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Award

Crystal Simorgh for Best Director

Current recipient (2024): Behrouz Afkhami

Country| Iran
Presented by| Fajr International Film Festival
First award| 1984
Currently held by| Behrouz Afkhami
for: The Morning of The Execution (2024)
Most wins| Majid Majidi (4 times)
Most nominations| Dariush Mehrjui (12 times)
Website| fajrfilmfestival.com

Crystal Simorgh for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing.

## Winners and nominees

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Table key

Winner

Winner of the Honorary Diploma

‡ Winner of the Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Year  | Director  | Film  | Ref.(s)

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1983
1 | Not awarded | [1]
1984
2 | Khosrow Sinai[a][b] | The Inner Beast [fa] | [3][4]
1985
3 | Yadollah Samadi[a][b] | The Man Who Knew Too Much [fa] | [5][6]
1986
4 | Kianoush Ayari[a][b] | The Monster [fa] | [7][8]
1987
5 | Abbas Kiarostami[b] | Where Is the Friend's Home? | [9][10]
Nasser Taghvai | Captain Khorshid
Dariush Mehrjui | The Lodgers
Ebrahim Forouzesh | The Key
Masoud Jafari Jozani | The Stony Lion [fa]
1988
6 | Kianoush Ayari[b] | Beyond the Fire [fa] | [11][12]
Pouran Derakhshandeh | Little Bird of Happiness
Siamak Shayeghi | A Dowry for Robab [fa]
Manouchehr Asgarinasab [fa] | The Awaiting Home [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui | Shirak [fa]
1989
7 | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | The Cyclist | [13][14]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf | The Marriage of the Blessed
Masoud Jafari Jozani | Eye of the Hurricane ‡
Manouchehr Asgarinasab [fa] | Hey Joe
1990
8 | Dariush Mehrjui | Hamoun | [15][16]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | The Immigrant ‡
Abbas Kiarostami | Close-Up
Yadollah Samadi | Savalan [fa]
Mohammad Motevaselani [fa] | The Seeker [fa]
1991
9 | Varuzh Karim-Masihi | The Last Act [fa] | [17][18]
Behrouz Afkhami | The Bride [fa]
Yadollah Samadi | Apartment No.13 ‡
Dariush Farhang | One Ticket, Two Movies! [fa]
1992
10 | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | Nargess | [19]
Bahram Beyzai | Travellers [fa]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Alireza Davoodnejad | The Need [fa] ‡
Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh [fa] | The Quiet Home [fa]
1993
11 | Sirus Alvand | Once for Ever [fa] | [20][21]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | From Karkheh to Rhein ‡
Dariush Mehrjui | Sara
Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Actor
1994
12 | Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] | Tanker War [fa] | [22][23]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | The Green Ashes [fa]
Hassan Hedayat [fa] | The Devil's Eye [fa]
Jamal Shurjeh [fa] | The Epic of Majnun [fa]
Hossein-Ali Layalestani [fa] | Zero Heights [fa]
1995
13 | Dariush Mehrjui | Pari | [24][25]
Shahram Assadi [fa] | The Fateful Day ‡
Ahmad-Reza Darvish | Kimia [fa]
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | The Blue-Veiled [fa]
1996
14 | Kiumars Pourahmad | Strange Sisters | [26][27]
Majid Majidi | The Father ‡
Rasoul Mollagholipour | Journey to Chazabeh
Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Gabbeh
1997
15 | Majid Majidi | Children of Heaven ‡  | [28][29]
Ahmad-Reza Darvish | Land of the Sun [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui | Leila
Parviz Shahbazi | The Traveller from the South [fa]
1998
16 | Ebrahim Hatamikia | The Glass Agency ‡  | [30]
Farhad Mehranfar [fa] | The Tree of Life [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui | The Pear Tree
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | The May Lady [fa]
Mojtaba Ra'i [fa] | Birth of A Butterfly [fa]
1999
17 | Rasoul Mollagholipour | Heeva [fa] ‡  | [31][32]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | The Red Ribbon
Tahmineh Milani | Two Women
Majid Majidi | The Color of Paradise
Alireza Davoodnejad | Sweet Agony [fa]
2000
18 | Bahman Farmanara | Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine ‡  | [33][34]
Masoud Kimiai | Protest [fa]
Dariush Mehrjui | The Mix
Masoud Jafari Jozani | Maturity [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi | The Child and the Soldier [fa]
2001
19 | Majid Majidi | Baran ‡  | [35][36]
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] | End of the Game [fa]
Bahram Beyzai | Killing Mad Dogs
Alireza Davoodnejad | Paradise for you [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi | Under the Moonlight
2002
20 | Rasul Sadr Ameli | I'm Taraneh, 15 | [37][38]
Nasser Taghvai | Unruled Paper
Ebrahim Hatamikia | Low Heights
Dariush Mehrjui | To Stay Alive
Alireza Raisian [fa] | The Deserted Station
