The 42d Fadjr International Theater Festival kicks off with celebrating artists
Iran Theater-The Fadjr Theater Festival Kicks off with the winners of four sections: "Radio Drama", "Television plays", "Playwriting" and "Research".
On January 21, a grand opening ceremony of Fadjr Festival took place in Tehran in the hall of Nazerzadeh Kermani ,Iranshahr Theater Complex. The opening ceremony was attended by Mahmoud Salari (art affair deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Kazem Nazari (Director General of Dramatic Arts Center of Iran), Mehdi Hamed Saghaian (the artistic director of festival), Esrafil Farajollahi (CEO of Dramatic Arts Association of Iran), Gholamreza Nemati (Executive Deputy of the General Department of Dramatic Arts), Ismaeel Khalaj, Davood Fathali Baygi, Jalil Farjad, Hoshang Tavakoli, Mikael Shahrashtani, Bahram Ebrahimi, Mahmoud Farhang, Masoud Forootan, Farhad Besharti, Ayoub Aghakhani' and a group of other artists.
Prizes were awarded to the winners of four categories: "Radio Drama", "Television Plays", "Playwriting" and "Research".
At the opening ceremony, the artistic director of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival, Mehdi Hamed Saghaian, gave a welcoming speech. In his speech he noted the different sections of 2024 FITF.
“In the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival, there is a student section, and I hope that after a long time the university theater festival will be reopen next year."
Hoshang Tavakoli, Mahmoud Salari and Mahmoud Shalowi presented Art orders-first class ( PhD equivalent) to Jalil Farjad, Abolfazl Mirahmadi, Hossein Nouri, Davood Dadashi, Qom-alddin Ghasemi, Moslem Ghasemi, Manouchehr Rahimi and Mahmoud Farhang.
"The Board of Art orders-first class has a preliminary board that reviews the primary variables.", Mahmoud Salari said about Recipients of the order. He went on to say: " "It is important that main characteristics such as student training, the constant presence and lifetime of efforts are reviewed and referred to the upstream council and representatives of various and supervisory institutions, in which experts of all fields are present. And strong rules are the basis . It has a clear process, and since this Art order is equivalent to a PhD degree, the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology also supervises it. "
He emphasized: "We have to keep the hope of people high . This country and its art are for the people. "
The first winner, diploma of honor and cash prize of the research competition were awarded to Mohammadreza Rasouli for the research "The role of theater festivals in cultural policy-making based on the theory of event policy ".
The first prize , diploma of honor and cash prize went to Mohammad Mir- Aliakbari for writing the play "The Cherry Orchard" from Tehran. The National Identity Award of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival afford to Ali Ghorbani, the producer of the television play "Memory Highway" for addressing the character of General Qassem Soleimani. The first prize of the festival and cash prize of the radio drama section went to Bahram Nouri for directing "Karbala Pass" from Gilan province.
The 42nd FITF will be running until February 1.
