International Fajr Film Festival

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The Fajr International Film Festival ( Persian جشنوارهٔ فیلم فجر Dschaschnware-ye Film-e Fajr , DMG Ǧašnvāre-ye Fīlm-e Faǧr ) is an Iranian film festival that is held annually in February in Tehran .

The festival was launched in 1982 on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and is run by the Farabi Cinema Foundation . It sees itself as a bridge between the western and eastern film world.

The festival's prize is the crystal Simorgh . It is awarded in the categories of international film and national film .

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