TEHRAN-- A Syrian cultural delegation met the organizers of Irans International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss ways to collaborate with the event.The delegation led by the Syrian Deputy Information Minister, Ahmad Dawa, who is also the director general of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), held a meeting with the director of the celebration, Jalal Ghaffari, and Mohammad Hosseini, the director of the Association of the Revolution and Sacred Defense Cinema, the organizer of the festival.Cooperation on joint movie tasks about Islamic resistance and mutual interests in cinema were discussed at the meeting.
Portraying the Syrian war, which was launched with the aim of terminating the security and civilization in the country, is of essential importance, Dawa stated.
Films can play a crucial role in revealing a real picture of what is going on in Syria and the after-effects of the hostile acts of the West and Western media versus the Syrian individuals, he added.For his part, Hosseini stated, There is terrific potential for producing brief and function films and documentaries, especially in resistance cinema.
By combining and making use of the potentials and abilities of the 2 counties, we can produce quality operate in the resistance movie theater, he added.Ghaffari said that the 17th edition of the International Resistance Film Festival will be held next year in the Iranian calendar and welcomed Syrian filmmakers to go to the event.He called the festival an irreversible and vibrant cultural current of the Islamic world, and added, This conference could produce good results and blessings for Iranian and Syrian filmmakers.
This is the 2nd time within the past six months that a Syrian cultural delegation has checked out Iran.
Syrian Culture Minister Lubanah Mshaweh and a group of her assistants checked out Iran previously last September to go over arrangements for an Iranian cultural week that consequently was held in Damascus.
Mshaweh likewise held meetings with numerous Iranian authorities, consisting of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) director Mohammad-Mekdi Imani.She stated that Syria is ready to coordinate with Iran on film tasks, and added that her country has an interest in gaining from Iranian filmmakers experiences.There are many people in Syria that can speak Persian, Mshaweh said, and included that Damascus University introduced a department for the Persian language in 2008, which has actually taught lots of students.She applauded the Iranian Cultural Center in Syria for its fantastic endeavors to promote the Persian language.Photo: A Syrian cultural delegation satisfies the organizers of Irans International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran on January 24, 2023.
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