WINNERS:

 Best Animated Film: “Iranian Chat”, directed by Amir Saharkhiz
 Best Short Film: “A Little Bit Higher”, directed by Mehdi Jafari
 Best Documentary: “The Other Side of Burka”, directed by Mehrdad Oskouei
 Best Makeup: Mohammad Reza Ghomi for “So Close, So Far”
 Best Lab Quality: Filmsaz Laboratory for “So Close, So Far”
 Best Still Photography: Babak Borzuyeh for “The Verdict”
 Best Special Effects: Mohsen Ruzbahani for “Duel”
 Best Sound Recording: Bahman Bani Ardalan for “Duel”
 Best Sound & Mix: Masood Behnam and Hamid Naghibi for “Duel”
 Best Original Score: Ahmad Pejman for “Weeping Willow”
 Best Set & Costume Design: Amir Esbati for “Duel”
 Best Editing: Mostafa Kherghehpoosh for “Duel”
 Best Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari for “The Fish Fall in Love”
 Best Screenplay: Kambuzia Partovi for “Café Transit - aka Border Café”
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mohsen Ghazi Moradi for “We are all fine”
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Elham Hamidi for “So Close, So Far”
 Best Actor in a Leading Role: Masoud Rayegani for “So Close, So Far”
 Best Actress in a Leading Role: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy for “Café Transit - aka Border Café”
 Best Director: Reza Mir Karimi for “So Close, So Far”
 Best Film: “So Close, So Far”, produced by the Art Section of the Islamic Propagation Organization
 Best Film Choice of the Association of Iranian Film Critics and Scriptwriters: “So Close, So Far”

Honorary Awards:

 Mohammad Mehdi Heydarian
 Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian

NOMINEES

Best Animated Film:

1. “The Deserted Restaurant”, directed by Ramak Amin-Kazemi and Maryam Abbaspour
2. “The Fish”, directed by Mahmoud Fakhrinejad
3. “The Screaming Room”, directed by Sheyda Zarrinfam
4. “Stop, I’m getting off”, directed by Mohammad Moin-Samadi
5. “Iranian Chat”, directed by Amir Saharkhiz

Best Short Film:

1. “A Little Bit Higher”, directed by Mehdi Jaafari
2. “Free Line”, directed by Naghi Nemati
3. “Butterflies Die in Snow”, directed by Karim Azimi
4. “Aan”, directed by Poopak Mozaffari
5. “Those Hands”, directed by Ida Panahandeh
6. “My Boats”, directed by Safi Yazdanian

Best Documentary:

1. “The Other Side of Burka”, directed by Mehrdad Oskouei
2. “Inana”, directed by Soodabeh Mojaveri
3. “Missing Links”, directed by Mehrdad Zahedian
4. “Day of  the Jackal”, directed by Mohsen Ostadali Makhmalbaf
5. “White Oil”, directed by Mahmood Rahmani

Best Lab Quality for a Motion Picture

1. Filmsaz Co. Lab for “So Close, So Far”
2. IRIB Lab for “Weeping Willow”
3. Iran Film Industry Service Center Lab for “Duel”
4. IRIB Lab for “A Place to Live”
5. Iran Film Industry Service Center Lab for “Singles”

Best Special Effects:

1. Najaf Fattahi for “A Place to Live”
2. Abbas Shoqi for “50 Million Toman Proposal”
3. Azim Mohammadi for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”
4. Asghar Pourhajarian for “Salvation at 8:20”
5. Mohsen Ruzbahani for “Duel”
6. Davood Rasoolian for “The Unwanted Woman”

Best Makeup:

1. Mohammad Reza Ghowmi for “So Close, So Far”
2. Mostafa Kamyab for “A Border for Life”
3. Mohsen Maleki for “Whirlpool”
4. Soodabeh Khosravi for “Salvation at 8:20”
5. Mohsen Babaei for “Requiem of Snow”

Best Sound Recording:

1. Bahman Ardalan for “So Close, So Far”
2. Bahman Heydari for “Girls’ Dormitory”
3. Mahmood Samakbashi for “Garden Salad”
4. Bahman Ardalan for “Duel”
5. Abbas Rastegarpour for “We are all fine”
6. Es’hagh Khanzadi for “The Unwanted Woman”

Best Sound & Mix:

1. Mohammad Reza Delpak for “Weeping Willow”
2. Masood Behnam and Hamid Naghibi for “Duel”
3. Es’hagh Khanzadi for “Requiem of Snow”
4. Parviz Abnar for “A Place to Live”
5. Hossein Mahdavi for “Wake up, Arezu!”