Nasser Refaei [fa] | The Exam [fa]
2003
21 | Reza Mirkarimi | Here, A Shining Light [fa] | [39]
Kamal Tabrizi | Look at the Sky Sometimes [fa]
Parviz Shahbazi | Deep Breath
Asghar Farhadi | Dancing in the Dust
Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] | The Insane Flew Away [fa] ‡
2004
22 | Ahmad-Reza Darvish | Duel | [40][41]
Dariush Mehrjui | Mum's Guest ‡
Asghar Farhadi | The Beautiful City
Sirus Alvand | The Winning Card [fa]
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] | Ghadamgah [fa]
2005
23 | Majid Majidi | The Willow Tree | [42][43]
Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] | A Place to Live [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi | So Close, So Far ‡
Kambuzia Partovi | Café Transit
Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] | Behind the Curtain of Fog [fa]
Bijan Mirbagheri [fa] | We Are All Fine [fa]
2006
24 | Asghar Farhadi | Fireworks Wednesday | [44][45]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | In the Name of the Father ‡
Abolhassan Davoudi [fa] | The Incident [fa]
Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] | Somewhere Far Away [fa]
Mona Zandi Haghighi | Friday Evening [fa]
2007
25 | Mohammad-Hossein Latifi [fa] | The Third Day ‡  | [46]
Amir-Shahab Razavian | Colors of Memory
Kiumars Pourahmad | The Night Bus
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] | Eghlima [fa]
Bahram Tavakoli | Barefoot in Paradise [fa]
2008
26 | Majid Majidi | The Song of Sparrows | [47]
Khosrow Ma'sumi [fa] | Wind Blows in the Meadow [fa]
Reza Mirkarimi | As Simple as That ‡
Mohammad-Ali Talebi [fa] | The Wall [fa]
2009
27 | Asghar Farhadi | About Elly | [48][49]
Abdolreza Kahani | Twenty [fa]
Hassan Fathi | The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times [fa]
Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Doubt ‡
Tahmineh Milani | Superstar
Bahram Beyzai | When We're All Asleep [fa]
2010
28 | Ebrahim Hatamikia | In Amethyst Color ‡  | [50]
Alireza Amini [fa] | Seven Minutes to Fall [fa]
Alireza Raisian [fa] | Forty Years Old
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] | Gold and Copper
Shahriar Bahrani | The Kingdom of Solomon
Shahram Assadi [fa] | The Fateful Night [fa]
2011
29 | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation | [51][52]
Masoud Kimiai | Crime [fa] ‡
Dariush Mehrjui | Beloved Sky
Ahmad-Reza Mo'tamedi [fa] | Alzheimer
Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa] | The Maritime Silk Road
2012
30 | Parviz Sheikhtadi [fa] | Days of Life [fa] | [53]
Dariush Mehrjui | Orange Suit
Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar | The Queen
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa] | Kissing the Moon-Like Face [fa]
Mani Haghighi | Modest Reception
2013
31 | Parviz Shahbazi | Trapped | [54][55]
Alireza Davoodnejad | Actors Studio [fa]
Behnam Behzadi | Bending the Rules
Behrouz Shoeibi [fa] | The Corridor
Ali Ghafari [fa] | Give Back [fa] ‡
2014
32 | Ahmad-Reza Darvish | Hussein Who Said No ‡  | [56][57]
Hamid Nematollah [fa] | Hard Makeup [fa]
Behrouz Afkhami | Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others [fa] ‡
Ebrahim Hatamikia | Che
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa] | We Have A Guest [fa]
2015
33 | Abolhassan Davoudi [fa] | Crazy Rook ‡  | [58][59]
Bahram Tavakoli | I Am Diego Maradona
Farzad Motamen | The Long Farewell [fa]
Alireza Raisian [fa] | Time to Love [fa]
Mostafa Kiayee [fa] | Ice Age [fa]
Abdolhassan Barzideh [fa] | Mazar Sharif [fa]
2016
34 | Saeed Roustayi | Life and a Day | [60][61]
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | Standing in the Dust ‡
Reza Mirkarimi | Daughter
Kamal Tabrizi | Mina's Choice [fa]
Farzad Motamen | When Did You See Sahar Last Time? [fa]
2017
35 | Vahid Jalilvand | No Date, No Signature | [62]
Alireza Davoodnejad | Ferrari [fa]
Ebrahim Irajzad [fa] | Searing Summer [fa]
Pouran Derakhshandeh | Under the Smokey Roof [fa]
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | Midday Adventures ‡
Rambod Javan | Negar
2018
36 | Bahram Tavakoli | The Lost Strait ‡  | [63]
Ebrahim Hatamikia | Damascus Time
Behrouz Shoeibi [fa] | Axing [fa]
Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar | Under Water Cypress [fa]
Kambuzia Partovi | Truck [fa]
Houman Seyyedi | Sheeple [fa]
2019
37 | Narges Abyar | When the Moon Was Full ‡  | [64]
Nima Javidi | The Warden
Bahram Tavakoli | Gholamreza Takhti
Saeed Roustayi | Just 6.5
Reza Mirkarimi | Castle of Dreams
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood
2020
38 | Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian | Walnut Tree | [65]
Saeid Malekan | Day Zero
Niki Karimi | Atabai
Morteza Farshbaf | Tooman
Majid Majidi | The Sun ‡
Mohammad Kart | Butterfly Stroke
2021

