Signing of the memorandum of understanding for holding the 35th International Festival of Children and Youth Films

According to Fars news agency, in the meeting between the CEO of Farabi Foundation and the mayor of Isfahan, which was held on Monday evening, December 14, hosted by Isfahan Municipality; Seyed Mehdi Javadi, CEO of Farabi Cinema Foundation and Secretary of the International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents, expressing his satisfaction with the interaction that took place to continue Isfahan’s hosting of this film event, said: At the beginning of accepting responsibility in Farabi, after evaluating the festival, we came to the conclusion that in the years Recently, the festival has not been able to help the production process of children’s cinema, and we had to come up with an executive solution for this issue.

He added: “Several expert meetings were held on the pathology of the 34-year festival process, and we examined the model of several similar international festivals, and we held several meetings with experts about the idea of ​​holding the festival twice a year, and finally we came to the conclusion that Holding it every 2 years overshadows both the production and the whole of the festival.

The secretary of the International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents continued: Of course, if we were going to proceed in the same way as before, it would not work for us in Farabi to pay for the production of a few microwaved films with a deadline to be shown only at the festival, but this method is not for The festival and not for the whole cinema of children and teenagers did not have any special income.

The CEO of Farabi pointed out: In expert investigations, we came up with the idea of ​​creating a support fund for children and youth cinema so that we can operationally and with the participation of the host province and other investors revive the production path in children and youth cinema together with the festival, and from this point of view, the festival also Find your influence.

He continued: The next important issue was the need to change the way of hosting the children’s and youth festival, and we insisted that the host cities should not have a provincial view of this national and international event. .

At the end of his speech, Javadi stated: We believe that the International Film Festival for children and teenagers is the most important film event in the country, because if we provide good and useful cultural food for children and teenagers, we have built the future of the country.

According to this report, in the continuation of this meeting, Isfahan Mayor Ali Qasimzadeh said: while respecting the memory belonging to the city of Isfahan, we should know that we have a national and transnational mission towards the International Film Festival for Children and Teenagers.

He stated that we will be happy to hold the International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents when all the children of Iran and the world are waiting for this biggest cultural event in the field of children and adolescents, and said: The International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents should be like the World Cup. Expect a global audience.

The mayor of Isfahan emphasized: Although the city of Isfahan will also benefit from the holding of the international film festival for children and teenagers, measures must be taken by the Isfahan municipality so that a trans-city, national and trans-national perspective will govern this festival.

He stated that although Isfahan Municipality will be a shareholder of the children and youth film support fund, he said: We should have a national and transnational view in this sector and play a supporting role towards all children and youth filmmakers in the national arena.

The mayor of Isfahan, reemphasizing that the holding of the international festival of films for children and teenagers will add value to the great city of Isfahan, said: a series of plans should be formulated that after 35 years of successful holding of the festival, this festival will gradually take its special place in the international arena. to achieve

Ghasemzadeh said: We hope to witness a good and strong festival with the good design that Farabi Cinema Foundation has made for the festival.

Also, in this meeting, some members of the Isfahan City Council expressed their happiness for the continuation of the International Festival of Children and Youth Films in Isfahan, and thanked the Farabi Cinema Foundation for the continuation of the festival in Isfahan, and emphasized the further prosperity of the festival.

Massoud Ahmadian, Farabi’s cultural deputy head, Mojtabi Shahmoradizadeh, Isfahan municipality’s cultural deputy, Farzaneh Kolahdozan and Ali Salehi, members of the Isfahan city council, Ali Tamnai, director general of Islamic guidance in Tehran province, Ehsan Hoshiargar, Farabi’s public relations director, and a number of urban and cultural officials of Isfahan were present. were in this meeting.

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