Fajr International Film Festival

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Fajr International Film Festival

Fajr Film Festival logo
Location	Tehran, Iran
Founded	February 1, 1983
Awards	Crystal Simorgh Golden Tablet Diploma Honorary
Festival date	1 February – 11 February
Language	Persian English
Website	www.fajriff.com/en/

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.^[1] 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.

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.^[2][3]

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 bifurcated 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 held in April.

Since 2022, the national and international segments have been merged again, with the combined festival taking place from 1 to 11 February every year.^[4]