The national server of cinema and acting system will be launched

Charso Press: According to the General Department of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, an intimate meeting of artists and cinematographers of Semnan province was held today (June 31) in the presence of the head of the country’s cinema organization, director general of culture and Islamic guidance of Semnan province.

At the beginning of this meeting, Mohammad Khazaei, the head of the country’s cinema organization, said: “Semnan is the 20th provincial trip of cinema directors in order to investigate and follow up cinema problems, while before the 13th government, the missions of the organization were not defined at this level. The provincial trips and the field presence of the film officials in the provinces were based on a justice-oriented approach, besides, this issue is considered one of my personal concerns.

He added: Paying attention to the provinces in the field of infrastructure, education and human resources development is not a slogan and important events are definitely taking place.

Referring to the lack of cinemas in more than 200 cities with a population of 50,000, Khazaei said: Unfortunately, apparently, cinemas have not been prioritized in the country’s development plans, while cinemas and theaters are cultural development and indicators of development. Currently, there is a serious demand for the construction of a cinema in Tehran and Shahrestan.

He said: Since the beginning of the 13th government, 200 movie theaters have been put into operation, and by the next quarter (by the end of September), another 50 theaters will be put into operation, and I have made a promise to myself to increase this number to 1,000 theaters by the end of the four-year term of the government (1404). We will deliver and fulfill our promises.

The head of the cinema organization said regarding the equipping of the cinema halls: We do not make slogans in the field of equipping, and in the first resolution of the Cinema Council, 180 billion was decided to equip the young cinema centers, and the infrastructure of this budget is being prepared, and I assure that it will be allocated to this sector by the end of the year. find

He stated that the interpretation of some artists regarding the existence of an obstacle in the way of city cinematographers and their forced migration to Tehran is correct, he emphasized: In the cinema organization, we are trying to plan to create some advantages and structures in the provinces, and in this context, We intend to create a platform for the introduction of provincial producers, use provincial capacities more and implement staffing and structural changes in the field of provincial cinema by benefiting from provincial and local factors even in the stages of broadcasting and screening. In the first film club plan, the main coefficient and quota belongs to the province. Also, in the field of acting, a system is being prepared at the Farabi Cinema Foundation.

Khazaei mentioned free filmmaking education in a number of provinces, planning for a wider presence of provincial cinematographers in the country’s national and international festivals as other supporting incentives in this field and said: “Cinema in the world is undergoing transformation and transformation.” With the arrival of metaverse and artificial intelligence, a revolution is taking place in the field of cinema and image technology, in which case filmmaking and its genre will change in the near future. The head of the cinema organization emphasized: Cinema in the future will enter a new world by using new technologies and the capacity of artificial intelligence. You must prepare the country’s cinema to face new phenomena. Currently, the third stream of cinema must prepare itself for a revolution. Prepare new in the field of cinema.

In this meeting, he announced the launch of the national cinema server and stated: With the efforts of Cinemashahr and the help of knowledge-based companies and domestic technicians, the national server is being prepared, and the process of creating and launching it has taken more than a year.

He stated that due to the sudden increase in prices and the lack of competition in the supply of cinema servers, the organization has put several servers with higher quality and more affordable prices on the agenda in order to support Sharif moviegoers. And in this field, knowledge-based companies and domestic technicians reached achievements with the help of Cinemashahr, the news of which will be announced soon.

The head of the cinema organization continued: The organization of advertising and commercial cinema is currently on the agenda of the cinema organization in order to provide financial support and advertising for the country’s cinemas, because this capacity can be supported by attracting advertising and financing and practical resources. It will be good for movie theater owners in the country, especially in the provinces.

He called the follow-up for the establishment of the National Animation Foundation as one of the important plans of the cinema organization, which will be realized soon.

Khazaei added: “Industrial animation is money-making, attractive and dignified in the development of culture and communication diplomacy, and paying attention to this industry is one of the priorities of the cinema organization, which will bring many national and international interests.”

He continued: Creating short film hangouts in the provinces will create a new space in cinema.

The head of the country’s cinema organization considered the revival of the provincial cinema council as one of the measures to identify and support the interests of cinema in the provinces.

Khazaei continued: Filmmaking does not rely only on facilities, many famous films in the world were made without facilities. The problem of today’s cinema is in the way of thinking and looking, and the problem that afflicts our cinema is the lack of spirituality.

In the continuation of this meeting, Farshid Fallah, Director General of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Semnan province, considered the cinema structure in the cultural and Islamic guidance departments of the provinces to be weak and said: This structure is much weaker in Semnan.

He added: The cinema structure in Semnan is managed by only one force and this structure needs more support and strengthening for the development and promotion of cinema.

Appreciating the support of the cinema organization in the provinces in the recent period, he said: In 1401, the cinema organization was the only deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance whose support was fully implemented, and with this support, various programs in the field of cinema in the province Semnan was formed.

Fallah described the cinematographic and geographical capacities of Semnan province and said: This province, having natural capacities such as rivers, forests, deserts, etc., can easily be used in the production of cinematographic films.

He also pointed to the existence of prominent figures and cinema activists of Semnan province and said: This province has offered famous cinema figures to Iran and it is a sign of the capability of Semnan province in the field of cinema art.

The General Director of Islamic Culture and Guidance of Semnan province also mentioned the holding of the congress of generals and three thousand martyrs of Semnan province in 1403 and said: the production of 10 short films on the topic of holy defense and a feature film in this area is in the program, which needs support from It is a cinema assistant.

It should be mentioned that Mohammadreza Soukandi, Director General of Legal, Assembly and Provinces of the organization, Yazdan Ashiri, Advisor to the head of the organization and General Director of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, Mehdi Azarpandar, CEO of the Iranian Youth Cinema Association, and Hashem Mirzakhani, the CEO of Cinema Shahr, accompanied the head of the Cinema Organization in this trip.