From Tahmasb to Sadr, a festival with only $ 5 billion in budget

According to the Mehr correspondent, the press conference of the second “Adolescent” cyberspace festival was held tonight on Tuesday, March 23, with the participation of Zahra Mohseni Far, a member of the Policy Council, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, head of the jury and Hamid Emami.

Emami, the festival's secretary, said: “In May of the year, the festival will be held in the decade of dignity. The festival is for teens under the age of 5 in cyberspace. The subject of this year's festival is hope and we are waiting for the works of hope and good.

He added: The first part is any video production up to 5 seconds. Teenagers can produce their work in the field of motion graphics, animation, video, and every template. We have another section that is made with artificial intelligence and we have a special section called the Persian Gulf and production must be in this field.

The festival's secretary also said about the awards: We have a physical award this year; The first person receives the laptop, the second camera, and the third mobile phone to help produce their work.

He pointed to the presence of adolescents: More than 5 % of the festival members are in the Adolescent Secretariat. Even part of the festival's selection board is a teenager.

Then, Mohsenifar, a member of the Policy Council, said: “The festival is being held to do something with teenagers, not to do something for them, but to help them.

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia announced the names of the referees: The referees who have worked for or have been influential in the field have been selected that Rasool Sadr Ali, Iraj Tahmasb, Azita Hajian, Bahram Azimi, Amin Zendegani and Sheila Khodadad are.

Imami went on to say about how to teach the festival: “We have a pre -production mentoring stage and we have a post -production step.

He added: The festival's approach to teenagers is very forward. Last year we had teenagers who read and performed in the form of rap.

Emami, referring to the output of these works, said: “We had products that we sent to the television networks they use and to be broadcast.

Sharifinia then said about his criteria for evaluating the works: The criterion of image work is like cinema, the first screenplay and the later structure, but what teens are going to do is a critical job. In the literature we have a poem and a sonnet, and we have a quatrain where you have to convey a philosophy in two bits. After all the years I have worked in this field, I have realized that the best thing is the short film because a short and succinct work always has an impact.

The actor and producer stated: All the poems that are said in the form of quatrain are in the mind. I have been making short films with directors for about a few years and have subjects that are made in 5 minutes. At the festival, of course, the works are set to be produced in 5 seconds and are the hardest job for children and adolescents. You have to tell great filmmakers to make 5 seconds and the child should be allowed to say whatever he or she wants, and now he has to guide him in a way that he can speak in 5 seconds.

He explained with an example: Kiarostami's early work, such as “bread and alley”, which shows a child's fear of a dog, or even some of his long films, which have simple topics, are simple but profound. Making a movie is not a difficult task, but it requires attention to the surroundings, and we have to teach them.

At the end, referring to the three billion -dollar budget of the festival about the presence of the filmmakers, Imami said: “Mr. Sharifi Nia invited the referees to his place and credibility because the cost of the festival is not comparable to other festivals.