Festival Awards 2017
The 3rd edition of Cyrus Festival ( Formerly Cineiran Festival) presented awards in multiple different categories. Aside from our already existing Audience Award (the best film of the festival voted for by the attendees), this year’s edition included a competition lineup with a jury of film professionals. You can see the full list of competition films here, and meet our jury members here. The 2017 Cyrus Festival ( Formerly Cineiran Festival) award winners are:Best Picture: ISRAFIL
Jury Prize: NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE
Best Director: Mehdi Rahmani (BOARDING PASS)
Best Screenplay: Mostafa Taghizadeh (YELLOW)
Best Actor: Navid Mohammadzadeh (NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE)
Best Actress: Niki Karimi (AZAR)
Best Technical Achievement: Hayedeh Safiyari (Editing, ISRAFIL)
Audience Award: tied – NEGAR and UNTAKEN PATHS