Best Original Score:

1. Ahmad Pejman for “Weeping Willow”
2. Majid Entezami for “Duel”
3. Babak Bayat for “Look at Me”
4. Mohammad Reza Aligholi for “So Close, So Far”
5. Amir Mouyini for “The Unwanted Woman”

Best Set & Costume Design:

1. Amir Esbati for “So Close, So Far”
2. Farhad Farsi for “Café Transit - aka Border Café”
3. Parvin Safari for “A Place to Live”
4. Parviz Sheikh Tadi, Babak Panahi and Ghazaleh Moetamed for “Behind the Curtain of Fog”
5. Amir Esbati for “Duel”

Best Editing:

1. Mostafa Kherghehpoosh for “Duel”
2. Bahram Dehghani for “So Close, So Far”
3. Davoud Yusefian for “Gilane”
4. Sohrab Mir Sepasi for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”
5. Hassan Hassandoost for “Weeping Willow”

Best Cinematography:

1. Reza Jalali for “Iron Island”
2. Hossein Jaafarian for “A Place to Live”
3. Mahmoud Kalari for “The Fish Fall in Love”
4. Gholamreza Azadi for “Bagh-e Ferdows, 5 o’clock in the afternoon”
5. Hamid Khozui-Abyaneh for “Girls’ Dormitory”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

1. Mohsen Ghazi Moradi for “We are all fine”
2. Afshin Hashemi for “So Close, So Far”
3. Esmaeel Khalaj for “A Piece of Bread”
4. Kambiz Dirbaz for “Duel”
5. Babak Hamidian for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

1. Leyla Zareh for “We are all fine”
2. Elham Hamidi for “So Close, So Far”
3. Golshifteh Farahani for “Singles”
4. Elnaz Shakeridoust for “Singles”
5. Jaleh Sameti for “Gilane”

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

1. Masoud Rayegani for “So Close, So Far”
2. Hamid Farrokh-Nejad for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”
3. Parviz Parastui for “Weeping Willow”
4. Hossein Mahjoub for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

1. Ahu Kheradmand for “We are all fine”
2. Merila Zare’i for “The Unwanted Woman”
3. Fatemeh Moetamed Aria for “Gilane”
4. Roya Nonahali for “The Fish Fall in Love”

Best Screenplay:

1. Kambuzia Partovi for “Café Transit - aka Border Café”
2. Reza Mir Karimi and Mohammad Reza Gohari for “So Close, So Far”
3. Mojgan Farahavar Moghaddam for “We are all fine”
4. Dariush Mokhtari, Kazem Ma’soumi and Masood Saba for “The Bass Drum Under Left Foot - aka Left foot forward on the beat”
5. Parviz Sheikh Tadi and Hossein Yadegari for “Behind the Curtain of Fog”

Best Director:

1. Reza Mir Karimi for “So Close, So Far”
2. Kianoush Ayari for “Wake up, Arezu!”
3. Ahmad Reza Darvish for “Duel”
4. Bijan Mir Bagheri for “We are all fine”
5. Siamak Shayeghi for “Bagh-e Ferdows, 5 o’clock in the afternoon”

Best Film:
1. “So Close, So Far”, produced by Reza Mir Karimi
2. “Duel”, produced by Tamasha Cultural Institute
3. “We are all OK”, produced by Mohammad Reza Takht Kishian
4. “Gilane”, produced by Saied Saadi
5. “Café Transit - aka Border Café”, produced by Amir Samavati and Behrooz Hashemian

Best Film (Choice of the Association of Iranian Film Critics and Scriptwriters):

1. So Close, So Far
2. We are all fine
3. Wake up, Arezu!
4. Behind the Curtain of Fog
5. The Fish Fall in Love