According to the public relations of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema, CinemaEtmad, the nominees for the best film were determined from the audience of the Cinema Hekat festival: the committee for collecting the votes of the 18th Cinema Hekat festival, after the screenings of the last day of the festival, after reviewing all the registered votes, He announced the 5 documentaries that received the highest scores from the audience without ranking (in alphabetical order) as follows:
Elevator – produced by Mohammad Kart and produced by HIB Film
Bom Irani – produced by Farzad Tawhidi and produced by the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animation Cinema
Torgi – produced by Mohammad Kart and produced by the Center for the Development of Documentary and Experimental Cinema
Shagard – produced by Jafar Sadeghi and a product of the Surah Documentary Center
Ek Vejab Khak – produced by Nima Mahdian and produced by the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animation Cinema
In the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Iran Cinema Hachikat, more than 14,300 people watched the films of the festival in seven days, and more than 7,600 people sent their votes about different films.
The festival audience vote collection committee headed by Fatemeh Rasulzadeh and under the supervision of the Documentary Producers Guild, with the supervision of the Cinema House representative (Alireza Hosseini) and the cooperation of Hashore system to receive electronic votes, conducted this survey.