$ 16,000 to the winners of the "National Theater Festival of Lebanon" Culture

The Minister of Culture, Mr. Mohamed Daoud Daoud, inaugurated the second Lebanese National Theater Festival during a press conference held at the Ministry, in the presence of the MP Bahia Hariri, the Director General of Cultural Affairs, Mr. Ali Samad, Lebanese captain of representatives, Neama Badawi, festival director Nicolas Daniel, and artist Rafik Ali Ahmed and interested.

The Minister of Culture paid tribute to Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, supreme president of the Arab Theater Authority and initiator of the wonderful initiative to organize theater festivals in the Arab countries, to trigger the strategy. Arabic for the development of theater and the development of this ancient art. Riyadh, 2015), adding that "our date of November 16, 2019 on the scene of the city, the opening of the theater festival in Lebanon".

"The Lebanese National Theater Festival means Lebanese productions produced locally between 2018 and 2019. The second edition of the festival will take place from November 16 to 24 at the Medina Theater and cash sessions."

He added: "The number of eligible theater works for the last stage and the participation in the festival in ten acts of theater to the maximum. The new festival this year provides that the festival management will support the production of eligible theatrical works to participate in the festival at a cost of $ 2,000 for each qualified theatrical work and will participate. The work that will participate in the festival will be announced later.

He added: "We invite all authors, directors and scriptwriters to apply to participate in the festival at the Directorate General of Cultural Affairs.The request is in the office of the Directorate.We wish those who wish to participate and submit the form and will form the Supreme Committee of the festival to choose the company that will participate in the festival. " .

The prizes are $ 16,000, distributed as follows: Arab Theater Award for Best Actor for the $ 1,500 Premiere, Arab Theater Award for the Second Role $ 1,500, Arab Theater Award for Best Actress for the first role $ 1,500, Arab Theater Award for Best Actress $ 1,500, Arab Theater Award for Best Musical Composition and Sound Effects $ 1,000, Arab Theater Authority Award for Best Sinography $ 1,000, Award of the Arab Theater Authority for the best local theater text composition $ 1,500, Arab Theater Award for Best Achievement $ 1,500, Rah for the best theatrical work of $ 5,000 Lebanese.

It was an intervention of the festival director, who wanted to be "an ally of the festival's success during its second session", announcing the extension of his hand to "all the universities that deal with the theater ".

MP Hariri said: "I am pleased to announce the presence of the Minister of Culture in the presence of the Minister of Culture and the launch of the Saida Theater Festival on March 27. We will cooperate with the Ministry of Culture In the works to be completed, among the theaters equipped with the latest technologies to show the plays and the ready places of the city and the old markets, offers are available for all, which underlines the role of the regions in the diffusion of the culture and attention will include the school scene at the same time. "