The 16th Edition
The 16th FADJR International Theater Festival was held from 6-16 February , 1998. Hossein Salimi was appointed as secretary of the 16th FITF.
The number of performances in the various sections is as follows: 31 works in the competition section, 18 works in street section, 12 works in the special section, 4 works in the ritual and traditional section, 12 works in Festival of Festivals section, 10 works in the young section, 5 works in the guest section and 5 works in Tele- Theatre Section. young and Tele- Theatre Section were innovations of this edition.
The 12 performances of special section had been reviewed in the Rudaki, Vahdat and Qashqai Theater Complex.
Conference on Theater Language and Identity,Theater and Language Identity meeting, a reflective meeting on the status and meeting about impact of festivals on theater and lectures about Tele- theater were held at Rodaki Hall, Andrishe Hall and the Marlik Hotel.
The festival gave awards in these fields: Playwriting, directing, actress, actor. The closing ceremony took place at Vahdat Hall. The National Theater Critics Association announced their winners as well. During this festival, the judgment of the playwriting section was based on the plays that performed.