Increase the budget of the Development Center in the documentary and animation sector
According to Fars News Agency, Mohammad Hamidi, the director of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animation Cinema, said: In 1400, the name of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema was changed to “Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animation Cinema”. This title added more responsibility to the center. Supporting the production of animation was one of our tasks, but we are going to pay more attention to this area. Production of feature films and strengthening of this art-industry is one of the plans for the next year. The center is a crossroads of talent, capital and animation artists. Especially in the field of production, distribution and display of long animations whose capital and production conditions are different from short animations.
He continued: The formation of joint support funds, between different institutions and the consolidation of investments between various companies, to produce feature-length animations is one of the plans and priorities of the Development Center in 1401.
Hamidi Moghaddam explained about the production of the documentary film in the coming year: We will present the issues, priorities and criteria for production clearly. Project recruitment procedures and regulations in the field of animation and documentation will be available according to the strategies, needs and vision defined by the center. Documentary and animated filmmakers can submit their projects and enjoy the support of the Center. After the 15th “Reality Cinema” festival, we were engaged in reviewing and updating the procedures and regulations to approve and absorb the plan, and these regulations will be uploaded on the center’s website soon.
The CEO of the Development Center emphasized: “We have prepared ourselves to fully support the views, tastes and different filmmakers whose designs are based on the new strategies of the Development Center.” The previous councils ended their work in February and March, and we were able to complete the approved plans in the current situation and establish new policies. Fortunately, with the financial support of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Mr. Khazaei, we were able to pay most of the financial obligations to the filmmakers. As a result, for 1401 we can welcome new projects with new budgets.
He continued: “Considering the assistance of the honorable minister in the field of increasing financial support, reducing the corona courier and normalizing the situation, we can hope for a boom in documentary production and animation next year.”
Hamidi Moghaddam announced the interaction with various institutions and organs: In order to create employment for documentarians and cooperate with institutions and organs to attract capital and co-produce luxury documentaries with the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, we have started a series of collaborations.
* The movie budget goes from the center
Hamidi Moghaddam, referring to the focus of film production at the Farabi Cinema Foundation on the budget allocated to the center for film production, said: “The budget line is clear, that budget line will be removed.” According to Mr. Khazaei, we will increase the budget in the documentary and animation section. By focusing on the production of films outside the capital and in different parts of Iran and paying attention to education throughout the country in the field of documentary, we will receive the appropriate budget.
He said about holding training workshops in 1401: “Focusing on teaching filmmaking online and holding specialized workshops in the field of animation and documentary is one of next year’s programs.” We try to have educational planning for different parts of Iran and deprived areas, so that young people and interested people who are in different cities and villages and do not have access to the center, enjoy educational and cultural justice. They can be filmmakers who, based on their culture and ecology, bring up topics and issues that are new and engaging to the audience. Documentaries and animations that are both historical documents and can be screened at the “Reality Cinema” and television festivals.
* Supporting the international distribution of documentaries and animations
Referring to the importance of international distribution of documentaries and animations, Hamidi Moghaddam said: “Private offices and the public sector are active in this field. We welcome cooperation with offices and friends who have professional standards to distribute our works.” We have artistic and identity facilities and credibility, and the cooperation of these institutions with us also helps to introduce them. We hope to monetize and earn money by implementing this plan. Our focus is not only on festivals, we want the center’s products to connect with the audience and the people of Iran and other countries.
He said about the continuation of the “Screening of Truth” project: “After the experience of holding the” Truth Cinema “festival online, we came to the conclusion that we can offer the center’s products online.” We started with the site and platform that collaborated with us at the festival. At the same time as the online screening, we were supposed to continue the gigantic form of documentaries. The program was ready to start a new phase in March, we wanted to add cinemas to the screening cycle, which required a screening license. But something new happened in March. By order of the head of the cinema organization, a new mission was defined for the center, and we were given the screening of art and experimental films.
Hamidi Moghaddam added: “Considering the numerous previous missions and holding the 16th” Reality Cinema “festival physically and online, we could not accept a big responsibility such as screening art and experimental films. It took two months and the plan between the center and the cinema organization was reviewed.” At the end of March, with the emphasis and support of the head of the Cinema Organization, the Development Center became the agent to implement the “Art and Experience” project.
* “Art and experience” is not closed
The managing director of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animation Cinema continued: “The screening of artistic and experimental films at the Iranian Institute of Art and Experience Cinema began in 1992.” This project and its idea belong to the Cinema Organization and the Iranian Institute of Art and Experience was the executor. Our friends worked hard in “Art and Experience”. They created an identity and caused the art films that were left behind to be screened. “Art and Experience” belongs to Iranian cinema.
