24th Fajr International Film Festival was held in Tehran, Iran from February 2nd to February 12th, 2006 (Bahman 12th-22nd, 1385 AP), which is called Dahe-ye-Fajr in Iran.
[edit] Competition Winners
[edit] National Awards
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best film: In the Name of the Father - Ebrahim Hatamikia
- Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize: Friday Afternoon - Mona Zandi Haghighi
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Experimental and Artistic Film: A Journey to Hidalo - Mojtaba Ra'ee
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Film: With Him - Naghi Nemati
[edit] International Awards
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Short Narrative Film to Rain is Falling, directed by Holger Ernst from Germany.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement to the film Downfall directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from Germany.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Performance to Mohammad Reza Foroutan for the film Slowly Directed by Maziar Miri, Iran.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Script to Mani Haghighi for Men at Work, Iran.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Gianni Amelio for The Keys to the House, Italy.
- Crystal Simorgh of Special Jury Prize to Bashing, directed by Kobayashi Masahiro, Japan.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Film to Slowly, directed by Maziar Miri, Iran.
[edit] Awards of Spiritual Cinema
- Crystal Simorgh Prize of Best Script for the film Zozo, directed by Josef Fares, Sweden.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Tae Hyung Im, director of the film Little Brother, Korea.
- Crystal Simorgh prize for Best Film to When Everybody was asleep, directed by Fereidoun Hassanpour, Iran.
[edit] Awards of Asian Cinema
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Script to Mitsuhiro Mihara for the film The Village Album, Japan.
- Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Direction to Ma Liwen , director of the film You and Me, China.
- Crystal Simorgh prize for Best Film to In the Name of the Father, directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, Iran.
