28th Isfahan Theater Festival Chosen Top Pieces

Director of the Dramatic Arts Center, Mehdi Shafie, expressed satisfaction over attending the closing ceremony, saying that the popular performances should have been improved across the country, irantheater.ir reported.

"We are witnessing good news on different pieces being performed in the city of Isfahan in recent days. Such pieces have gained momentum in Isfahan more than before," he said.

Mr Shafie stressed the need of art for a developed society as many art universities were established with close to 2,000 graduates each year. "That means theater is a must for our society. But we should lay the groundwork for the artists to present their products as it is compatible with such interest and need. But we regretfully could not make the required infrastructure ready for such presentation."

He added that the art was run by private sector and art companies, meaning that strengthening the sector was one of important targets of the art.

Mr Shafie praised the Isfahan Culture and Islamic Department for breathing a fresh air into the city's art, saying that the plan to establish local theaters would be immune to managerial pressures if it had needed legal credits.

Reminding that 27^th of March, which was the seventh day of the Iranian calendar year, was named as the national theater day, he called on artists and officials to join hands to use potential of Nowrouz to give New Year holidays "the color and smell of theater".

Award winners of the festival included;

Best Actor

Top award: No one named

Second best actress: jointly to Maryam Moalaei, Vida Mousavi and Zahra Rostami for "The Clandestine Five-Door House"

Third best actor: jointly to Behdad Mashayekhi for "The One Who Hit with Rock, The Rock Will Call Him", and Hossein Isfahani for "The Clandestine Five-Door House" and Iman Nazifi for "Unfinished"

Best Actress

Top award: Mojgan Kouhi for "My Name Is Mojgan, This Is My House"

Second best actor: jointly to Aamin Panahi for "The Clandestine Five-Door House" and Houman Haydari for "Insomnia"

Third best actress: jointly to Nahid Yadegari for "Rationing of Rooster's Feather for Mourning ", and Masoumeh Mandani and Elham Rezaei for "Unfinished"

Top Plays:

Best Play: No winner

The Second Best Play: Hadi Asgari for "My Name Is Mojgan, This Is My House"

The Third Best Play: jointly to Houman Haydari and Ali Delpisheh for "Insomnia"

Top Directors:

Best Director: Hadi Asgari for "My Name Is Mojgan, This Is My House"

The Second Best Director: Ehsan Janami for "The Clandestine Five-Door House"

The Third Best Director: jointly Mehdi Sadehi for "The One Who Hit with Rock, The Rock Will Call Him" and Payman Karimi for "Unfinished"

Top Set Designs:

Best Designer: Mehdi Sadehi for "The One Who Hit with Rock, The Rock Will Call Him"

The Second Best Designer: Ali Maghami for "My Name Is Mojgan, This Is My House"

The Third Best Designer: Mehrnoush Mardiha for "Unfinished"

Top Music:

"The One Who Hit with Rock, The Rock Will Call Him" from Aran and Bidgol

Top Brochure Design:

"Anthology of a Pleasant Morning of a Knife" and "The One Who Hit with Rock, The Rock Will Call Him" 

Top pieces included "My Name Is Mojgan, This Is My House", directed by Hadi Asgari and ""The Clandestine Five-Door House", directed by Ehsan Janami

Also, the main auditorium of Farschian Artistic Cultural Complex was named after the renowned theater artist of Isfahan Reza Arham-Sadr, who has founded the school of criticism comedy of Iran theater.