Formation of a joint working group of cinema and television / We have suffered from cultural deviation – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

According to the Mehr news agency, quoting the General Department of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, Mohammad Khazaei, the head of the Cinema Organization, met with a group of managers of the organization to exchange views and thoughts on expanding the space of cooperation and interaction between the two organizations. Peyman Jebli, the head of the national media, left.

This meeting was attended by Mohammad Hossein Niroumand, Artistic and Cinematic Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Massoud Naghashzadeh, Secretary of the 40th Fajr Film Festival, Vahid Jalili, Deputy Director of Cultural Affairs and Secretary of the National Media Transformation Headquarters, Hamid Shahabadi, Deputy Director of IRIB, Yazdan Ashiri Advisor to the President of the Cinema Organization and Director General of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, Yaser Shahpiri, Director General of the Department and Executive Advisor to the President of the Organization, Habib Ilbeigi, Deputy Director of Evaluation and Supervision of the Cinema Organization, Ramazan Ali Heidari Khalili, Deputy Director of Management Development and Resources, Mohammad Rahmati , Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam, Managing Director of the Center for the Development of Documentary and Experimental Cinema, Seyed Mehdi Javadi, Managing Director of Farabi Cinema Foundation, Hashem Mirzakhani, Managing Director of Shahr Cinema Institute, Mehdi Azarpendar, Managing Director of Iranian Youth Cinema and Javad Ramezannejad, Managing Director of Simafilm.

The working group will be the reference for cinema decisions in radio and television

Peyman Jebli, the head of the Radio and Television Organization, while speaking at the joint meeting, while emphasizing the need for convergence and synergy between the two sets of the Radio and Television and the Cinema Organization, said: “This common view that has been formed between cinema and television should be appreciated.” We have been waiting for years for the opportunity for cinema and television to be equal in terms of cultural and revolutionary goals. This convergence has not been possible for more than two to three decades. The value view in the government and the executive apparatus of the cinema organization and the kind of transformational view in the radio and television, has caused an end to the argument for all of us.

This common view that has been formed between cinema and television should be appreciated. We have been waiting for years for the opportunity for cinema and television to be equal in terms of cultural and revolutionary goals “Most people are not satisfied with the cultural situation in the country, and of course this is the opinion of the leadership,” he said. “This unhealthy cultural situation will be a common concern between the people, the leadership and the officials of cultural institutions.” In the home theater sector, films and series have been licensed in the previous government, and when we read their scripts, we are amazed, let alone made. Which are not inherently aligned with it.

“Cinema is connected to the private sector,” Jebli said. “There are young talents scattered across the country that we must discover. With the help of parliament and the government, we must be able to fill these gaps.” In a meeting we had with the producers themselves, they also raised this issue. From the same point of view, we should work with the director and creators of the work and tell them our ideas, and bring them as close as possible to our horizons. Participate in the creation of works.

I welcome the formation of a “specialized working group on cinema and television”

The head of the Radio and Television Organization continued: “We strongly welcome your proposal on the formation of a” specialized working group on cinema and television “. We have a good experience in the field of books in this regard, I think this will definitely be useful and the ideas put forward by friends can be implemented in that working group. We now have Ghazali Cinema Town and you and I can work together. The Data Center discussion can be very important, and a common fund for document and animation production can be easily done.

“We believe in working together in animation,” Jebli said, noting that animation costs are high abroad. We will participate in the investment and resource work, after which we agree to broadcast it at the festival or later on the radio and television. I very much welcome the idea of ​​a working group. We introduce a suitable person to buy Wright and joint work and supply in the working group, and the working group can be expanded accordingly.

“We are ready to start the working group whenever you say so,” Jebli said. There are many common themes that can be raised. In collaboration with the Cinema Organization, this working group will also be a kind of television cinematography reference. Currently, in the discussion of movie teasers, the decision is made by the General Directorate of Commerce. Of course, they have the principle of a content council and friends comment, but it is more logical that the joint working group should be the reference for this issue. Previously, Simafilm produced 7-8 movies every year and presented valuable works at the festival, which was well received. This issue can also be revived, but this year we also have Mehdi Bakeri’s movie.

The need for the convergence of cinema and television in the national interest

Mohammad Khazaei, the head of the Cinema Organization, said at the beginning of the meeting that the field of protection of cinema and national media is very close to each other. Both in the field of content production and in the field of discourse, we can reach common strategies.

He continued: “Another challenge facing these two organizations is the challenge of informal Internet and satellite channels, which are creating a wider and more pervasive culture in different parts of the country in different social strata, and this challenge threatens cultural sovereignty and image.” .

The head of the cinema organization, noting that fortunately in this period we feel modernity in both national media and cinema, said: “However, there is a lot of work left on the ground, and if we do not have more synergy and thinking, we will turn the situation to anti-currents.” We are losing the country.

The Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance emphasized: The internal and external opposition is trying to create a desperate atmosphere for blackmail and the destruction of national interests. We need to present new plans and ideas for the excellence of the country and take a step in the direction of national interests by synergizing specialties and capacities. Unfortunately, we all seem to have cultural deviations from the rail of national interests.

Khazaei said: “The commitment and frustration felt in some of our cultural and visual works shows that we need a strategic, research-oriented and forward-looking plan more than ever – a kind of sustainable convergence and requires joint meetings in the form of working groups, missions and Design and pursue common goals.

Eliminate multiple cultural policies in the field of image

Khazaei stressed that radio and television and cinema organizations can have common policies, especially in the discussion of demand, supply and production: “This multiplicity of cultural policies in the field of image must be eliminated.” Because it causes us to face a generation that is gradually feeling cultural conflict and indecision.

The head of the Cinema Organization pointed out that in the influential position of the working group of the Radio and Television and Cinema, he said: Cinema and national media can have reciprocal services.

He explained about the demands of cinema from IRIB: One of these demands is to support short filmmakers, documentaries and professional cinema by buying the rights of films at a higher price and a fair and reasonable increase due to the increase in film production costs, participation in productions and Provides a package of support facilities in the field of film advertising. In order for the cinema to flourish, for families and people to come to terms with cinema, and for the cinema economy to change, it is necessary for television to stand by its side to help cinema, and this support is essential.

This multiplicity of cultural policies in the field of image must be eliminated. Because it causes us to face a generation that is gradually feeling cultural conflict and indecision According to him, if we can reach a common policy in these cases, it will definitely lead to more favorable outcomes. The broadcaster can also provide incentive packages for filmmakers and provide serious support and encouragement to films that are qualitative in content and structure and that are in line with television conditions and can be broadcast on this medium.

Khazaei continued: “In this period, we, at the Farabi Cinema Foundation, provide incentive facilities for films with different themes, such as: happy and crowded family, healthy social issues and comedies, revolutionary, moral and strategic themes, and so on.” This issue can also be generalized in the national media. If indicators and incentive packages are predicted, there will be bias and good developments in the field of culture and image.

“Although cinema and television each have their own language and capacities, we must help increase their prosperity and dynamism while preserving their linguistic and social functions,” he said.

Khazaei said: “Over the years, due to negligence or the influence of the current of influence, a kind of defamation and debauchery has flourished.” Some issues of value and morality for families are diminished in the works. There are themes in the cinema that sometimes worry families. Or it can be seen in some home series. This practice was once found on television. The film organization alone can not fix this, if television helps and we have common cultural policies, we will reach a common approach and mechanisms.

He suggested about the incentive policies of the Radio and Television: As a good start, I suggest that in the same Fajr National Festival, the Radio and Television of Iran can support some of them by selecting some films on the closing day and give them the right to burn them for Khordari TV. کردن.

Cultural institutions, cinemas and radio and television need a common headquarters

Masoud Naghashzadeh, the secretary of Fajr Film Festival, said at the end of the meeting: “In 1400 and the beginning of the new century, we must plan for integration in different cultural sectors of the country.” We all know how efficient the various cultural institutions in the country are; I think an important part of what I call the lack of proper efficiency, and which has been repeatedly mentioned in the Supreme Leader’s orders, is that the apparatuses each act in their own way; The process of overseas work should be considered by senior managers, so that the resources, facilities and work of effective forces are not wasted.

He pointed out that cultural institutions, cinemas and radio and television would lose an important part of their capabilities if they did not have a common headquarters and did not have strategic planning and work; He explained: In the period of national media, he distanced himself from the Cinema and Guidance Organization, and these distances either had managerial reasons or were due to problems that arose in the performance. I think that the presence of Mr. Ismaili and Mr. Khazaei can be an opportunity for this increase in the field of macro-management. Of course, I am not saying this because the Radio and Television Organization should always be a serious supporter of cinema, at least it has been and will be, but I have raised this more as a cultural concern.

The secretary of Fajr Film Festival reminded: This year is a special year for Fajr Film Festival. An important part of what came to the festival from film productions was produced in the previous government with some of the rules of that time, and this year we want to hold a festival that was formed within the framework of the previous government. Of course, I do not mean that the previous government was very different. Differences in views and approaches make it difficult to regulate this flow.

Naghashzadeh suggested that the RFE / RL could also benefit from the Fajr Festival: “This is a process that can help expand the culture that has just begun.” In this year’s festival, apart from the competitive section, which has usually been the main section in all festivals around the world, we have designed a very detailed section called the cultural section, which includes specialized meetings with thinkers and various discussions about cinema and revolutionary discourse.