Khazaei: Cinema is not a narrative of blackness and bitterness / The artist’s mission is to inject hope into society

According to Fars News Agency, the closing ceremony of the ninth film and photo week of Ardabil Youth Cinema Association and the eighth Mehr Ardabil Provincial Film Festival was attended by Mohammad Khazaei, head of the country’s cinema organization, and a group of cinema directors, officials and filmmakers. Was held in Ardabil Women’s Cultural Center.

According to the General Office of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, in this ceremony, Mohammad Khazaei, referring to the remarkable creativity and ideation of cinematographers in Ardabil province in preparing and distributing teasers and clips, said: It is considered to be seen by artists.

He added: Ardabil province has a significant wealth in terms of manpower in the field of filmmaking, but in terms of infrastructure and cinema hall is facing deprivations. Therefore, by the end of the thirteenth government, with the support and cooperation of the Cinema Organization, the Governor’s Office, the General Directorate of Culture and Guidance and the executive organs of the province, we intend to seriously plan for the construction of equipped, modern and up-to-date halls. Have more.

He stated that it is necessary for filmmakers to work on narration and illustration with self-awareness and knowledge of the values ​​of their community, city and province: The mission of the artist is to inject hope into society. With capital, it is hoped that the transformations of society can be developed and exalted.

He continued: “Society and people do not tolerate despairing cinema and contrary to social and family values, and perhaps one of the most important reasons for the distance between people and family from cinemas, along with the general conditions of the post-Crown era, is some of the same irrelevant content.”

According to him, the sacred institution of the family is manifested and given meaning with concepts and ethics such as empathy, hope, the spirit of cooperation and social cooperation, and our cinema should narrate the values ​​of the family and strengthen and elevate it.

Khazaei said that the society welcomes beautiful, inspiring and epic images and said: “Make a beautiful image, go to filmmaking with a precise society and worldview.” Cinema is not the story of blacks and bitterness. The truth of art, according to the elders, is to create holes of hope and light.

The head of the cinema organization stated: Cinema can play a significant role in reducing or even increasing social harms.

He continued: “Cinema may incite the ominous phenomenon of modernism by showing and inducing Western lifestyles, which, if neglected by artists and the elites of society, will lead to a change in the identity of national, historical, religious and transformation society in the long run.”

Khazaei stated that cinema, television and the medium of the media have the function of a double-edged sword that, if neglected and neglected, damages the cultural identity and moral system of society, and therefore cinema, the system of visual works, is important.

He noted: “Unfortunately, at times, it seems that works have been produced in cinema that are in line with the current of modernism and consumerism and the spread of Western lifestyles.” This may not have happened consciously, but the frequency of these works has served such thinking.

The head of the cinema organization emphasized: we should try to highlight Islamic and Iranian life based on religious teachings and cultural structures of our society and history in cinematic works, and we should revive the movement of returning to ourselves in Iranian cinema.

In the continuation of this ceremony, Mehdi Azarpendar, CEO of the Young Cinema of the country, stated: 12 years have passed since the last nationwide equipping of the offices of the Young Cinema Association and we are trying to equip the offices of the Young Cinema Association throughout the country with the efforts of the 13th government. By the end of this year, good things will happen in this area.

Referring to the special talents of the province, he called for more cinematographers.

Abdullah Bahr al-Ulumi, Director General of Islamic Culture and Guidance of Ardabil Province, also said about the works that made it to the final part of the festival: 98 films have been screened in this festival, of which 47 films made it to the competition section and 17 films in documentary, fiction and Animation was selected as the best and the factors of these works were appreciated.

He added: “Holding the ninth week of film and photo of the province’s youth cinema and the eighth Mehr Ardabil provincial film festival with a five-year delay is a source of pride and joy. Let’s continue with more strength and power.

It is worth mentioning that the sister of martyr Shahin Ghadiri Masoumi, one of the activists of Ardabil cinema, was honored in this festival.

It is worth mentioning that in this ceremony, Yazdan Ashiri, Asghar Farsi and Mohammad Reza Soghandi accompanied the head of the cinema organization.

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