About Elly” leads Iran Cinema Celebration nominees

“About Elly”, which won Farhadi a Silver Bear for best director at the Berlinale 2009, has been nominated in the different categories of best director, best screenplay, best actress, best actor and four others.

Starring Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, Mani Haqiqi, Saber Abar and Merila Zarei, “About Elly” tells the story of middle class Iranians whose trip to the Caspian Sea turns into a disaster as they try to maintain their social customs.

A jury comprising over 60 Iranian cineastes has completed its selection of nominations for the event, said festival secretary Farhad Tohidi.

The annually held celebration is sponsored by Iran’s House of Cinema. However, the 13th edition took place without having a winner or an award ceremony.

The following is the list of nominees for awards in the 14th edition of the celebration:

Best Director:

Varuj Karim-Masihi “Hesitation”. Asghar Farhadi “About Elly”. Dariush Mehrjuii “Santuri”. Bahram Beizaii “When All of Us Are Asleep”.

Best Screenplay:

“About Elly” Asghar Farhadi. “Fire Keeper” Mohsen Amiryusefi. “Gold and Copper” Hamed Mohammadi. “Please Don’t Disturb” Mohsen Abdolvahhab.

Best Actress:

Golshifteh Farahani “About Elly”. Leila Hatami “Walking in Fog”. Hanieh Tavassoli “Evening of the 10th Day”. Hedyeh Tehrani “Seven Minutes to Autumn”. Negar Javaherian “Gold and Copper”.

Best Supporting Actress:

Merila Zarei “About Elly”. Rana Azadivar “About Elly”. Sareh Bayat “Imitator of Satan”. Sahar Dowlatshahi “Gold and Copper”. Jaleh Sameti “Hieran”

Best Actor:

Shahab Hosseini “About Elly” and “Walking in Fog”. Hamid Farrokhnejad “Fire Keeper” and “In the Color of Purple”. Mohammadreza Forutan “The Other”. Mehdi Hashemi “Nothing”. Hamed Behdad “Seven Minutes to Autumn”.

Best Supporting Actor:

Mehran Ahmadi “Nothing” and “Twenty”. Mohsen Tanabandeh “A Testimonial for God”. Babak Hamidian “Penniless”. Saber Abar “About Elly”.

Source: tehrantimes.com