TEHRAN -- Crystal Simorgh nominees for the competing section of the 43rd Fajr Film Festival have been announced.
In a Sunday meeting, Manouchehr Shahsavari, the festival director, unveiled the nominees for each category as follows:

Best Special Effects
Hamid Rasoulian for ‘1968’
Hamid Rasoulian for ‘Esfand’
Arash Aqabeik for ‘Call Me Ziba’
Reza Torkaman for ‘North from Southwest’
Hamid Rasoulian for ‘Sayyad’

Best Set Design
Babak Karimi for ‘People’s Child’
Amir-Hussein Haddad for ‘Taxidermy’
Rasoul Alizadeh for ‘Raha’
Muhammad-Reza Shojaee for ‘North from Southwest’
Muhammad-Hussein Karami for ‘Saddam’
Keivan Moghaddam for ‘Prophet Moses’
Muhammad-Hussein Karami for ‘Guardian of the Field’
 
Best Visual Effects
Muhammad Abdi for ‘Taxidermy’
Muhammad Baradaran for ‘God of War’
Farid Nazer-Fasihi for ‘Call Me Ziba’
Amir Valikhani for ‘Sayyad’
Alireza Vaez for ‘Prophet Moses’

Best Editing
Hamid-Reza Najafi-Rad for ‘1968’
Emad Khodabakhsh for ‘People’s Child’
Loghman Khaledi for ‘Raha’
Bahram Dehghan for ‘Call me Ziba’
Hamid Zargarnejad for ‘North from Southwest’
Pouyan Sholevar for ‘Highway Deer’
 
Best Cinematography
Saeed Barati for ‘Esfand’
Milad Partovi for ‘People’s Child’
Davoud Muhammadi for ‘Taxidermy’
Muhammad Aladpoush for ‘Deep Crack’
Saman Lotfian for ‘Call me Ziba’
Ali-Muhammad Ghassemi for ‘North from Southwest’
Touraj Mansouri for ‘Prophet Moses’
 Best Screenplay
Mahmoud Karimi & Faezeh Yarmuhammadi for ‘People’s Child’
Arash Sadeqbeigi, Milad Sadr-Ameli, Muhammad-Reza Sadr-Ameli for ‘Call me Ziba’
Hamid Zargarnejad, Seyyed Muhammad Husseini, Muhammad-Javad Eslami  for ‘North from Southwest’
Bagher Soroush, Abolfazl Saffari for ‘Highway Deer’
Mahnoush Sadeghi for ‘Quiet Man’
Ebrahim Hatamikia for ‘Prophet Moses’
 
Best Director
Mahmoud Karimi for ‘People’s Child’
Rasoul Sadrameli for ‘Call me Ziba’
Reza Jamali for ‘A Childless Village’
Hamid Zargarnejad for ‘North from Southwest’
Abolfazl Saffari for ‘Highway Deer’
Ebrahim Hatamikia for ‘Prophet Moses’
 
Best Supporting Actress
Linda Kiani for ‘1968’
Sareh Bayat for ‘Almond Eyes’
Ghazal Shakeri for ‘Raha’
Bita Aziz for ‘Quiet Man’
Bahareh Kian-Afshar for ‘Prophet Moses’
 
Best Supporting Actor
Abbas Ghazali for ‘Pregnant’
Touraj Alvand for ‘Tears of Reed Bed’
Reza Kianian ‘People’s Child’
Enayat Bakhshi for ‘King Role’
Peiman Ghassemkhani for ‘Highway Deer’
Farhad Ayeesh for ‘Prophet Moses’
Behnam Tashakkor for ‘Prophet Moses’
Mir-Saeed Molavian for ‘Guardian of the Field’

Best Animation
‘Legend of Sepehr’ directed by Afsaneh Sepehr, Mehdi Jafari-Jozani, Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi
‘Dolphin Boy 2’ directed by Muhammad-Amin Hamedani, Muhammad Kheirandish
‘Zal and Roudabeh’ by Muhammad-Ali Sajjadi
‘Juliet and the King’ directed by Arman Rahgozar, Ashkan Rahgozar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Amir Norouzi for ‘1968’
Reza Masoudi  for ‘Esfand’
Shahab Husseini for ‘Raha’
Amin Hayaee for ‘Call me Ziba’
Mostafa Zamani for ‘North from Southwest’
Reza Attaran for ‘Saddam’

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Padina Kiani for ‘1968’
Roya Afshar for ‘Tear of the Reed Bed’
Juliet Rezaee for ‘Call Me Ziba’
Fariba Naderi for ‘Setareh’s Husband’
Shamila Shirzad for ‘Quiet Man’
Merila Zarei for ‘Prophet Moses’
 
Best Film
‘People’s Child’ directed by Seyyed Ali Ahmadi
‘Call Me Ziba’ directed by Seyyed Maziar Hashemi
‘North from Southwest’ directed by Mehdi Madadkar
‘Highway Deer’ directed by Abolfazl Saffari
‘Prophet Moses’ for Seyyed Mahmoud Razavi
Best First Feature Director
‘1968’ by Iraj Muhammadi
‘People’s Child’ by Seyyed Ali Ahmadi
‘Deep Crack’ by Mohsen Chegini
‘Almond Eyes’ by Sajjad Nasrollahi-Nasab
‘Raha’ by Saeed Khani
‘Scream’ by Bahman Bani-Ardalan

Best Sound
Parviz Abnar for ‘People’s Child’
Saeed Bojnourdi, Hussein Abolsedq for ‘Taxidermy’
Masih Seraj, Mehrshad Malakouti for ‘North from Southwest’
Meisam Yardilou, Hussein Ghourchian for ‘Highway Deer’
Arash Ghassemi for ‘Dolphin Boy 2’
 
Best Costume Design
‘People’s Child’ - Nazanin Khazaee
‘North from Southwest’ - Niaz Hamidi
‘Scream’ - Rasoul Alizadeh
‘Highway Deer’ - Rana Amini
‘Quiet Man’ - Mahshid Sadeqi
‘Prophet Moses’ - Azar Muhammadi

 Best First-Time Director
Amir-Mehdi Parvizi for ‘1968’ 
Mahmoud Karimi for ‘People’s Child’ 
Arman Zarrinkoub for ‘Deep Crack’ 
Ebrahim Amini for ‘Almond Eyes’ 
Hessam Farahmand for ‘Raha’
Muhammad-Reza Ardalan for ‘Scream’

 Best Music
‘Esfand’ - Karen Homayounfar
‘People’s Child’  - Christophe Rezaee
‘Deep Crack’ - Peiman Yazdanian
‘North from Southwest’ - Habib Khazaeefar
‘Juliet and the King’- Behnam Jalilian, Ata Akhgarandouz
 
Best Makeup
‘People’s Child’ - Ehsan Ronasi
‘Call Me Ziba’ - Azim Faraeen
‘North from Southwest’  - Shahram Khalaj
‘Saddam’ - Abbas Abbasi
‘Prophet Moses’- Shahram Khalaj
The festival director stated that the jury of the 43rd edition is set to select the Crystal Simorgh winners for the closing ceremony, to be held on Friday.