In the international competition section Best Play Award was jointly presented to ‘The History Boys’ by Ashkan Khalilnejad, and ‘Melancholy of the Dragons’ by Philippe Quesne of France, honaronline.ir wrote.

Khalilnejad also received the Best Directing Award and Best Stage Design Award for ‘The History Boys’.

Mehdi Ziachamani won the Best Playwriting Award for ‘The Omissions’.

Special Jury Award for Best Dramatic Composition and Best Acting Award (male) went to Masoud Delkhah for ‘Mephisto’ and Morteza Esmaeil-Kashi respectively.

The Best Costume Design Award went to Neda Nasr for ‘The List of the Dead’.

Best Offstage Play (Unusual Places) was given to ‘Guilty Landscapes’ by Dries Verhoeven (the Netherlands).

The 36th Fadjr International Theater Festival was held from January 18 to 28 in Tehran.

Winners

Best Play Award:

Jointly won by ‘The History Boys’ by Ashkan Khalilnejad, and ‘Melancholy of the Dragons’ by Philippe Quesne, France

Best Directing Award:

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

Best Playwriting Award:

Mehdi Ziachamani for ‘The Omissions’ – Iran, Mashhad

Special Jury Award for Best Dramatic Composition:

Masoud Delkhah for ‘Mephisto’ – Iran, Tehran

Best Acting Award (male):

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

Best Acting Award (female):

Katja Bürkle for ‘Hamlet’ – Germany

Best Stage Design Award:

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

Best Costume Design Award:

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

Best Music/Sound Design Award:

Valentijn Dhaenens for ‘Big Mouth’ – Belgium

Best Offstage Play (Unusual Places):

‘Guilty Landscapes’ by Dries Verhoeven – The Netherlands

Special Mention:

Remote Tehran, Rimini Protocol Company – Germany

The 36th Fajr International Theater Festival was held January 18 to 28 in Tehran.

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