Winners were selected from the list of nominees announced earlier today in various national and international categories.
The winners for the international competition section are:
Best Play Award:
Jointly won by ‘The History Boys’ by Ashkan Khalilnejad, and ‘Melancholy of the Dragons’ by Philippe Quesne, France
Best Playwriting Award:
Mehdi Ziachamani for ‘The Omissions’ – Iran, Mashhad
Best Directing Award:
Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘The History Boys’ – Iran, Tehran
Special Jury Award for Best Dramaturgy:
Masoud Delkhah for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Acting Award (male):
Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Acting Award (female):
Katja Bürkle for ‘Hamlet’ – Germany
Best Stage Design Award:
Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘Boys of History’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Costume Design Award:
Neda Nasr for ‘The List of the Dead’ – Iran, Tehran
Best Music/Sound Design Award:
Valentijn Dhaenens for ‘Big Mouth’ – Belgium
Best Offstage Play (Unusual Places):
‘Guilty Landscapes’ by Dries Verhoeven – The Netherlands
Special Mention:
Remote Tehran, Rimini Protocol Company – Germany
The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival ran from Jan. 18 – Jan. 28 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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