The 23rd Hafez Awards Cinema and Television Ceremony

The 23rd Hafez Awards ceremony concluded with introduction of winners in various categories.

According to Artmag.ir, citing Iribnews, ceremony was held in presence of filmmakers and program makers. Arash Khairavi, Khosrow Dehghan, Javad Toosi, Seyed Aria Ghoreyshi, Mohammadreza Lotfi, Alireza Majma, Omid Moallem, Azar Memarian, Amirreza Nouri Parto, Kasra Velaei, and Amir Houshang Hashemi are jury members of this edition of Donyaye Tasvir (Hafez Awards) cinema and television event.

In presence of Shahab Hosseini, Ali Moallem Special Award and Lifetime Achievement Award were presented to Morteza Aghili. He came on stage to applause of audience and said: Tonight I am in a bad mood and also in a good mood. I can’t believe it. I remembered the day my mother came to Cyprus to see us after many years. He started laughing and crying. He said that my happiness is because I saw you again and my crying is because your father is not there to see you. Tonight I am in this state. My joy, love and laughter are you who still believe in me. My hatred is because my friends, colleagues and teachers wished for such a night. People like Mohammadi Fardin, Nasser Malek-Matiei, Mr. Vahdat and Behrouz Vosoughi. Hopefully one day no artist will be banned.

Programs and series that have been completed for broadcast have been reviewed in this event.

Names of winners are as follows:
Abbas Kiarostami Award
Ahmad Bahrami (Silent City)

Best Short Film
Omid Mirzaei (Alone Together)
Short Film Appreciation
Amir Mohammad Zand (1052)

Best Documentary
Ehsan Emadi (Escape from Palace)

Technical and Artistic Achievement in Television
Alireza Zarrin Dast (Women’s Secret Network)

Special Individual Achievement Award
Javad Ezzati (Alligator Blood and Mortal Wound)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Amir Houshang Hashemi

Special Jury Award in Cinema Section was given to Masoud Kimiai.
Masoud Kimiai, who was not present at ceremony due to illness, had sent a message and Javad Toosi read it: Art is connected to life and life is the result of social work. I will soon be well and make a film that my soul and essence have always wanted to make. There is a rare man here. Ali Moallem was my friend and companion.

Best TV Series Screenplay
Aida Panahandeh and Arsalan Amiri (At the End of the Night)

Best Actress in a Comedy
Sogol Khaligh (The Notebook)

Best Actor in a Comedy
Ghodratollah Izadi (You Only Go Around Once)

Best Actress in a Drama
Zhila Shahi (Dariush)

Best Actor in a Drama
Parsa Pirouzfar (At the End of the Night)

Best TV Director
Saman Moghaddam (Viper of Tehran)

Best TV Series and Online Streaming Platforms
Mohammad Yamini (At the End of the Night)

Best Title Singer for a Movie or Series
Mohsen Chavushi (Bibdon)
Alireza Ghorbani (Drunken Love)

Best TV Personality
Mehran Modiri (Gol Ya Pooch)

Special Jury Award in the TV Program Production Category
Ehsan Alikhani (Joker 2-Taseer 21)

Cinema Awards

Best Director of Cinematography
Masoud Salami (Killing a Traitor)

Best Editing: Maysam Molaei (Subtraction)

Best Technical and Artistic Achievement: Soheil Danesh Ashraf (Set Design: Killing a Traitor)

Best Soundtrack: Sattar Oraki (Killing a Traitor)

Best Screenplay: Arman Khansarian (Orange Forest)

Best Actress: Banafesh Samadi (Sun of that Month)

Elnaz Shakerdoost (Bibden)

Best Actor: Reza Attaran (Roshan)

Milad Keymaram (The West Sky)

Best Director: Soroush Sehhat (Breakfast with Giraffes)

Saghar Ostad Sharif and Omid Moallem came on stage to present the Best Film award, but according to the jury’s statement, no film was deemed worthy of the Hafez statuette.

Hafez Award, is an annual awards ceremony held to recognize cinematic achievements in Iranian cinema and television achievements on Iranian television.

The first Hafez Awards were held in 1997 by Donyaye Tasvir magazine, which is why the ceremony is also known as the Hafez Awards.