16th Hafez Awards 2016

Best Motion Picture

1. Life and a Day
2. Wednesday, May 9
3. Time to Love
4. The Nameless Alley
5. Sperm Whale

Best Director – Motion Picture

1. Ebrahim Hatamikia – Bodyguard
2. Mostafa Kiayee – Ice Age
3. Saeed Roustayi – Life and a Day
4. Alireza Raisian – Time to Love
5. Hatef Alimardani – The Nameless Alley
6. Saman Moghadam – Sperm Whale

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (both original and adapted)

1. Mani Baghbani, Mona Zahed, Saman Moghadam – Sperm Whale
2. Vahid Jalilvand, Hossein Mahkam, Ali Zarnegar – Wednesday, May 9
3. Saeed Roustayi – Life and a Day
4. Hatef Alimardani – The Nameless Alley
5. Shahram Mokri – Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories

Best Actor – Motion Picture (2 awards)

1. Saeed Aghakhani – The Long Farewell, I Am Diego Maradona
2. Amir Aghaee – Wednesday, May 9
3. Farhad Aslani – Time to Love, The Nameless Alley
4. Siamak Safari – Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
5. Reza Attaran – Sperm Whale
6. Javad Ezati – Dar Moddat-e-Maloom
7. Milad Keymaram – 360 Degree
8. Navid Mohammadzadeh – Life and a Day
9. Ali Mosaffa – What’s the Time in Your World?
10. Payman Maadi – Life and a Day

Best Actress– Motion Picture (2 awards)

1. Mahnaz Afshar – Sperm Whale
2. Parinaz Izadyar – Life and a Day
3. Leila Hatami – Time to Love
4. Mahtab Keramati – Ice Age
5. Baran Kosari – The Nameless Alley
6. Sahar Dolatshahi – Gap, Ice Age
7. Leyla Zareh – Night Shift
8. Azadeh Zarei – We Will Say Amen
9. Niki Karimi – Wednesday, May 9
10. Shabnam Moghadami – Life and a Day

Best Original Score

1. Sattar Oraki – Time to Love
2. Amir Tavassoli – Sperm Whale
3. Christophe Rezai – What’s the Time in Your World?
4. Bardia Kiaras – Arghavan
5. Karen Homayounfar – Bodyguard

Best Cinematography – Motion Picture

1. Hooman Behmanesh – Avalanche
2. Alireza Barazandeh – Time to Love
3. Peyman Shadmanfar – Confessions of
4. My Dangerous Mind
5. Morteza Ghafori – The Long Farewell
6. Bayram Fazli – Baaz ham sib daari?

• No Winner

Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal (since 2016)

1. Shahram Mokri – Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories

Best Documentary – Motion Picture

1. Ranandeh va roobah – Arash Lahooti
2. Pruning Season – Loghman Khaledi
3. I Want to be a King – Mehdi Ganji

Best Technical and Artistic Achievement

1. Bahram Dehghan – Edit: Life and a Day
2. Iraj Raminfar – Production Design: What’s the Time in Your World?
3. Mohsen Rouzbahani, Hadi Eslami – Visual Effects & Special Effects: Bodyguard
4. Babak Karimi Tari – Production Design & Costume: Jameh Daran
5. Saeid Malekan – Makeup Design: Sperm Whale, Life and a Day
6. Mehrdad Mirkiani – Makeup: Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
7. Amin Mirshekari,Alireza Alavian – Sound Technician: Life and a Day

Best original Song (Motion Picture Or Series)

1. Dardesarhaye Azim – Track: Ehsas, Singer: Meysam Ebrahimi, Songwriter: Hadis Dehghan, Composer: Foad Ghafari
2. Shahrzad – Track: Kojaei, Singer: Mohsen Chavoshi & Sina Sarlak, Songwriter: Mohsen Chavoshi, Composer: Mohsen Chavoshi
3. Warm breath – Track: Warm breath, Singer: Ali Zandevakili, Songwriter: Mehdi Soheili, Composer: Karen Homayounfar
4. The Enigma of the Shah – Track: The Enigma of the Shah, Singer: Salar Aghili, Songwriter: Afshin Yadollahi, Composer: Babak Zarrin
5. Misunderstanding of a Dream – Track: WMisunderstanding of a Dream, Singer: Reza Yazdani, Songwriter: Mehdi Ayoubi, Composer: Behzad Abdi
6. Kimia – Track: Kimia, Singer: Alireza Ghorbani, Songwriter: Masoud Kalantari, Composer: Arman Moosapour