Islamic Revolution Art Week to be held in April

The organizers of the Islamic Revolution Art Week have unveiled a poster for the 2021 edition of the event to be held in April.

The Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year will be announced during the festival, which is organized by the Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization.

The list of nominees for the title was announced in mid-March and the winner will be selected in the near future.

Poet Afshin Ala is on the list that features 14 artists and cultural figures. Ala has been selected for “his timely literary response to events in society and creating the poetry book ‘Sarbaznameh’ (‘Book of Soldiers’) in mourning for General Qassem Soleimani.”

Tehran-based French writer and illustrator Claire Joubert is also among the nominees. She has received the nomination for her books based on stories from the Holy Quran, including “The Woven Shoes” and “Small Drops”.

Director and screenwriter Jalil Saman has been nominated for his trilogy, “Gift of Darkness”, “Butterfly” and “Breath” on the Islamic Revolution, and the popular TV series “The Antique”.

Author and storyteller Mohammad-Reza Sarshar has received a nomination for having written 143 books for children and young adults.

Director and screenwriter Siavash Sarmadi was selected for his 8-episode documentary, 'Syria: A Report on a Major Crisis'.

Graphic artists Mikaeel Barati and Mohammad-Reza Doust-Mohammadi, photographer Ali Haddadi, animators Mohammad-Reza Hesaee and Hossein Saffarzadegan, producer Mohammad-Reza Shafah, authors Zeinab Erfanian and Vahid Yaminpour, painter Abdolhamid Qadirian, and poet Ali-Mohammad Moaddab are also among the nominees.

The organizers also plan to select the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year for 2020. The 2020 Islamic Revolution Art Week was canceled due to the pandemic.

The art week is annually organized to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of documentarian Morteza Avini who was martyred by a landmine in 1993 during his last trip to the former Iraq-Iran war zone in the southwest of Iran while making a documentary about soldiers who were still listed as missing in action.

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