Awards

When the Moon Was Full won the Crystal Simorgh for best film at the 37th Fajr International Film Festival in 2019. It also won in the categories of best film, best director (Narges Abyar), best actor (Houtan Shakiba), best actress (Elnaz Shakerdoost), best supporting actress (Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee), best makeup direction (Iman Omidvari), and best costume design.[1][9][10]

After receiving the Crystal Simorgh awards, Abyar said: "I was never nominated for any award in my country and it made me sad. But now I won the Simorgh and this is really valuable to me".[5] Producer Mohammad-Hossein Qasemi, Abyar's husband, donated his award to Azam Mohsendoost, the real-life mother of Faezeh and Shahab.