According to Saba According to the General Department of Public Relations of the Cinema Organization, at the beginning of this meeting, a report on the actions taken in the field of cinematographers’ housing was presented, and then Seyyed Zia Hashemi, appreciating the efforts of the Cinematography Organization to solve the problem of cinematographers’ housing, pointed out the necessity of supporting cinema artists and honoring them and said: “Part of the debt we have to the country’s cinema is still our responsibility and we must strive to fulfill it.” Just as Mujahideen in various fields are a source of pride for the country, artists who create valuable and brilliant works despite having limited facilities and difficult conditions also deserve attention, support and appreciation.
He further emphasized the need to pay attention to the economic conditions of artists in the implementation of the housing plan and noted that having financial ability and liquidity should not be a criterion for benefiting from this plan. It is necessary to determine the selection criteria of the applicants in a transparent manner so that no ambiguity or doubt is formed in this field.
Pointing to the necessity of paying attention to the conditions and requirements of the artists in the housing plan, he added: it is necessary to pay attention to the conditions of the artists as much as possible in the process of implementing this plan and interactions with the relevant center, while preserving the sanctity and dignity of the artists. We hope that by observing these considerations, the field of worthy benefit of cinema artists will be provided and this auspicious action will reach the desired result.
A big event in the field of artists’ welfare
In this meeting, Homayoun Asadian, the CEO of Khana Cinema, also called the implementation of the housing project for cinematographers a great event in the field of the welfare of cinema artists and said: the realization of this project can be an effective step towards improving the living conditions and improving the economic security of cinematographers.
Development of a support framework for the development of cinema
In this meeting, the draft constitution of the National Fund to Support the Development of Iranian Cinema was discussed with the aim of creating a stable, targeted and independent mechanism for financing the country’s cinema.
Providing sustainable resources for cinema
Raed Faridzadeh, head of the Cinema Organization, also referring to the planned solutions for providing financial resources for the cinema support fund, said: in expert investigations and with the participation of relevant institutions, capacities for financing this fund have been identified, and initial estimates show that the pooling of these resources can provide significant credit for supporting cinema and lead to the formation of a new and continuous source of income.
He went on to emphasize the necessity of creating stable financial support for the country’s cinema and said: this fund can play a role in the two main areas of production and development of cinema infrastructure, and by creating a continuous financial flow, it will provide the possibility of long-term planning and regular support for the activities of this industry. In a situation where some countries in the region, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc., are expanding their activities by investing in the field of cinema and video productions, it is necessary for us to provide a more effective presence of Iranian cinema in the regional and international arena by strengthening support mechanisms.
In another part of his speech, the head of the cinema organization pointed to the global experience in creating support mechanisms for the development of the cinema industry and noted: If the cinema and the image industry, as one of the most important cultural and artistic capacities of the country with the ability to be supplied at the global level, is to get out of the state of exhaustion and gain serious momentum, the creation of such a fund is an undeniable necessity. Based on this, while reviewing executive solutions and going through legal procedures, it is necessary to speed up the establishment of the fund and predict its stable income sources so that support for the production and development of cinema infrastructure continues, independent of management changes.
