16th Fajr International Film Festival

Film festival in Iran 16th Fajr International Film Festival 16th Fajr International Film Festival official poster.jpg Official poster The Glass Agency Tehran, Iran 1983 Crystal Simorgh Seifollah Dad 1–11 February 1998 Persian, English 15th 17th Fajr International Film Festival The 16th Fajr International Film Festival (fa شانزدهمین جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر) held 1–11 February 1998 in Tehran, Iran. The Glass Agency (Ebrahim Hatamikia, 1998) was the festival's best film in "Competition of Iranian Cinema" and The Promise (Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1996) —a Belgian film— was the festival's best film in "Competition of International Cinema". The Glass Agency won a record-tying nine awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Selection committee Majid Nadiri, festival's public relations officer, was announced the selection committee members on 3 January as below:fa:سینماهای نمایش‌دهنده فیلم‌های جشنواره فجر Fajr Festival's screening cinemas https://images.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1376/761014/ADABH83.HTM Hamshahri fa 1450 4 January 1998 Parvaneh Massoumi, actress Mohammad-Reza Honarmand, director Manouchehr Asgarinasab fa منوچهر عسگری‌نسب, director Zia Hashemi (film producer) Zia Hashemi fa سید ضیاء هاشمی (تهیه‌کننده), producer Abdollah Esfandiari fa عبدالله اسفندیاری, producer Juries Competition of Iranian Cinema Ezatollah Entezami, Actor Kiumars Pourahmad, director Ahmad Reza Darvish Ahmad-Reza Darvish fa احمدرضا درویش, director Fereshteh Taerpour, producer Majid Majidi, director Competition of International CinemaRastin 1998 54 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director Marco Mueller it Marco Müller, Italian producer Jean-Michel Frodon, French film critic Tadao Sato, Japanese film critic Sandip Ray, Indian director Competition of Iranian Cinema Closing ceremony of the16th Fajr International Film Festival 11 February 1998 Vahdat Hall The Glass Agency The Glass Agency (8) The Glass Agency (13)tga The Glass Agency had had two nomination for Best Supporting Actor category. Awards and nominations of the Competition of Iranian Cinema sections are below:fa:برگزیدگان شانزدهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر 16th Fajr Film Festival winners https://images.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1376/761123/ADABH55.HTM Hamshahri fa 1481 12 February 1998 Audience Choice #EEDD82 Best Film The Glass Agency  – Varahonar and Farabi Cinema Foundation fa بنیاد سینمایی فارابی, producers Competition #EEDD82 Best Film The Glass Agency  – Varahonar and Farabi Cinema Foundation fa بنیاد سینمایی فارابی, producers The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Mohammadreza Sarhangi fa محمدرضا سرهنگی and IRIB TV2, producershd Honorary Diploma winner The Pear Tree  – Dariush Mehrjui, Faramarz Farazmand fa فرامرز فرازمند and Farabi Cinema Foundation fa بنیاد سینمایی فارابی, producers The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Alireza Raisian fa علیرضا رئیسیان and Jahangir Kosari fa جهانگیر کوثری, producers Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – SimaFilm fa سیمافیلم, producer | valign="top" width="50%" | #EEDD82 Best Director Ebrahim Hatamikia  – The Glass Agency Farhad Mehranfar fa فرهاد مهران‌فر  – The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جانhd Honorary Diploma winner Dariush Mehrjui  – The Pear Tree Rakhshan Bani-Etemad  – The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت Mojtaba Ra'i fa مجتبی راعی  – Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه#EEDD82 Best Actor Parviz Parastui  – The Glass Agency Amir Payvar fa امیر پایور  – The Cloud and the Rising Sun fa ابر و آفتابhd Mohammad-Reza Foroutan  – Mercedes (1998 film) Mercedes fa مرسدس (فیلم)#EEDD82 Best Actress Anis Shakouri  – The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان Minoo Farshchi fa مینو فرشچی  – The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت Niki Karimi  – Psycho (1998 Iranian film) Psycho fa روانی (فیلم ۱۳۷۶) Fatemeh Motamed-Arya  – Life (1998 film) Life fa زندگی (فیلم ۱۳۷۶) Vishka Asayesh  – The