cinema trust an extraordinary meeting of Iranian cinema producers was held with the presence of representatives of four production organizations
In this meeting, which was held after several months, with the presence of the introduced representatives of the trade union society, in a conversation with Dr. Ruhollah Hosseini, the vice president of supervision and evaluation of the cinema organization, who was present as a guest at the invitation of the secretary of the council, the problems and issues between the Supreme Council and the organization A movie was discussed.
At first, the secretary of the Supreme Council, Abolhasan Davodi, while welcoming the vice president of monitoring and evaluation as well as the representatives of the trade union, addressed some of the problems of the producers with the platforms and announced that unfortunately, the platforms, having funds obtained in various forms, instead of By competing and in some cases abusing its financial power, Yari Cinema has hired the human capital of Iranian cinema, especially the artists and actors of the level of cinema, with contracts higher than the soft wages and on a long-term and exclusive basis, and as a result, Iranian cinema have suffered losses in terms of using this human, artistic and technical capital.
In the following, the members of the Supreme Council pointed out the pressing points of production, distribution and display.
With regard to the change of procedure evident in the cinematographic organization in seeking justice, the expectation of the friends was that this change of procedure, which is evident in dramas such as facilitating the issuance of production permits, will be seen in the adjustment of the cinematographic organization from the few forces that were involved in the previous cases for a group of artists to The work ban and curfew were fueled by them, among other things mentioned.
Cinema ticket price, extending the validity period of the film production license, facilitating the conditions for experienced producers and directors, economic problems especially for non-comedy films and the complexity of showing films of other genres, the need to plan for the showing and economicization of family and especially social films. It was one of the other points that were discussed with the deputy of supervision and evaluation.
Referring to the problems and suggestions of the members of the Supreme Council, Dr. Ruhollah Hosseini assured that he will pay attention to these points with a transformational perspective and will take steps to remove production obstacles.
The vice president of evaluation and supervision of the cinema organization also welcomed the formation of a company composed of the cinematographers’ association, the broadcasters’ association and the Supreme Council and emphasized that he will use his utmost efforts to progress and facilitate the handing over to the guilds.
At the end of the meeting, it was decided that the issues listed by the members of the Supreme Council should be examined in expert sessions.
In this meeting, Mr. Jamal Sadatian, Mehdi Karampour and Ebrahim Amarian from the trade union, Abolhassan Davodi (Secretary of the Council) and Mohammad Ahmadi from the Cinema Producers/Directors Association, Manouchehr Shahsawari and Manouchehr Mohammadi from the Producers Employer Association and Seyed Gholamreza Mousavi , Morteza Shaisheta and Saeed Khani were present from the Association of Independent Producers of Iranian Cinema.
After the meeting of the Supreme Council, the meeting of the review council of the first producer was held with the presence of Dr. Hosseini and the qualified persons were interviewed. As a result, the license of the first four producers was issued and the examination of other applicants was postponed to a meeting next week.