TEHRAN, Feb. 1 (MNA) The message by Irans president read by the minister of culture has opened 32nd Fajr International Film Festival.I would tell bon voyage, to a celebrity seeking international podiums; but promise to receive the first award from your own people, reads part of the message by Hassan Rouhani to 32ndFajr International Film Festival.
Ali Jannati, minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance who was speaking in the opening ceremony of this years Festival, congratulated the festivities of Ten Day Dawn. I have the honor to find an opportunity to serve the community of artists and cultural activists, he added.
He also read Rouhanis message, thus officially opening theFajr International Film Festival. The message reads as follows.
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,
Fajr International Film Festivalis place for annual congregation of the most popular cinema festival in our beloved country. We now celebrate its 32ndround, and hope that the encounter of veteran stars and the challenging contenders to fame would be an augury of a booming year for Irans cinema industry. This message is a review of the policies of cabinet of prudence and hope in cinema as the most industrial art and the most artistic industry in the first year when moderation is a guest of the great festival of Irans cinema. Lets view greater vistas in front of our eyes, and build a more dynamic era drawing upon our valuable and bonanza of our Iranian and Islamic culture, when not only our native audience, but also audience from neighboring countries hails our cinema. Now in a time when the world has welcomed Irans message of a world free of violence and extremism, and the cutting edge of Iranophobia has become more blunt, and the voices advocating moderation and rationality have reverberated in this country, Fajr Festival could contribute greatly to such objectives, and would be the a prologue for more grand and prestigious festivals held to appreciate the Iranian cinema successes in satisfying international tastes.
I would be pleased to announce in this glorious festival that the presidents office would spare no opportunity and logistic resource to support the cinema industry with cooperation coming from the ministry of culture, to reconcile the public with national Iranian cinema, and to produce artistic works of international appeal. For doing so, the presidents office would hold annual Presidents National Award, rewarded to best artistic works, especially documentaries and fiction.
Hassan Rouhani
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
By Mehr News Agency
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