Sorcerer (1998 film) The Sorcerer fa ساحره (فیلم ۱۳۷۶)#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actor fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین بازیگر نقش مکمل مرد جشنواره فیلم فجر Reza Kianian  – The Glass Agency Habib Rezaei  – The Glass Agencyhd Jahangir Almasi  – The Lost Love fa عشق گمشده#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین بازیگر نقش مکمل زن جشنواره فیلم فجر Bita Baderan fa بیتا بادران  – The Glass Agency Golab Adineh  – The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت Fahimeh Rastkar  – Psycho (1998 Iranian film) Psycho fa روانی (فیلم ۱۳۷۶)#EEDD82 Best Screenplay The Glass Agency  – Ebrahim Hatamikia Takhti: The World Champion fa جهان‌پهلوان تختی (فیلم)  – Behrouz Afkhami The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Farhad Mehranfar fa فرهاد مهران‌فر Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – Saeid Shapouri#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography Best Cinematography fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین فیلم‌برداری جشنواره فیلم فجر Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – Mohammad Davoudi (cinematographer) Mohammad Davoudi fa محمد داوودی (فیلم‌بردار) The Glass Agency  – Aziz Saati The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Hossein Jafarian The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Nader Masoumi fa نادر معصومی#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Film Editing Best Film Editing fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین تدوین جشنواره فیلم فجر The Glass Agency  – Hayedeh Safiyari The Pear Tree  – Mostafa Kherghehpoosh Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – Hassan Hassandoust fa حسن حسن‌دوست Takhti: The World Champion fa جهان‌پهلوان تختی (فیلم)  – Hassan Hassandoust fa حسن حسن‌دوست The Sorcerer (1998 film) The Sorcerer fa ساحره (فیلم ۱۳۷۶)  – Mehrzad Minooei fa مهرزاد مینویی and Mohammadreza Muini fa محمدرضا مویینی#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Score Best Score fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین موسیقی متن جشنواره فیلم فجر The Glass Agency  – Majid Entezami The Cloud and the Rising Sun fa ابر و آفتاب  – Hossein Alizadeh Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – Kambiz Roshanravan Mercedes (1998 film) Mercedes fa مرسدس (فیلم)  – Babak Bayat#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Mixing fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین صداگذاری و میکس جشنواره فیلم فجر Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه  – Mohammad-Reza Delpak The Glass Agency  – Mohsen Roshan fa محسن روشن The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Parviz Abnar The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Abbas Rastgarpour#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Sound Recording Best Sound Recording fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین صدابرداری جشنواره فیلم فجر The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Abbas Rastgarpour Mercedes (1998 film) Mercedes fa مرسدس (فیلم)  – Eshagh Khanzadi fa اسحاق خانزادی A Mother's Love (1998 film) A Mother's Love fa مهر مادری  – Yadollah Najafi fa یدالله نجفی#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume Design Best Costume Design fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین طراحی صحنه جشنواره فیلم فجر The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Amir Esbati fa امیر اثباتی The Glass Agency  – Hamidreza Charakchian The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان  – Soheila Hashemi#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Makeup Best Makeup fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین چهره‌پردازی جشنواره فیلم فجر The Sorcerer (1998 film) The Sorcerer fa ساحره (فیلم ۱۳۷۶)  – Abdollah Eskandari The Glass Agency  – Mehrdad Mirkiani Saghar (film) Saghar fa ساغر (فیلم)  – Atefeh Razavi and Mehrdad Shekarabi fa مهرداد شکرابی#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects Best Special Effects fa سیمرغ بلورین بهترین جلوه‌های ویژه میدانی جشنواره فیلم فجر The Love Squadron fa اسکادران عشق  – Saeed Hajimiri fa سعید حاجی‌میری Non-nomination Crystal Simorgh #EEDD82 Special Jury