In this meeting, which was held at the invitation of Basij Khorasan Razavi Artists Organization and from 10:30 on Tuesday, October 25, 1402, in Hall No. 2 of Quds Newspaper, Colonel Ali Asghar Rajabi, while explaining the important missions of this organization, added that the fifth Basij Akhtaran Film Festival aims to support and create hope. It will be held among Khorasani filmmakers from November 3rd to 5th in Sarkhes city.
Ahmadreza Irfani, the representative of the special economic zone, referring to the historical and geographical importance of Sarkhes city, added that the special economic zone of Sarkhes, in line with its social responsibility and supporting the artists of Khorasan Razavi, has taken action to support and part of the stages of hosting the festival with the special order of Mr. Dr. Kalaei. and we hope to organize Akhtaran Festival as a special event in the coming years with the cooperation of other institutions.
Mohammad Ali Sabbaghi, the secretary of the festival, while appreciating the Corps of Sarkhos district, the governorship, the municipality, the oil and gas refineries, and especially the special economic zone of Sarkhos, called the holding of the festival in the city of Sarkhos important from two points of view; First, this action will create joy and motivation among the people of the city, especially the art lovers, and it will definitely create new subjects and effective concerns for the productions of prominent artists.
On the other hand, the change of hosting of the festival after 12 years shows the lack of effective interaction between the cultural management of Mashhad Municipality and the organizers. And Darshan, the spiritual capital of Iran, has not been produced, and on the other hand, they are not even willing to support and participate in Basiji and Jihadi cultural events.
In these moments, several people from the audience had strong criticisms about the performance of some officials, and Sabbaghi asked the guests not to name anyone due to the absence of people. In the end, Sabbaghi expressed his satisfaction with sending 220 works to the festival secretariat, and the selection committee selected 46 works in the fiction, documentary, animation, video, one-hundred-second and screenplay sections for the competition section.
The judges of the final part of this festival will be Seyed Mehdi Rezazadeh, Nasrin Shamhammadi and Ali Azimzadeh. Akhtaran Film Festival will be held from the 3rd to the 5th of November, hosted by Sarkhes city.
It should be mentioned that before this visit, the commander and all the forces of Sarkhes Protection Unit participated in the joint morning ceremony which was held on the occasion of Faraja week and at the invitation of the police commander of this city.
At the end of this ceremony, while congratulating and saying goodbye to the commander of the Astan Quds Razavi protection unit and the managers of the unit, the managing director and the deputies of the special region expressed appreciation.