Fajr Theater Fest. announces nominees for FITF36 awards

The winners will be announced during the festival’s closing ceremony on Monday at 18:30 local time at Vahdat Hall, Tehran.

The list of nominees in the international competition category is as follows:

Best playwriting Award:

Vahid Mohammadi and Sina Shafiee for ‘Seasickness’ – Iran, Karaj

Mehdi Ziachamani for ‘The Omissions’ – Iran, Mashhad

Best Directing Award:

Christopher Rüping for ‘Hamlet’ – Germany

Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘The History Boys’ – Iran, Tehran

Reza Servati for ‘The List of the Dead’ – Iran, Tehran

Best Acting Award (male):

Valentijn Dhaenens for ‘Big Mouth’ – Belgium

Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran

Houtan Shakiba for ‘Oliver Twist’ – Iran, Tehran

Best Acting Award (female):

Katja Bürkle for ‘Hamlet’ – Germany

Elham Korda for ‘If You Die’ – Iran, Tehran

Mahsa Ghafourian for ‘The Omissions’ – Iran, Mashhad

Mehnaz Mirzaei for ‘Seasickness’ – Iran, Karaj

Best Stage Design Award:

Ashkan Khalilnejad for ‘Boys of History’ – Iran, Tehran

Arash Dadgar and Reza Karamizadeh for ‘The Horse’ – Iran, Tehran

Attila Pessyani and Amir Hassan Davani for ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ – Iran, Tehran

Best Costume Design Award:

Elham Shabani and Arash Dadgar for ‘The Horse’ – Iran, Tehran

Neda Nasr for ‘The List of the Dead’ – Iran, Tehran

Zirzamin Studio for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran

Best Music/ Sound Desgn Award:

Valentijn Dhaenens for ‘Big Mouth’ – Belgium

Arman Parsian and Mohammad Eslami for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran

Navid Gohari for ‘Or Prometheus’ – Iran, Tehran

The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival ran from Jan. 18 – Jan. 28 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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