Life and a Day
Life and a Day is a 2016 Iranian drama film written and directed by Saeed Roustaee. The film screened for the first time at the 34th Fajr Film Festival and earned 10 nominations and received 7 awards.
It was released on March 16, 2016, in Iran theatrically.
Premise
Somayeh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.Cast
- Payman Maadi as Morteza
- Amir Salehian as Amir
- Navid Mohammadzadeh as Mohsen
- Parinaz Izadyar as Somayeh
- Rima Raminfar as Shahnaz
- Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Mother
- Hojjat Hassanpour as Javad
- Masomeh Rahmani as Leila
- Mehdi Ghorbani as Navid
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Nomitated | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best director | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Actor | Payman Maadi | Nomitated | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Actress | Parinaz Izadyar | Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Shirin Yazdanbakhsh | Nomitated | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Editor | Bahram Dehghani | Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Sound Recording | Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian | Nomitated | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Saeid Malekan | rowspan="3" Won | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Audience Award Best Film | Saeid Malekan | - | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | - | |
| 2015 | Fajr International Film Festival | Best Director | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Director | Saeed Roustayi | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Actress | Parinaz Izadyar | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Actress | Shabnam Moghaddami | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Actor | Payman Maadi | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Actor | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best artistic achievement | Bahram Dehghani | Won | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best artistic achievement | Saeid Malekan | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Hafez Awards | Best artistic achievement | Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Director | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Actor | Payman Maadi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Supporting Actor | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Editor | Bahram Dehghani | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Saeid Malekan | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Production Design | Mohsen Nasrolahi | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Costume Design | Ghazale Motamed | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Sound Recording | Amin Mirshekari | Won | |
| 2016 | Iran Cinema Celebration | Best Sound Recording and Mix | Alireza Alavian | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Director | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Actor | Payman Maadi | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Supporting Actor | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Actress | Parinaz Izadyar | Won | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Supporting Actress | Shirin Yazdanbakhsh | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Supporting Actress | Shabnam Moghaddami | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Cinematography | Ali Tabatabaei | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Score | Omid Raees Dana | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Editor | Bahram Dehghani | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Production Design | Mohsen Nasrolahi | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Costume Design | Ghazale Motamed | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Sound Recording | Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | Creativity and brilliant talent award | /Saeed Roustayi | Nomitated | |
| 2016 | Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association | The best technical achievement | Saeid Malekan | Won | |
| 2017 | Urban International Film Festival | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Won | |
| 2017 | Urban International Film Festival | Best Actress | Parinaz Izadyar | Nomitated | |
| 2017 | Urban International Film Festival | Best Actor | Navid Mohammadzadeh | Nomitated | |
| 2017 | Urban International Film Festival | Best Director | Saeed Roustayi | Nomitated | |
| 2017 | Urban International Film Festival | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Nomitated | |
| 2017 | Iranian Film Festival Australia | Best Film | Saeid Malekan | Won | |
| 2017 | Geneva International Film Festival | Best Film | Won | ||
| 2017 | Gijón International Film Festival | Best Film | Won | ||
| 2017 | Dhaka International Film Festival | Best Screenwriter | Saeed Roustayi | Won |