{"id":1328,"date":"2020-02-13T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:34:15","slug":"owj-arts-and-media-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/1328\/owj-arts-and-media-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Owj Arts and Media Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\">Owj Arts and Media Organization is legally a media non-governmental organization[4] in Iran, active in launching conservative and right-wing campaigns, film production and distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\">Recently they have also been making a lot of high-quality TV Series and Reality Shows for IRIB some with and without political intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Ideology and affiliation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"><br> The organization&#8217;s works has been described as irritating government of Hassan Rouhani and reformists,anti-Iran deal,[4] anti-American, and subject to Holocaust denial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">Owj organization seems reluctant to provide details about its owner(s) or corporate structure. Its website &#8220;About Us&#8221; section reads: &#8220;perhaps more important and better than knowing when Owj was established and who were its founders, \u2026 it is better to introduce its nature and identity&#8221;. The organization has been claimed to have ties with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[6] In 2018, Owj&#8217;s executive director and Ebrahim Hatamikia, a director working for the organization publicly admitted that the organization is run and funded by the IRGC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Notable works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><br> Billboard campaign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><br> \u201cBe With Us, Be Safe\u201d (2012\u201313): The high-context billboard, installed near the busy Valiasr square of Tehran, shows then-U.S. President Barack Obama standing next to Shemr\u2014a shi&#8217;ite villain\u2014and offering a letter of protection to the reader. A BBC Persian-style caption reads \u201cBe with us, be safe\u201d.<br> \u201cThe US Government Styles Honesty [sic, Persian title: American Honesty]\u201d (2013): While nuclear negotiations were ongoing, several posters were installed in Tehran streets, displaying Iranian and American diplomats sitting at the table, with the American side wearing a suit with military pants and boots and pointing a gun towards the Iranian negotiator, who looked like Mohammad Javad Zarif. The billboards were soon removed after becoming controversial.<br> \u201cA Single Blossom Does Not Bring Spring: More Children, A Happier Life\u201d (2013\u201314): Billboards carrying the slogan began to pop up along major highways, targeting the former slogan of family planning in Iran: \u201cFewer children, better life\u201d and encouraging more children in the family. The posters were heavily criticized for their view on role of mother in family.<br> \u201cKnow The Shemr of Your Time\u201d (2014)<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Short animation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><br> Becharkh ta Becharkhim (2015): Roughly translated as &#8216;two can play that game&#8217;, the animation aired on state-run TV&#8217;s children&#8217;s channel IRIB Children symbolically narrates the &#8220;honorific&#8221; Iran&#8217;s nuclear program and the &#8220;desperate&#8221; negotiations from its own point-of-view. The animations depictates Mr. Sam as the villain and characters loosely based on Iranian figures, who are members of the family of &#8220;Agha Joon&#8221; (Khamenei), such as the compromiser &#8220;Uncle Hassan&#8221; (Rouhani), the persevering &#8220;Uncle Mahmoud&#8221; (Ahmadinejad) and the coward &#8220;Uncle Mohammad&#8221; (Khatami). The animation sparked controversy in April 2016.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Documentary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-pink-background-color\"> Roaring Waters (2013): Directed by Lebanese filmmaker Mohammad Dabouq about power of Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution<br> Feature film<br> Bodyguard (2016)<br> Standing in the Dust (2016)<br> The Holy Cast (2016)<br> Never (2016)<br> Damascus Time (2018)<br> The Lost Strait (2018)<br> Naela (TBA)<br> Tayyeb Khan (TBA)<br> Conspiracy Theory (TBA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2> Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-vivid-purple-background-color\"> 1st Down With USA Great Award (2013)<br> 3rd International Holocaust Cartoon Competition (2016): co-organized with Sarcheshmeh Cultural Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owj Arts and Media Organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[383,382,384,301,65,125,191,390,381,359,385,389,175,386,296,380,121,388,387,332],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}