Written by Mehdi Nikravesh, the story of the play is set in a nowhere-land warzone, in which two children try to help a pilot bring back peace to their village.

“The play is a sitcom, which doesn’t have any dialog,” Goli said and added, “We just use some narration in parts of the play to help children understand the story. In other parts we only use music and slapstick humor,” Goli said.

“Families like to take their children to the theater, and the IIDCYA is a place they can trust. Children’s theater just needs more support,” he concluded.

Ali Forutan, Mohammad Hajbabai, Hamidreza Gudarzi, Amir-Ali Mohammadi and Asal Shakeri are the main members of the cast for the play, which will remain on stage until August 22.

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The weeklong program, which began on Tuesday, has been arranged to celebrate the National Day of Cinema, the IIDCYA announced on Thursday.

The lineup contains 30 short films by the directors who began their careers by making films at the institute.

Films by Amir Naderi, Farshid Mesqali, Ali-Akbar Sadeqi and Masud Kimiai are also scheduled to be screened during the program.

“The IIDCYA’s activities in cinema began during the 1970s and the institute was a starting line for many filmmakers who then achieved national and international fame,” IIDCYA Film and Theater Department director Alireza Saremi said.

“Short films have been selected to be screened during the program, because short films rarely get a chance to be screened in the country,” he added.

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