The 19th International Documentary Film Festival of Iran, Cinema Verite, is nearing its grand finale. Today, Tuesday, December 15, 2025, the festival will conclude at 6:00 PM at Vahdat Hall, following the announcement of the National Competition nominees last night.
Nominees for the Turquoise Award – Best Film:
Fathollah Amiri, Return of the Iranian Grave
Sargol Moradi, Ina Tedzhva, and Zina Bruyan, Singing Wings
Mehdi Avaz-Zadeh, Hashem Masoudi, and Mojtaba Ehsani, For My Daughter
Ehsan Mashkoor and Kiumarth Kordeh, Unfinished Dream
Nominees – Best Feature-Length Documentary Director:
Fathollah Amiri and Nima Asgari, Return of the Iranian Grave
Heyman Khaledi, Singing Wings
Mehdi Avaz-Zadeh, For My Daughter
Sara Talebian, Unfinished Dream
Moein Karim-Addini, Under the Lore Tree
Jafar Sadeghi, Kabook
Maria Mauti, Her Name is Woman
Nominees – Best Mid-Length Documentary Director:
Arash Es-haqi, Battle with the Body
Hamed Saadat, Ghaem Forest
Ali Momen Alai, Samira
Sadegh Dehghani, The Season of Horse Escape
Sepideh Sepahi, Kourosh
Nominees – Best Short Documentary Director:
Sepideh Jamshidi-Nejad, Barafto
Ebrahim Hesari, Grape Season
Nazanin Zahra Rafie, Mok
Elaheh Azkari, Musili
Ali Hamraz, Whisper of Things
Nominees – Best Research in Documentary Film:
Hadi Afarideh, Aras, the Raging River
Tahmoures Safaei, Asghar Mobaraki, Abbas Delavar, Mohammad Safarang, Parviz Bakhtiari, Mohammad Asghari, Wild Alborz
Arash Es-haqi, Battle with the Body
Hamed Saadat, Ghaem Forest
Farshad Ektesabi, Crossroads of Events
Mahmoud Rahmani, Like an Avalanche
Hanif Shahparrad and Arian Attarpour, Boxing in the Translation Ring
Nominees – Best Editing:
Hamid Najafi-Rad, Agira
Loghman Sokhnavar, Singing Wings
Mosib Hanaei, For My Daughter
Farshad Ektesabi, Crossroads of Events
Ali Farahani-Sadr, Unfinished Dream
Mahdieh Golchin Arefi, Like an Avalanche
Nominees – Best Cinematography:
Farshad Afshin-Pour, Wild Alborz
Nima Asgari, Return of the Iranian Grave
Voria Abediani, Singing Wings
Arasto Maddahi Givi and Sepideh Jamshidi, Barafto
Reza Teimouri, Kourosh
Mehrdad Amin, Her Name is Woman
Nominees – Best Sound:
Hamid Zibakalam (sound recording) and Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi (sound editing), Agira
Ehsan Afsharian, Return of the Iranian Grave
Mehdi Yeganeh and Arasto Mofakhri (sound recording) and Bahman Ardalan (sound editing), Singing Wings
Amin Sharifi, Unfinished Dream
Arash Ghasemi, Lamasu
Mehrdad Abbaspour and Shahin Pourdadashi (sound recording) and Shahin Pourdadashi (sound editing), Like an Avalanche
Nominees – Best Original Score:
Kaveh Abedin, For My Daughter
Fardin Khalatbari, Mok
Masoud Sekhavatdoust, Musili
Afshin Azizi and Arash Azizi, Her Name is Woman
Nominees – Best Narration / Scriptwriting:
Shabnam Moghaddami, Aras, the Raging River
Masoud Jafari, Mangrove Birds
Arash Es-haqi, Battle with the Body
Hamed Saadat (writing) and Ali Kohan (narration), Ghaem Forest
Shahram Derakhshan, Tajrasht