He said: “With Mr. Khazaei coming to the cinema organization, there was always talk of preserving” art and experience “and continuing to screen artistic and experimental films.” It is important that this capital of Iranian cinema is not destroyed. “Art and experience” will be preserved and further supported, the word “art and experience” is the capital of the cinema organization and has led to the discovery of many talents, so it is important to preserve and protect. What should not hurt is the continued showing of these films to the audience.
Hamidi Moghaddam continued: “With the promise and support of Mr. Khazaei, we will not have any interruptions during the screening of” Art and Experience “films, they will be added to the theaters.” There is also a screening cycle of documentaries, shorts and animations. Even films that are in the duality of experimental cinema and body will find their way into this new definition. Like the movie “Skin” that is on the screen these days. The whole thing is the same, we hope to have innovations and innovations to promote “art and experience”. A new policy council will be added to the group, and a specific person will be appointed.
The director of the center emphasized: the films, like the previous cycle, are reviewed in the council and selected for screening. Licensed films fall into this cycle as before. We will continue film review sessions, film screenings, news coverage, and streamlining of film screenings in Art and Experience.
Hamidi Moghaddam said about the addition of “Screening of Truth” to this cycle: “Considering the increase of halls and interest in showing the capillary of our products in different centers and different regions of Iran,” Art and Experience “is a new capacity for” Screening of Truth “. It is important for us that people who are interested in creating cultural hangouts for documentary screenings join us in implementing this project.
In another part of his speech about the process of screening films in “Art and Experience”, he said: “Whether the form of screening is longitudinal and in the same way, or with the increase of theaters, the chances of showing films and the way of screening takes a new form, needs further investigation.” The new Art and Experience group will research and engage in discussions with all broadcasters and filmmakers with experience in Art and Experience, pathology and expertise to get the best out of it.
Mohammad Hamidi Moghaddam continued: “Considering the completion of the work of our colleagues and friends at the Institute of Art and Experience, the crowds at the end of the year and the missions we have to complete in the center, the beginning of the Nowruz holiday and films whose contracts have already been registered. The previous program continues and the display cycle does not stop. After that, with the publication of the procedures and the establishment of the councils, a new era will begin, with the screening of new films from Eid al-Fitr.
The CEO of the center emphasized: Due to this short pre-production time, we hope to repair ourselves over time and over time. Examine the problems and experience new ways of screening and distributing art films.
At the end of his speech about “Art and Experience”, Hamidi Moghaddam said: “In the new form of” Art and Experience “, the Development Center is in charge of holding this project, but there are various distribution companies that produce art films but do not screen them. These companies are active. They can enter the cycle of cooperation with us, we will consider an advertising and screening support for each film that is on the screening table of “Art and Experience”, we will have a facility council, any distribution company can use this cooperation, Release the film himself, but enjoy support due to his contract with us. Use “art and experience” cinemas, material rights belong to him, it is an incentive, private offices that sell best-selling films and body cinema, among them, will screen different and artistic works. They support young filmmakers and the screening space is diversified. These rules and regulations will be published soon.
* Filmmakers can also apply for “Art and Experience”
He further emphasized: Filmmakers who are the producers and investors of their films, can interact and talk directly with the center, can fill in the screening form on the site and apply for screening in “Art and Experience”. If accepted by the council, he will receive support.
Hamidi Moghaddam added: “In the form of” art and experience “, we consider the online section as an important capacity. Of course, this section has been before, maybe we will create a new opportunity, some films will enter the second category from the beginning, that is, instead of physical screening, they will enter the online screening from the beginning. This is done by interacting with the creator of the work.
The managing director of the center continued: in the new form of screening “Art and Experience”, for each filmmaker, we consider a portal for each filmmaker so that the way of screening his film is clear and traceable. The number of theaters, daily ticket sales and issues in this regard are provided directly to the filmmaker to have a clear picture of the show and the audience of his film.
Regarding the new “Art and Experience” policy-making council, he said: “This council, like the previous” Art and Experience “council, is composed of professional, credible and trustworthy cinematographers.” “Art and experience” retains its identity, and our intention is to add to its richness and credibility. Whether we are or not, it is important to continue on this path.
* The beginning of the work of the 16th Cinema Truth Festival Council
Mohammad Hamidi Moghaddam said about the beginning of the work of the councils of the 16th “Haghighat Cinema” festival: Mr. Khazaei emphasized that when the festivals are over, the organizers, after a short rest, start pathology and study the issues of the previous festival and plan to start a new one. In the center, we joined the Fajr Film Festival’s team after the 15th Cinema Reality Festival, and in March, the 16th Festival’s council started working, holding several meetings to discuss the regulations and the call and to eliminate the damages of the previous period. We exchanged views. God willing, the call for the festival in April 1401 will be announced and all the rules and regulations will be explained clearly.
In the end, he said: “In April of next year, we will announce the procedures for attracting the work and approving the project, so that respected filmmakers and artists who wish to cooperate with the center can visit the site and present their work.”
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