18th Hafez Awards 2018

Best Motion Picture

1. No Date, No Signature
2. My Brother, Khosro
3. Asphyxia
4. Rag-e Khab
5. 5 afternoon
6. Blockage
7. Ghatel-e Ahli
8. Lottery
9. Sperm Whale: Roya’s Selection
10. Vilaieha

Best Director – Motion Picture

1. Fereydoun Jeyrani – Asphyxia
2. Mohsen Gharaie – Blockage
3. Masoud Kimiai – Ghatel-e Ahli
4. Shahram Mokri – Invasion
5. Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian – Lottery
6. Rag-e Khab – Hamid Nematollah
7. Mehran Modiri – 5 afternoon
8. Vahid Jalilvand – No Date, No Signature
9. Ebrahim Hatamikia – Damascus Time
10. Negar – Rambod Javan

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (both original and adapted)

1. Masoumeh Bayat – Rag-e Khab
2. Fereydoun Jeyrani – Asphyxia
3. Saeed Roustayi – Blockage
4. Hamed Mohammadi – Oxidan
5. Mehran Modiri – 5 afternoon
6. Ebrahim Amini & Mohammad Hosein Mahdavian – Lottery

Best Actor – Motion Picture (2 awards)

1. Hamed Behdad – Blockage
2. Parviz Pourhosseini – Ghatel-e Ahli
3. Mohsen Tanabandeh – Ferrari
4. Kourosh Tahami – Rag-e Khab
5. Amir Jadidi – Ghatel-e Ahli
6. Hadi Hejazifar – Lottery
7. Shahab Hosseini – My Brother, Khosro
8. Saed Soheili – Lottery
9. Javad Ezati – Lottery
10. Reza Attaran – Sperm Whale: Roya’s Selection
11. Nader Fallah – Blockage
12. Mohammad Reza Golzar – Atomic Heart
13. Navid Mohammadzadeh – No Date, No Signature

Best Actress– Motion Picture (2 awards)

1. Pardis Ahmadieh – Asphyxia
2. Mahnaz Afshar – Sperm Whale:
3. Roya’s Selection
4. Parinaz Izadyar – Vilaieha
5. Vishka Asayesh – Sperm Whale:
6. Roya’s Selection
7. Sara Bahrami – Italy Italy
8. Sareh Bayat – Yellow
9. Tarlan Parvaneh – Esrafil
10. Leyla Hatami – Rag-e Khab
11. Elnaz Shakerdoost – Asphyxia
12. Soraya Ghasemi – Vilaieha
13. Baran Kosari – Blockage
14. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya – Parinaaz

Best Original Score

1. Sohrab Pournazeri – Rag-e Khab
2. Yahya Sepehri Shakib – Ferrari
3. Behzad Abdi – Ghatel-e Ahli
4. Habib Khazaeifar – Lottery
5. Christophe Rezai – Negar
6. Sattar Oraki – Vilaieha

Best Editor – Motion Picture

1. Isolation – Laya Abbasmirzaei
2. Damascus Time – Mehrdad Khoshbakht
3. Rag-e Khab – Mehdi Sa’di
4. Blockage – Sepideh Abdolvahab
5. Lottery – Hossein Jamshidi Gohari & Sajjad Pahlavanzadeh
6. Negar – Bahram Dehghan

Best Cinematography – Motion Picture

1. Alireza Barazandeh – Invasion
2. Masoud Salami – Asphyxia
3. Ali Ghazi – Vilaieha
4. Mahmoud Kalari – 5 afternoon
5. Farshad Mohammadi – Ghatel-e Ahli
6. Farshad Mohammadi – Rag-e Khab

Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal (since 2016)

1. Isolation – Morteza Ali Abbas Mirzaei
2. The Home – Asghar Yousefinejad
3. Bridge of Sleep – Oktay Baraheni
4. Tamaroz – Abed Abest
5. Khargioush – Mani Baghbani

Best Documentary – Motion Picture

1. Estekak – Amir Farzollahi
2. Bazm-e Razm – Seyed Vahid Hosseini
3. Puzzleys – Mehdi Ganji
4. The Prime Minister – Seyyed Mohammadreza Hashemian
5. Zero to Platform – Sahar Mosayebi
6. Nesyan – Hassan Akhondpour

Best Technical and Artistic Achievement

1. Damascus Time – Dubbing & Sound Recording: Alireza Alavian,Taher Pishvayi
2. Asphyxia – Production Design: Mohsen Nassrollahi
3. Rag-e Khab – Visual Effects: Sina Ghavidel
4. The Elephant King – Animation: Hadi Mohammadian
5. Negar – Production Design & Costume: Amirhassan Ghodsi, Negar Nemati
6. Sperm Whale: Roya’s Selection – Makeup: Saeed Malekan
7. Vilaieha – Special Effects: Iman Iman Karamian
8. Invasion – Production Design: Amir Esbati

Best original Song (Motion Picture Or Series)

1. Take Off – Track: Take Off, Singer: Reza Yazdani, Songwriter: Mehdi Ayoubi, Composer: Mohsen Sharifian,Babak shahraki
2. Rag-e Khab – Track: Ahay Khabardar, Singer: Homayoun Shajarian, Songwriter: Hossein Monzavi, Composer: Sohrab Pournazeri
3. Zire Paye Madar – Track: Akharin Roya, Singer: Ali Zandevakili, Songwriter: Mohammad Saeed Mirzaee, Composer: Alireza Afkari
4. Under the Smokey Roof – Track: Under the Smokey Roof, Singer: Sina Sarlak, Songwriter: Roozbeh Bemani, Composer: Alireza Afkari
5. Sayeban – Track: Sayeban, Singer: Mohsen Chavoshi, Songwriter: Hossein Safa, Composer: Abolfazl Faraz
6. Breath – Track: Breath, Singer: Mohammad Esfahani, Songwriter: Mohammad Saeed Mirzaee, Composer: Abdoljabbar Kakaei