| Mehdi Jafari | Yadoo [fa] ‡  | [66]
Narges Abyar | Piebald
Arsalan Amiri | Zalava
Mohsen Gharaie | Without Everything
2022

| Reza Mirkarimi | The Night Guardian | [67]
Hadi Hejazifar | The Situation of Mehdi
Amir Hossein Asgari | The Last Snow
Kazem Daneshi | Grassland
Behrouz Shoeibi | No Prior Appointment
2023

| Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar | Metropol Cinema | [68]
Hossein Mirzamohammadi | The Leather Jacket Man
Mohammad Asgari | Mud Room
Hadi Mohammadian
Behnoud Nekouie
Mohammad-Javad Jannati | Smart Kid
Babak Khajeh Pasha | In the Arms of the Tree
Hamid Zargarnejad | Number Ten
Mohammad-Hossien Latifi | The Stranger
2024

| Behrouz Afkhami | The Morning of The Execution | [69]
Ali Saghafi | Parviz Khan
Masoud Jafari Jozani | Paradise of Criminals
Mehdi Shamohammadi | Majnoon
Javad Ezzati | Aligator Blood
Mahmoud Kalari | Summer Time

## Most wins and nominations

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Most nominations[a] Nominations  | Director

|

12  | Dariush Mehrjui
10  | Ebrahim Hatamikia
8  | Reza Mirkarimi
7  | Majid Majidi
5  | Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Asghar Farhadi
Alireza Davoodnejad
4  | Ahmad-Reza Darvish
Bahram Tavakoli
Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian
Masoud Jafari Jozani
3  | Yadollah Samadi
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Bahram Beyzai
Mohammad Bozorgnia [fa]
Homayoun Ass'adian [fa]
Parviz Shahbazi
Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpour [fa]
Alireza Raisian [fa]
Behrouz Shoeibi [fa]
Behrouz Afkhami

