INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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
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
