Report on
WAALM®'s Official Announcements by Darius
KADIVAR
My existence is from you and your appearance is
through Me.
Yet if I had not appeared, you would
not have been.
-Jalaluddin Rumi (**)
With a
deeply rooted culture and civilization that spans over more than two
millenniums, Persians as a community both inside and outside their motherland
have greatly contributed to the Arts and intellectual emancipation of their
contemporaries. Paradoxically the turmoil's of history and exile have also
enriched an introspection on ourselves as a community and on our responsibility
as Artists, Writers or Intellectuals as well as citizens of our country of
adoption to play a part in a dialogue of civilizations so necessary in our
tormented World. It is to respond to the growing desire of not only recognition
but also encouragement of Persian Artists,
Writers and people of culture Worldwide as well as that of their colleagues in
their new country of adoption that The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and
Media – WAALM®
(*) took an
unprecedented initiative to support, develop, and promote the dramatic and fine
arts, creative writing and poetry, as well as professional journalism and media
productions by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners,
and benefiting the public. Thus it has created the Golden Persian Lioness
Awards® which is in its second year of existence has no other ambition than
to encourage and promote men and women who through their work subscribe to the
humanistic values and love of beauty so dearly cherished by our great Persian
poets through the ages.
By Paying tribute to the Past and an
eye on the Future, (**) The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media – WAALM® is proud to announce that this years
recipient will pay tribute to several generation of talents who have greatly
contributed to the enhancement of Dramatic Arts and who have achieved the great
task of bringing the culture of our Ancient Land Persia to the eyes and ears of
our contemporaries World Wide. By Conferring to them the Golden Persian Lioness Award®
we believe that it will encourage other aspiring artists and writers to look
upon these exceptional achievements with the hope and ambition of pursuing the
same path towards excellence.
The board of governors and by
authority of the same on recommendation of the Academy, hereby confirm the
nomination of :
Mr. Omid Djalili for an Award of Excellence in
Dramatic Arts ( Best Male Actor).
Mrs. Shohreh
Aghdashloo for an
Award of Excellence in Dramatic Arts ( Best Female Actor).
Mr. Kayvan Mashayekh for an Award of Excellence in Dramatic Arts (Best
Independent Film Director), for The Keeper: The Legend of Omar
Khayyam.
Mrs. Jane Robinson
for an
Award of Excellence in Dramatic Arts (Best Costume Designer
),
For film The Keeper: The Legend of Omar
Khayyam.
Mr. Dustin Ellis for an Award of Excellence in the
category of Dramatic Arts ( Best Directing of Animated film), for the film Babak & Friends – A First
Norooz.
Mr. Farzin Rezaeian for an Award of Excellence in Dramatic Arts ( Best Documentary
film) for film Persepolis Recreated.
Mr. Shahrokh Meshkin Ghalam for an Award of Excellence in Dramatic Arts ( Best
Ballet Dancer)
Mrs. Vanessa Redgrave
and Mr. Robert Hossein: For Lifetime
Achievements in Dramatic Arts ( For Acting and Directing).
The Hosts : Prof. M. Dorbayani, PhD and Dr. Marjan Abdi,
PhD
the Founders of The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media – WAALM®
And
Directors of the International Further Studies Institute-IFSI® www.ifsi.hu
The 2nd Annual Persian Golden
Lioness Awards® will be held in Budapest in October of 2006.
Hungary and its beautiful,
cultural and historical capital Budapest is not only
the host city for the Awards but also one of the Award winning nations being
honored and participating in all categories of our academy. WAALM
® will give full accommodation to the Awardees for their three-day stay
visit that will include a tour of the city's highlights and will culminate by
the Awards Ceremony. The latter will be covered by our academy's Media Partner
KTV® a
major broadcasting Hungarian company that will showcase the event to more than
300 000 Viewers.
The Persian Golden
Lioness Awards® will be conferred out in three major categories including the
Arts (Dramatic Arts, Fine Arts, and Music), Literature (Novels, Short stories,
Poetry, Lyrics, and Play-writing) and Media (News TVs, Radios, Websites,
Magazines, Media Productions). Last year's award recipients included agencies
such as Voice of America – VOA® and BBC® as well as legends such as Houshmand
Aghili, Muhammad Heidari, Akbar Golpayegani, Sattar, Behrouz Vossoughi and
Masoud Assadolahi were honored.
Author's
Notes :
(*) The
World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media- WAALM® is an
extension and awarding body of the International Further Studies Institute-IFSI®
www.ifsi.hu
.
(**) A
special tribute during the Awards will be given to equally known, unknown, past
or present Iranian artists, actors, directors, costume designers, technicians in
Iran who have been striving and continue to struggle for their Art in often
precarious and difficult situations. The Academy shall not forget that their
contribution deserves recognition and acknowledgment.
Learn
More about the Awards:
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/apr/1087.html
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/may/1123.html
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/may/1170.html
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/may/1232.html
About the Author: Darius KADIVAR is a Freelance
Journalist, writer and film Editor of Namak Cultural Magazine in LA/USA. He
operates as Paris based PR & Press for WAALM® 2nd
annual Awards 2006.
