The Twenty and First Edition
The 21th FADJR International Theater Festival was held from 21 Jan to 2 Feb , 2003 with Majid Sharif-khodai as secretary of the festival.
The official poster was designed by Hossein Khosrowjerdi.
The main venues included:Stage section: City Theater Complex, Sangelaj Theater Complex, Molavi Hall , Wahdat Hall, Koochak Hall and Honar Hall
Street Theater Section: Honar Park (Artists Forum), 17 Shahrivar 17 park, Al-Mahdi park (Azadi Square), Avesta park, Bahman park, Khajavi Kermani park, Daneshjoo Park, Razi park, Rahahan Park, Saei park, Park Shahr , Gheytarieh park, Laleh park ,(Amphitheater , Flower Market), Mellat park , Tehran University.
Alaveyeh Tazyieh Section:Hosseinieh Tarasht
The number of performances in the various sections is as follows: 43 works in the competition section, 21 plays in out of competition, 44 works in street section, 10 works in international section (2 shows from Germany, 2 shows from England, 2 shows from Denmark, 2 works from Italy, 2 works from Turkey, 2 works from Scotland, 2 works from Canada, 2 works from Switzerland and 2 works from India), , 22 shows in Stage-University section, 6 works in International-University Section(3 works from Azerbaijan, 1 work from Iraq, 1 work from Croatia and 1 work from France), 9 shows in review section including a co-production from Iran and Germany , 10 shows in Alaviyeh Taziyeh Section and 8 shows in Play Reading Section. Play Section Section was added in this edition.
Ahmad Masjid Jamei (Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Morteza Kazemi (Deputy Minister of Art Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance) and Majid Sharif- Khodaei (Secretary) had sent a message to the festival.
10 daily Bulletins was published by management of Seyed Afshin Hashemi.and The catalog of the 21th FITF had been published under the supervision of Masood Pakdel as editor-in-chief
.26 plays were reviewed in this edition.
At the 21th FITF some events were held such as In Search for Audiences Seminar , Traditional Versus Modernism Seminar , Shakespeare's Dramatic Structure in in Iranian Artists Forum, Improvisation and Acting Creativity in City Theater Complex, Scene Design Workshop at Vahdat Hall, light Design Workshop at City Theater Complex, , Model Replica Stage Exhibition at Vahdat Hall, Photo Exhibition, Replica Design and Painting Photo Exhibition of a Decade Photography Competition at City Theater Complex. In the twenty-first edition, commemoration of Mehdi Fathi and Fakhri Khorvash had been held.
The festival gave awards in these fields: play , playwriting, Directing, Male Acting, Female Acting, Scene Design, Music, Audience Favorite, and Design and Idea and music ritual in street theater section and poster competition. 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. The opening ceremony of the street Theater and stage section was held at the City Theater Complex and the closing ceremony of the stage section was held at the Vahdat Hall and the closing ceremony of street Theater section was at city Theater complex.