Salari: When theater is strengthened, cinema and serialization will be strengthened

According to Fars news agency, Mahmoud Salari, the deputy of artistic affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in an interview with Radio Show, said about the 42nd Fajr International Theater Festival: When a big event like the festival takes place, the events surrounding it are also important and should be paid attention to. to be Especially since the number of awards we give in the festival is many and the disciplines are also many, if we are going to hold all of them in the closing ceremony, the program will be long and boring. Therefore, the friends preferred to have an opening and introduce their winners in the sections that can be evaluated before the festival.

Theater is the infrastructure of cinema

He also stated about the expectations and atmosphere of the country’s theater: theater means thought, thought and growth in all media fields; When theater is strengthened, cinema, television and even serial production in the private sector will also be strengthened. We really have to take the theater seriously and this is not a slogan, but a serious approach that every time our theater has grown and flourished, our prominent people came to cinema and television and were their helpers. Whenever we were not paying attention to the theater, we also witnessed a sharp drop in thought in other media productions. Therefore, any government that comes to work must take theater seriously, and we are no exception, because this is what we believe. In addition, I myself am from the people of the theater and I deeply believe this; I hope we can bring the theater to its true position. Of course, there have always been economic and budgetary contractions and we must try to overcome these conditions.

The deputy of artistic affairs further explained about the changes of this period and the coincidence of the opening with the first day of the festival: the limitation of halls and time in the Fajr festival is limited due to the fact that three festivals of music, visual and theater are held in the deputy of art, and we have no other choice. . This is not our ideal, but our capabilities. All the groups had to prepare their works and the judges had to prepare their works. The works of the city had to arrive and we thought about all the available models. But this is what we can do, and we hope that this shortcoming of the opening with the first day of the festival will be resolved.

The Ministry of Culture cannot be indifferent to the student theater festival

He continued: Among the measures we thought of for this year’s festival was that after the closure of the student theater festival, a serious defect was created and it has not been performed for several years. The Performing Arts Center and the Ministry of Culture and Guidance cannot be indifferent in this way, because we have many capable and talented young people who are interested in having their work performed and seen. With the same idea that we had with our colleagues in the cultural deputy of the Ministry of Science, the student festival came to the Fajr festival. Our goal was not to crowd the festival, but our intention was that either the student festival be revived by the Ministry of Science or Ershad be in charge of it, which fortunately happened. There were good results in the Gaza section, and it was the same in the international section.

Salari also stated about the accommodation of city groups: due to financial issues and also the facilities we have in Tehran, it is not possible for the groups to stay in Tehran for a long time and they must return to their city immediately after the performance. This is one of the requirements of the festival in a short time frame that exists in all festivals.

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