Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; Persian: جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983.The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The awards are the Iranian equivalent to the American Academy Awards.
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| Location | Tehran, Iran |
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| Founded | February 1, 1983 |
| Awards | Crystal Simorgh Golden Tablet Diploma Honorary |
| Festival date | 1 February – 11 February |
| Language | Persian English |
| Website | www |
The festival has been promoted locally and internationally through television, radio and webinars; speakers have come from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Organizations contributing to the event have included the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iran film foundation, Press TV, HispanTV and Iran's multi-lingual film channel IFilm. From 2015 to 2022, the festival was separated into two festivals, a national festival in February, which was notable for premieres of the most important domestic movies, and an international one, which was being held in April.
Since 2022, the sections of national and international festivals have been merged again together and they perform their related movies from 1st to 11th of February every year.