The 30th Edition
The 30th FADJR International Theater Festival was held from 25 Jan-11 Feb, 2012 with Rahmat Amini as secretary of the festival in Tehran , Astana Ashrafieh, Bojnourd, Bandar Anzali, Rasht, Karaj, Gorgan and Lahijan.
Mohamad Jahani Moghadam designed the official poster of the 30th FITF inspired by Clay Emoticons by Mehdi Haidari.
The venues were as follows: Theater City Complex, Sangelaj Theater complex, Molavi Hall, Hafez Hall, Artists Forum, Mehr Hall, Iranshahr Theater Complex, Mehrab Hall, Samandarian Hall, Iran University.
Street Section: area of City Theater Complex,area of Golestan Palace Bagh Honar Park, Laleh Park and parking of Vahdat Hall .
Play Reading Section: Namayesh Workshop in The City Theater complex
Pardeh -Khani is a new section which added to the festival. Pardeh-khani is a kind of Naghali, in that form Naghal tells the story based on the pictures.
The number of performances in the various sections is as follows: 21 shows in Review section 2012, 21 shows in International section ,9 Works in the Perspective of Iranian Theater in 2011, , 13 shows in Festival of Festivals section, 9 shows in Guest Section,9 shows in New Experiment section 12 shows in selected production of Theater Festivals , 15 works of competition- International section(4 works from France, 2 works from Italy, 1 work from Germany, 1 work from Switzerland, 1 work from Tunisia, 1 work from Azerbaijan, 1 work from Japan, 1 work from Turkey, 1 work from China and 1 work from Iran And Hungary),24 works in the street section , one show in Environment section , 21 works in Fadjr Province Section)( one work from Turkey, one show from Azerbaijan and one show from France) and 14 shows in Radio section and 9 works in play reading section .
Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini (Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Hamid Shah-Abadi (Deputy Minister of Art of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the time) and Mohamad Ali Shahni-Dashtgholi (Director of Performing Arts) , Rahmat Amini ( Secretary of Festival) had sent messages to the festival.
10 daily Bulletins were published by management of Omid Biniaz. The Book of the 30th FITF had been published.
10 play books, , some books such Facing Mirrors (Selected posters of 30th FITF), Third Iranian Bazaar Theater Book were published.
Some events were held during the 30th FITF included : 4 Workshops at Sangelaj Theater Complex, City Theater Complex and Vahdat Hall, photos Exhibition at Artists Forum , Posters Exhibition at Artists Forum and five Special Meeting at City Theater complex were held.
Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ismail Khalaj, Shirin Bozorgmehr and Ahmad Joulaie were honored. The third Iranian theater market, managed by Nasim Solimanpour, was held on the second floor of the Vahdat Hall.
The 30th FITF included competitive sections:
International Competition: Music, Stage Design, Female Acting, Male Acting, Director and Grand Prix and special Jury Award.
Street Section : Music, Costume Design, Female Acting, Male Acting, Design and Idea, Directing & Audience Award
Radio and Television Sections and Photography and poster sections were competitive as well.
The opening ceremony of the festival was held at the City Theater Complex and the closing ceremony of Iranian theater section (photo, street, radio and poster section) took place at the main hall of the Iranshahr Theater Complex . The closing ceremony of the International Competition and Commemoration was held in Vahdat Hall.