Interview with Hamid Kakasoltani, Member of the Jury
Iran Theater-Actor, director, writer and critic of cinema and theater and lecturer, Hamid Kakasoltani with Simin Amirian and Majid Amrai, is the jurors of Faragir section, a part of the 42nd FITF.
He hopes that Faragir section will be held in Fadjr in the coming years and he thinks that for artists with disabilities, attending the festival will help improve their lives and self-confidence and understand equal opportunities in life, and if Faragir section is held in the coming years, this will have many positive social and artistic consequences.
For the first time, Faragir competition section was added to the festival and it is being held with the support of State Welfare Organization of Iran organization wirh the aim of equalizing opportunities, social gathering and maximum participation of people with disabilities.
Hamid Kakasoltani said: "Theater festivals for people with disabilities have been held for many years under the supervision and support of the Welfare Organization. But, the general director of Dramatic Arts and the artistic director of the 42nd Fadjr Theater Festival supported so that the section was added to the Fadjr. This is a human action and one of the good features of 42nd FITF, and I must remind that we are at the beginning of a brilliant movement. And if Faragir section is held in the coming years, this will have many positive social and artistic consequences. "
He further said: "The first achievement of this event is to make people aware of the conditions of artists with disabilities. These performances share the human issues and the problems and limitations of this people and create a proper connection between the general audience and the world of disabled people. Creating comfortable facilities for the disabled should be done so that they can easily attend theaters as artists and audience. There is serious attention to creating comfort facilities nowadays."
This artist pointed out that the Fajr festival performances are selected from regional festivals: "Very professional people work with people with disabilities, and I must say that I was amazed by the works, because they have used all the aesthetic elements such as music, stage and costume very professionally. As the jury, we saw a committed art from them that has a lot of social understanding and touches the emotions of the audience."
Kakasultani also explained about Drama therapy: "Theatre is an applied art ; Every art has an aesthetic dimension and You should look at the theater with the aim of entertaining the audience; But theater can be both entertaining and healing. Drama therapy use many techniques for treatment. In fact, disabled artists get together and rehearsals for a few months, it makes them come out of isolation and many of their problems are solved over time."
He considered the presence of people with disabilities in the Fadjr as an experience that makes social happiness and their family can change as well: "It helps to improve the lives of them."
