The presence of 6 Iranian plays in the Kirkuk International Street Theater Festival

Six Iranian plays, along with 18 works from different countries, will participate in the international street theater festival in Kirkuk, Iraq.

Ambassador of Arjan-Cultural Group: Afshin Naseri, a member of the secretariat of the International Kirkuk-Iraq Street Theater Festival and a member of the International Committee of this event, announced this news and said: This year's slogan of the festival is "Theatre; It is the common language of nations and a currency for peace and coexistence.

Stating that the secretary of this festival is Nejad Najm, he announced the presence of 24 plays from France, Holland, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Argentina, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Tunisia and Palestine in this period of the festival.

Naseri explained about the presence of Iranian groups in this art event: six shows from Iran are present and this year most of the works belong to Iran. As usual, the call for the festival is published annually, and the main program will be a carnival in Kirkuk during the movement of street performances and opening music.

He added: This year, one of the most significant parts is the awarding of the golden statue of the festival to the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation, which will be given to the artists who have been working in this field for many years, and the veterans who are known internationally and pay attention to humanitarian issues will receive it.

Naseri also explained about the research section of this festival: the research section, unlike other festivals that have such a section, does not send abstracts of articles, but selected works will be published in the form of a book and will be awarded to the participating groups at the same time as the festival.

Stating that this festival is held in a completely competitive manner, he added: 5 awards are given every year in the categories of directing, writing, male and female acting, and best group.

According to Naseri, in this period of the festival, two groups from Bukan and Saqqez will be present in this artistic event along with groups from the north of Iran, Sanandaj and Miandawab. In addition, there are two representatives from Iran in the executive and international committee, and this is one of the features of this festival. Besides me, there is another Iranian, Abdulrahman Azizi, who is in charge of public relations management of the international part of the festival.

He also explained that unlike our festivals, where the number of judges is an odd number, the number of judges in this festival is an even number, and judges from Africa, Europe and Arab countries took charge of judging in the previous periods of this festival.

Stating that I represent Iran in the festival every year, Naseri added: I have always tried to have an Iranian judge in the jury.

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