Amin Zendegani is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Solomon in the historical film The Kingdom of Solomon (2010). He has also starred in television series The Newlywed (2002), Mokhtarnameh (2010–2011), Everything Is There (2014–2015), and Touba (2024). Zendegani earned a Hafez Award nomination for his performance in Everything Is There. In 1996, he also won the Best Actor award as the second runner-up in Fajr Theatre Festival for his performance in Burning Red.
Rana Azadivar is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her role as Faezeh in The Lizard (2004). Azadivar gained wide recognition after portraying the leading role of Samira Bakhshi in the widely streamed drama series Mortal Wound (2021).
Pantea Panahiha is an Iranian actress and. She is best known for her performance in Breath (2016), which was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Roya Mirelmi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Pelargonium (2015) and Bachelors (2016–2018), the latter earned her a Hafez Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series.
Navid Mohammadzadeh is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, four Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and four Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. In 2017, he won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in No Date, No Signature (2017).
Majid Gheisari is an Iranian writer and novelist. He has won the International Eurasia Award from Russia for the premier novel in 2018.
Fereshteh Hosseini is an Afghan-Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Parting (2016), The Frog (2020–2021), and Dwelling Among the Gods (2024). Hosseini won the Best Actress award at the 16th Marrakech International Film Festival for her performance in Parting.
Vahid Rahbani is an Iranian actor, translator, director and playwright. He is best known for his role as Mohammad in Gando (2019–2021). He earned two Crystal Simorgh nominations for his performances in Expediency (2021), and A Relic of the South (2023).
Mirsaeed Molavian is an Iranian actor. He gained recognition after portraying Reza Fakhar in the romance historical drama Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021–2022). Molavian earned a Crystal Simorgh nomination, a Hafez Award nomination and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award nomination for his performance as a gambler in the 2020 drama film Tooman.
Navid Pourfaraj is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Amir in Sheeple (2018) for which he earned a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award nominations. He won the Best Actor Award at the 8th Duhok International Film Festival for his performance in Zalava (2021).
Squad of Girls is a 2022 Iranian war drama film directed by Monir Gheidi and written by Gheidi, Milad Akbarnejad and Ebrahim Amini. it revolves around the Battle of Khorramshahr of 1980. The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival where it won an award, a honorary diploma and earned 5 nominations.
The 39th Fajr Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 February 2021 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 39th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2021, at a press conference.
Hadi Hejazifar is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. He gained attention and received critical acclaim for his performances in films Standing in the Dust (2016), Midday Adventures (2017), Atabai (2020), Majority (2021), and The Lion Skin (2022–2023). He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards, an Urban International Film Festival Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
Henas is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed by Hossein Darabi and written by Ehsan Saghafi and Mahdieh Einollahi. The film was screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Original Score.
Rouhollah Zamani is an Iranian actor, known for his performance in the 2020 film Sun Children.
Faraz Khosravi Danesh is an Iranian composer. He co-founded the Damour Vocal Band with Ata Hakkak. While composing and singing for his own band, he also composed for the band "Sokoot 7" and the soundtrack for the animation: "Shippers".
Damour Vocal Band is an Iranian A cappella music group co-founded by Faraz Khosravi Danesh and Ata Hakkak in 2011.
Kazem SayahiSaharkhiz is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his two critically acclaimed collaborations with Iranian director Iraj Tahmasb in Red Hat (2012–2018), and Party (2022–2024), for which he gained acclaim and became well known. Sayahi gained wider recognition and received critical praise for his role as Rahim Rahmati, an addict father in the comedy television series Bachelors (2016–2019), which earned him a Hafez Award nomination.
Bahram Afshari is an Iranian actor and director. He has received various accolades, including two Hafez Awards, in addition to nominations for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Mahsa Hejazi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her performance as a deaf-mute woman in World War III (2022). In 2024, Hejazi earned a Hafez Award nomination for her role in Viper of Tehran (2024).
