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Director General of Dramatic Arts Center Attends 5th Samandarian Academy Celebration

Samandarian Emblem for Beyzaei, Charmshir & Pourazari

The 5th Samandarian Academy Celebration took place at Iranshahr Theater Complex of Tehran on Saturday with the participation of Mahdi Shafiee, director general of Dramatic Arts Center.

Samandarian Emblem was awarded to three theater figures during the ceremony, which was attended by fans of the legendary theater director Hamid Samandarian and members of theater community, Iran Theater reported.

Bahram Beyzaei, US-based theater director, playwright and researcher, Mohammad Charmshir, playwright, and Hamid Pourazari, director, were announced the top artists of the last year.

Elham Pavenejad, theater actress, was presenter of the ceremony. Following a short video and a brief speech, Kaveh Samandarian, the son of Mr Samandarian read the statement of the 5th celebration for the participants.

Then, the names of the artists of the year were announced. The US-based Bahram Beyzaei's emblem was received by Hamid Amjad, director, from Ebrahim Haghighi.

Mr Amjad read the statement of Mr Beyzaei as "I do not know if Hamid Samandarian was alive would have blamed me or praise me…If you have chosen me, that means I am innocent [of the choice]…"  

Hossein Atefi, artist and researcher, gave Samandarian Emblem to Mr Charmshir, the renowned playwright of recent decades.

Mr Shafiee said briefly when he was handing over Mr Pourazari's award that the actor has devoted his life to the art and is concerned about it.  




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