Prize The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Bani-Etemad Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Films with multiple nominations and awards The following 10 films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 13tga The Glass Agency 8 The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان 7 Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت 3 Mercedes (1998 film) Mercedes fa مرسدس (فیلم) The Sorcerer (1998 film) The Sorcerer fa ساحره (فیلم ۱۳۷۶) The Pear Tree 2 Psycho (1998 Iranian film) Psycho fa روانی (فیلم ۱۳۷۶) The Cloud and the Rising Sun fa ابر و آفتاب Takhti: The World Champion fa جهان‌پهلوان تختی (فیلم) The following 3 films received multiple awards: Awards Film 8 The Glass Agency 2 The Tree of Life (1998 film) The Tree of Life fa درخت جان Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه Competition of International Cinema #EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Film The Promise  – Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Belgium) | valign="top" width="50%" | #EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Director Petr Václav  – Marian (Czech Republic and France)#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Performance Zhu Xu  – The King of Masks (China) (Actor) Golshifteh Farahani  – The Pear Tree (Iran) (Actress)#EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay Super Citizen Ko  – Wan Jen and Ching-Song Liao zh 廖慶松 (Taiwan) Non-nomination Crystal Simorgh #EEDD82 Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize The May Lady fa بانوی اردیبهشت  – Alireza Raisian fa علیرضا رئیسیان and Jahangir Kosari fa جهانگیر کوثری, producers (Iran) Additional Honorary Diploma Best Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari  – The Pear Tree (Iran) Best Costume Design: Malek-Jahan Khazai fa ملک‌جهان خزایی and Mojtaba Ra'i fa مجتبی راعی  – Birth of A Butterfly fa تولد یک پروانه (Iran) Non-competitive sections The festival's other sidebar sections included tributes to Anthony Quinn and Ezzatolah Entezami, retrospectives of the works of three directors —Fred Zinnemann, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Ebrahim Hatamikia—screening of the selected works for which Ennio Morricone had composed the music, "Festival of Festivals", and special screenings.Rastin 1998 54 Facing Mirrors Retrospective of the Fred Zinnemann's career highlights:fa:یادمان زینه‌مان، کیسلوفسکی و موریکونه در جشنواره فجر Tributes to Zinnemann, Kieślowski and Morricone at the Fajr Festival https://images.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1376/761028/ADABH19.HTM Hamshahri fa 1462 18 January 1998 The Men (1950) High Noon (1952) Behold a Pale Horse (1964) A Man for All Seasons (1966) The Day of the Jackal (1973) Julia (1977) Retrospective of the Krzysztof Kieślowski's career highlights: Personnel (1975 TV film) The Calm (1976) Camera Buff (1979) Short Working Day (1981) Dekalog (1988 TV series): 1, 8 and 10 episodes A Short Film About Killing (1988) The Green Narrative Retrospective of the Ebrahim Hatamikia's career highlights: Identity (1987) The Scout (1989) The Immigrant (1990) Union of the Good fa وصل نیکان (1992) From Karkheh to Rhein (1993) The Green Ashes fa خاکستر سبز (1994) The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1996) Minoo Watchtower (1996) The Glass Agency (1998) For All Seasons Tribute to the Anthony Quinn by screening of 14 films of his career.Eldredge Richard L. 6 January 1998 Engaging affair The Atlanta Constitution 2 413644202 Tribute to the Ezzatolah Entezami by his career highlights: The Cow (Dariush Mehrjui, 1969) Hajji Washington (Ali Hatami, 1982) Kamalolmolk (Ali Hatami, 1985) The Lodgers (Dariush Mehrjui, 1987) The Stony Lion fa شیر سنگی (فیلم) (Masoud Jafari Jozani, 1987) Grand Cinema (Hassan Hedayat fa حسن هدایت, 1989) Once Upon a Time, Cinema (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1992) The Quiet Home fa خانه خلوت (Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh fa مهدی صباغ‌زاده, 1992) The Angel's Day fa روز فرشته (Behrouz Afkhami, 1994) The Blue-Veiled fa روسری آبی (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, 1995) Once Upon