On the closing ceremony of the first round of “the innovation and technology short film festival”, the president of the information and communication center of the Vice-Presidency considered art as a language that can effectively accelerate the improvement of knowledge-based companies, startups and the entrepreneurship ecosystem, which is achieved by creating interaction between artists and science and technology activists.

 According to the information center of national elites foundation, Technology & innovation ecosystem passes its path with the intent of human resources to speed up its path of growth. In this regard, the language of art is an effective tool for culture building in the field of science and technology.

Therefore, the first round of the “innovation and technology short film festival” was held and ended along with the day of economy of resistance and entrepreneurship.

Parviz Karami, the secretary of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter, expressed on the closing ceremony of the event in the presence of the governor of Qom and a number of authorities and artists: artists attending the festival helped to bring better and richer technological and innovative activities to the cinema art community. To succeed in the field, cultural and artistic activities, including film, must be highlighted.

Karami pointed out that the Vice-Presidency has used the statements of the Supreme Leader regarding turning science and technology discourse into a dominant topic in the community, adding: to achieve this goal, it was necessary to involve all the people, especially in broadcasting, media and film and cinema.

The secretary of knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter talked about great efforts made in the field of science and technology, affirming: given the existence of Qom seminary and other universities in this province should be the starting point for humanities startups.

Karami also marked: innovation factories is a platform that transforms desolate or unused space within cities into a place to deploy accelerators in different areas and where startups are born. People with ideas and startups are staying in this place, growing to eventually launch their own company, grow their idea, and meet the needs of the community.

The advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs confirmed the formation of the technology companies in the field of culture and art, asserting: Iranian artists are named after numerous art festivals such as animation, artwork and film.

According to the report, the closing ceremony of the first Innovation and Technology Short Film Festival was held in the central hall of Qom city.

During the ceremony, Bahram Sarmast, the governor of Qom, Seyed Hossein Akhavan Alavi, the president of the science and technology park of Qom, Seyed Mousa Hosseini Kashani, the general director of Islamic guidance and culture of Qom, pointed out some notes about the necessity of attention to topics such as cultural and art productions in the field of science and technology.

The event was started with 163 works sent to the secretariat of the festival and was ended with appreciating the best works among 21 works sent to the final stage in five areas of advertising reports, clips, animations, motion graphics, amateur and professional side sections, mobile sections and special sections including technology martyrs.