The Night Guardian (Persian: نگهبان شب, romanized: Negahban-e Shab) is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed and produced by Reza Mirkarimi and written by Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi.[1] The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival and received 9 nominations, where Reza Mirkarimi won the award for Best Director and Aliakbar Osanloo received a Honorary Diploma for his acting.[2][3]
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Directed by | Reza Mirkarimi |
Written by | Reza Mirkarimi Mohammad Davoudi |
Produced by | Reza Mirkarimi |
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Cinematography | Morteza Hedayati |
Edited by | Reza Mirkarimi |
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Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
the film is about a naive young village boy named Rasool (Touraj Alvand) whose quiet and carefree life is challenged by trusting Behnam (Mohsen Kiaee), who is the engineer of a construction project.
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Fajr Film Festival | Best Film | Reza Mirkarimi | Nominated | [5][6] |
Best Director | Reza Mirkarimi | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Touraj Alvand | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Laleh Marzban | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Aliakbar Osanloo | Honorary Diploma | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Safoora Khoshtinat | Nominated | |||
Best Sound Effects | Amirhossein Ghasemi | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Zahra Samadi | Nominated |