Eftekhari: Pajhwok Festival seeks to create diversity in radio programming structures

According to Fars News Agency’s Radio and Television reporter, Hamidreza Eftekhari, the secretary of the second Pajhwok National Radio Documentary Festival, in a conversation with Fars reporter, said that the main idea of ​​this festival is to revive the documentary structure in radio programs by the deputy voice and said: This festival is its second edition this year. organizes it with the slogan “Voice of Truth, Echo of Truth” and the purpose of holding this festival is to revive the documentary structure in radio programs, of course, programs that have a qualitative improvement in their position and ability to be broadcast in the network broadcast schedule.

* Identification and introduction of talents in Pajhwok Festival

He considered the radio documentary as a neglected part of this listening media and said: “Pajhwok Festival is a specialized festival of documentary programs on the radio, and we pursue goals such as identifying and introducing talents, updating the knowledge of documentary makers, and creating diversity in radio programming structures.”

* 1st of Bahman, the deadline for submitting the works of the festival

About the date of submission of works to the festival secretariat, Eftekhari said: The festival actually started its work on the 1st of Mehr with the announcement of the call, and the main ceremony will be held on May 19, 20 and 21 at the International Radio and Television Conference Hall, and the winners will be announced.

The secretary of the second Pajhwok National Radio Documentary Festival reminded that February 1st is the deadline for submission of works and said: Four months have been given to submit works, and because time must be allocated for judging the works, that is why this period will not be extended.

*Receiving works in both public and professional sectors

He asked the interested people to send their works from the call section by visiting www.pejvakirib.ir. It is intended for the general and amateur audience and is more accessible and convenient. In the special section, we also receive professional works, and this section deals with the two themes of martyrs who defend security and recent terrorist incidents, such as the Izeh incidents and the terrorist incident of the Shahcheragh shrine, etc.

*All those interested can participate in the festival

In response to the question of who can participate in this festival, Eftekhari said: In the public sector, all interested people can participate, except for radio and television program makers who work in radio, and radio and television program producers can only participate in the professional section.

*Five characteristics of the selection of selected works in the festival

The secretary of the second Pajhwok National Radio Documentary Festival said about the judging criteria for selecting the winners: for a documentary program, the judging criteria is in accordance with the production criteria of a radio program, but for the works of Pajhwok Festival, there are five characteristics, including research-oriented, deep thinking and depth in looking at issues and Topics, clarity and good listening quality, originality of the content and originality of the work, efficiency and appropriate approach in dealing with the subject are the main criteria for choosing a documentary program in the festival.

About why the festival is not international and foreign participants were not invited, Eftekhari said: This year Pajhwok Festival is experiencing its second year and this festival must reach a structural maturity in order to add the international section to it, which we hope will happen in the fifth festival. to fall

* The winners of the festival are officially employed by the Broadcasting Organization

Referring to the order of the head of the Broadcasting Organization at the closing ceremony of the last festival regarding the change in the employment status of the selected people of the festival, he said: The selected candidates of the previous period are in the official recruitment cycle of the organization, and in this period too, if permission is issued, we will give the same privilege to the selected persons.

*Pajhwok Mehki festival for radio documentary producers

Eftekhari considered Pajhwok Festival as a benchmark for radio documentary producers and said: I want the radio audience who are interested in radio productions to take this festival seriously. Works that make it to the judging stage will be broadcast through the documentary radio network, and this festival is an opportunity for those interested in radio documentary productions to test themselves.

*Education is an important part of Pajhwok Festival

The secretary of the second National Pajhwok Radio Documentary Festival considered education as an important part of this festival and stated: We will launch an education section on the site related to the festival so that people who are not familiar with the programming environment can follow the training and produce programs.

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