and short-tempered daughter in the Ekbatan Housing Project. She has a beauty salon in her apartment and life I good until one day when leaflets begin to appear in mailboxes around the housing project that slander Zohreh's character. Her life becomes a nightmare as problems begin to get worse. We soon find out that Zohreh herself is the author of these leaflets that she writes in order to get revenge on herself and other. It is a game where she loses everything but also wins everything back.
- DirectorAbbas AminiStarsAmirhossein FathiMani HaghighiBaran KosariAmir who has recently released from jail finds himself in a difficult problem when his father who works at a slaughterhouse calls him to help him cover a crime which has happened there.