Atabai
{{Infobox film
| image = Atabai.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Niki Karimi
| writer = Niki Karimi
Hadi Hejazifar
| producer = Niki Karimi
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| cinematography = Saman Lotfian
| editing = Hossein Jamshidi Gohari
| music = Hossein Alizadeh
| released = {{film date|2020|2|1|FIFF|2021|11|24|Iran|df=yes}}
| country = Iran
| language = Azerbaijani
Persian
}}
Atabai (Persian: آتابای) is a 2020 Iranian romantic drama film directed by Niki Karimi and written by Hadi Hejazifar and Karimi. The film screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival and earned 5 nominations.{{Cite web|title=نیکی کریمی با "آتابای" به جشنواره فجر آمد- اخبار سینما و تئ - اخبار فرهنگی تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/10/09/2170729/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF|access-date=2021-08-11|website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title="آتابای" صاحب پوستر شد/ روایتی از یک عشق نافرجام|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4831324/آتابای-صاحب-پوستر-شد-روایتی-از-یک-عشق-نافرجام|access-date=2021-08-11|website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency|language=fa}}
Premise
The story is about Kazem a middle aged man who lives in a village. He has left the university because of a former love but when two sisters enter his life he falls in love once again.
Cast
- Hadi Hejazifar as Kazem / Atabai
- Sahar Dolatshahi as Sima
- Javad Ezzati as Yahya
- Danial Noroush as Aydin
- Masoumeh Rabaninia as Jeyran
- Mahlagha Meynoosh Zad as Simin
- Yousefali Daryadel as Kazem's Father
Reception
= Accolades =
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| scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| |
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| scope="row" |Cambridge International Film Festival
|2021 |Best Fiction Feature |{{nom}} |
| scope="row" |Dhaka International Film Festival
|2022 |Best Feature |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="6" scope="row" |Fajr Film Festival{{Cite web|date=2020-02-10|title=اعلام نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ جشنواره فیلم فجر|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/98112115997/اعلام-نامزدهای-سودای-سیمرغ-جشنواره-فیلم-فجر|access-date=2021-08-11|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-11|title="خورشید" بهترین فیلم فجر / "شنای پروانه" برگزیده تماشاگران شد|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/98112216653/خورشید-بهترین-فیلم-فجر-شنای-پروانه-برگزیده-تماشاگران-شد|access-date=2021-08-11|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}
| rowspan="5" |2020 |{{nom}} |
| Best Director
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| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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| Best Cinematography
|Saman Lotfian |{{nom}} |
| Best Original Score
|{{nom}} |
| 2022
|Best Still Photography |Omid Saleh |{{nom}} |
| scope="row" |Iranian Cinema Directors' Great Celebration
|2022 |Best Film Director |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="8" scope="row" |Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association
| rowspan="8" |2022 |Best Film |{{won}} |
| Best Director
|{{won}} |
| Best Screenplay
|{{won}} |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role
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| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|{{won}} |
| Best Cinematography
|Saman Lotfian |{{nom}} |
| Best Sound
|Kamran Kian'ersi, Alireza Alavian |{{nom}} |
| Best Original Score
|{{won}} |
| scope="row" |Pune International Film Festival
|2022 |Global Cinema |{{nom}} |
| scope="row" |Sofia Menar International Film Festival
|2022 |Best Film |{{nom}} |
See also
References
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