a Time Tribute the Ennio Morricone by his career highlights: A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) The Hawks and the Sparrows (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966) My Name Is Nobody (Tonino Valerii, 1973) Last Days of Mussolini (Carlo Lizzani, 1974) Todo modo (Elio Petri, 1976) The Desert of the Tartars (Valerio Zurlini, 1976) Casualties of War (Brian De Palma, 1989) The Escort (Ricky Tognazzi, 1993) The Long Silence (Margarethe von Trotta, 1993) A Pure Formality (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1994) Ceremony information 63 films were requested to participate in the festival which 22 of them were approved for the "Competition of Iranian Cinema" section. For the first time, FIFF had had opening ceremony that took place on 31 January 1998, at the City Theater in Tehran, Iran. Also for the first time, press conference for each film of the competitive sections was held at the Sahra Cinema fa سینما صحرا.fa:شانزدهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر، امروز در تهران گشایش می‌یابد 16th Fajr Film Festival opens today in Tehran https://images.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1376/761028/ADABH19.HTM Hamshahri fa 1470 31 January 1998 elimination of the "Debut Films" section is another feature of festival's this edition.Yaʿqubian 1998 The "Competition of International Cinema" section in the festival was introduced for the second time. The first time was in 1990.Rastin 1998 54 The section was added in order to FIFF accredit by FIAPF as a competitive international film festival.Yaʿqubian 1998 Sheila Whitaker mentioned that this was the first time in the festival's history, held an international competition with an international jury, headed by Abbas Kiarostami.Whitaker Sheila Sheila Whitaker 6 March 1998 The veil of fears The Guardian 12 245223887 At the closing ceremony, Kiarostami read out a statement in which he made it clear that the jury felt it impossible to give awards to foreign films that could only be screened in Iran with major cuts.including all scenes of sexuality, violence and drug-taking The "Iranian Film Market" (IFM) was established and took place during the festival. For example, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), the central agency of Indian cinema, sent a delegation to the IFM and spent 83864 1998 at this market.Lok Sabha 1999 93 Critical response 16th FIFF marked by a powerful selection committee that did not allow many commercial films to enter into competition section. An Audience Award also introduced this year. All these made the FIFF regain the credibility it had in the past, i.e. before the politicians not familiar with cinema took charge.Rastin 1998 53–54 However, impact of the former government's policies still remained.Gozāresh 1998 162 Footnotes Notes References 2 Sources yes fa:سنگینی سیاست‌های گذشته بر بال سیمرغ بلورین شانزدهم Gozāresh March–April 1998 85-86 85–86 162–163 https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/386754/ subscription High impact of the former policies on the 16th Crystal Simorgh fa 1021-450X Noormags Gozāresh 1998 Fourth Session (Twelfth Lok Sabha) https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/759414 Lok Sabha Debates (English Version) 15 April 1999 19 19 Lok Sabha Secretariat New Delhi Lok Sabha 1999 Naficy Hamid Hamid Naficy A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010 2012 Duke University Press Durham 9780822348665 Rastin Shadmehr Shadmehr Rastin Fajr Cinemaya January–June 1998 39–40 0970-8782 Yaʿqubian Hamid-Reza fa:شانزدهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر: تفاوت‌ها، ویژگی‌ها و نوآوری‌ها Gozāresh February 1998 84 84 78 https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/386692/ subscription 16th Fajr Film Festival: Differences, features and innovations fa 1021-450X Noormags Zeydabadi-Nejad Saeed The Politics of Iranian Cinema: Film and Society in the Islamic Republic 2009 Routledge Abingdon, Oxon 9780415455374 External links Film Iran 16th Fajr International Film Festival on SourehCinema (in Persian) Category:1998 film awards Category:Fajr International Film Festival ceremonies