Most wins  Wins  | Director

|

4  | Majid Majidi
3  | Ebrahim Hatamikia
Asghar Farhadi
2  | Dariush Mehrjui
Reza Mirkarimi
Ahmad Reza Darvish
Kianoush Ayari

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Nominations for 1983–1986 are not available.
2. ^ a b c d e Crystal Simorgh statuette awarded from 7th FIFF on 1989.[2]

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Crystal Simorgh for Best Director

* Not Awarded (1983)
* Khosrow Sinai (1984)
* Yadollah Samadi (1985)
* Kianoush Ayari (1986)
* Abbas Kiarostami (1987)
* Kianoush Ayari (1988)
* Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1989)
* Dariush Mehrjui (1990)
* Varuzh Karim-Masihi (1991)
* Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (1992)
* Sirus Alvand (1993)
* Mohammad Bozorgnia (1994)
* Dariush Mehrjui (1995)
* Kiumars Pourahmad (1996)
* Majid Majidi (1997)
* Ebrahim Hatamikia (1998)
* Rasoul Mollagholipour (1999)
* Bahman Farmanara (2000)
* Majid Majidi (2001)
* Rasul Sadr-Ameli (2002)
* Reza Mirkarimi (2003)
* Ahmad-Reza Darvish (2004)
* Majid Majidi (2005)
* Asghar Farhadi (2006)
* Mohammad-Hossein Latifi/ Amir-Shahab Razavian (2007)
* Majid Majidi (2008)
* Asghar Farhadi (2009)
* Ebrahim Hatamikia (2010)
* Asghar Farhadi (2011)
* Parviz Sheikhtadi (2012)
* Parviz Shahbazi (2013)
* Ahmad-Reza Darvish (2014)
* Abolhassan Davoudi (2015)
* Saeed Roustayi (2016)
* Vahid Jalilvand (2017)
* Ebrahim Hatamikia/ Bahram Tavakoli (2018)
* Narges Abyar (2019)
* Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (2020)
* Mehdi Jafari (2021)
* Reza Mirkarimi (2022)
* Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar (2023)
* Behrouz Afkhami (2024)
* Hamid Zargarnejad (2025)

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* Iranian Organization of Cinema and Audiovisual Affairs [fa]

Crystal Simorgh|

* Film
* Director
* Screenplay
* Adapted Screenplay1
* Actor
* Actress [fa]
* Supporting Actor [fa]
* Supporting Actress [fa]
* Cinematography [fa]
* Film Editing [fa]
* Score [fa]
* Sound Mixing [fa]
* Sound Recording [fa]
* Set Design [fa]
* Costume Design
* Makeup [fa]
* Special Effects [fa]
* Visual Effects [fa]
* Debut Feature
* Film (Art and Experience)
* Short Film
* Animated Feature
* Documentary Feature
* Documentary Short Film
* Still Photography
* Film Poster
* Film Billboard
* Film Trailer

| Non-nomination awards|

* Special Jury Prize
* Juvenile1

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Audience awards|

* Film

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Golden Simorgh|

* Film with National Point of View
* Best Film

Silver Simorgh|

* Director
* Special Jury Prize
* Screenplay
* Actor
* Actress
* Short Film

Trophies|

* Asian Film
* Asian Director
* Asian Short Film

Special awards|

* Interfaith Award
* Muhammad Al-Ameen Award

Associate awards|

* NETPAC Award

Former awards|

* Set and Costume Design
* Golden Banner
* Golden Plaque

Ceremonies|

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* 1998
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* 2009
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* 2014 [fa]
* 2015 [fa]
* 2016
* National [fa]
* International [fa]
* 2017
* National [fa]
* International [fa]
* 2018
* National
* International [fa]
* 2019
* National
* International [fa]
* 2020
* National
* ~~International~~
* 2021
* National
* International [fa]
* 2022
* National
* International [fa]
* 2023 [fa]
* 2024 [fa]

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