“Reward of Silence” gets 13 nods from Iranian cineastes

 

A jury comprising over 100 Iranian cineastes has now completed its selection of nominations for the event.

 

Starring Parviz Parastuii and Jafar Vali, “Reward of Silence” tells the story of a war veteran named Akbar, who is still suffering from mental injuries resulting from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The film depicts the harrowing incident when Akbar visits the father of Yahya, his fellow combatant, and confesses that he killed him in the war.

 

 

Miri’s other credits include “The Unfinished Song” and “Gradually”, also known as “Slowly”.

 

The Iran Cinema Celebration is held annually by the House of Cinema on September 12, which is Iran’s National Cinema Day.

 

The organizers are scheduled to award the winners during a ceremony which will be held at the Sadabad Cultural Historical Complex.

 

Following is the list of nominees for awards in the 11th edition of the celebration:

 

Best Film:

 

* “Night Bus” produced by Mehdi Homayunfar

* “Rule of the Game” (Ahmadreza Motamedi)

* “Reward of Silence” (Mohsen Ali-Akbari)

* “Mainline” (Jahangir Kowsari)

* “The Third Day” (Ali Jalali)

 

 

Best Director

 

* “Night Bus” directed by Kiumars Purahamad

* “Reward of Silence” (Maziar Miri)

* “The Three” (Naqi Nemati)

* “Barefoot in Heaven” (Bahram Tavakoli)

* “Mainline” (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad/Mohsen Abdolvahhab)

 

 

Best Screenplay

 

* “Night Bus” written by Kiumars Purahamad

* “Reward of Silence” (Farhad Towhidi)

* “Day Coming” (Saeid Shahsavari/ Bijan Mirbaqeri)

* “Barefoot in Heaven” (Bahram Tavakoli)

* “Mainline” (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad/Mohsen Abdolvahhab/Naghmeh Samini/Farid Mostafavi)

 

 

Best Cinematographer

 

* Alireza Zarrindast (“The Kingpin”)

* Bairam Fazli (“Have You Another Apple?”)

* Bahram Badakhshani (“Reward of Silence”

* Hamid Khozuei Abyaneh (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Mahmud Kalari (“Mainline”)

 

 

Best Editor

 

* Kiumars Purahamad/Bahram Dehqani (“Night Bus”)

* Mohammadreza Muini (“The Sun Shines Equally on Everyone”)

* Bahram Dehqani (“Reward of Silence”)

* Bahram Dehqani (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Sepideh Abolvahhab (“Mainline”)

 

 

Best Actor

 

* Ezzatollah Entezami (“Mina of the Silent City”)

* Khosro Shakibaii (“Empty Hands”)

* Hamed Behdad (“The Third Day”)

* Hooman Seyyedi (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Khosro Shakibaii (“Night Bus”)

 

 

Best Actress

 

* Baran Kowsari (“Mainline”)

* Yekta Nasser (“Day Coming”)

* Baran Kowsari (“The Third Day”)

* Niki Karimi (“She is a Star”)

* Merila Zarei (“Empty Hands”)

 

 

Best Sound Recorder

 

* Mohammad Mokhtari (“Night Bus”)

* Mehran Malakuti (“Reward of Silence”)

* Yadollah Najafi (“Eternal Kids”)

* Hassan Zahedi (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Yadollah Najafi (“Mainline”)

 

 

Best Sound Effects

 

* Masud Behnam (“Night Bus”)

* Mohammadreza Delpak (“God Is Close”)

* Mohammadreza Delpak (“Rule of the Game”)

* Seyyed Mahmud Musavinejad (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Mohammadreza Delpak (“Mainline”)

 

 

Best Costume and Stage Designer

 

* Ali Morabbi (“Night Bus”)

* Majid Leilaji (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Amir Esbati (“Reward of Silence”)

* Jila Mehrjuii (“Mainline”)

* Iraj Raminfar (“Havana Dossier”)

 

 

Best Composer

 

* Karan Homayunfar (“The Sun Shines Equally on Everyone”)

* Dariush Taqipur (“Mina of the Silent City”)

* Fardin Khalatbari (“Night Bus”)

* Peyman Yazdanian (“Reward of Silence”)

* Ali Samadpur (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

 

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

* Farhad Aslani (“Reward of Silence”)

* Mohammadreza Forutan (“Night Bus”)

* Saber Abr (“Mina of the Silent City”)

* Mehrdad Sediqian (“Night Bus”)

* Jafar Vali (“Reward of Silence”)

 

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

* Parivash Nazarieh (“Reward of Silence”)

* Sima Tirandaz (“Reward of Silence”)

* Bita Farahi (“Mainline”)

* Pante’a Bahram (“Eternal Kids”)

* Fatemeh Gudarzi (“Empty Hands”)

 

 

Best Makeup Artist

 

* Mehrdad Mirkiani (“Rule of the Game”)

* Ali Samkhah (“The Third Day”)

* Mehrdad Mirkiani (“She is a Star”)

* Saeid Malekan (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

* Mehrdad Mirkiani (“Mainline”)

 

 

Best Site-Specific Special Effects:

 

* Asghar Purhajarian (“The Last Queen of the Earth”)

* Mohsen Ruzbehani (“Rule of the Game”)

* Asghar Purhajarian (“The Kingpin”)

* Mohsen Ruzbehani (“Night Bus”)

* Mohsen Ruzbehani (“The Third Day”)

 

 

Best Aesthetic Special Effects

 

* Amir-Reza Motamedi (“The Funk”) 

* Alaeddin Pajhan (“Rule of the Game”)

* Abbas Shoqi (“Nocturnal Emission”)

* Alaeddin Pajhan (“Reward of Silence”)

* Iraj Karimian (“Barefoot in Heaven”)

 

 

Best Short Film

 

* “Horn” directed by Ruhollah Masrur

* “The Empty Fish Bowl” (Atefeh Khademorreza)

* “Lights of the City” (Aida Panahandeh)

* “Cool Dream” (Peyman Nahanqodrati)

* “Circle Area” (Shahram Mokri)

 

MMS/MA

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