Bangladesh Film Festival begins nationwide today
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) is organising the second edition of the Bangladesh Film Festival, taking 44 films to all 64 districts of the country, from today. The 16-day festival (October 6-21) will screen a total of 44 films at the district Shilpakala Academy premises.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival at 5pm today at the National Art Gallery Auditorium. BSA Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky will chair the session, where Secretary of the Cultural Affairs Ministry Md. Ibrahim Hossain Khan and filmmakers Saidul Anam Tutul, Morshedul Islam and Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar will also be present.
A seven-member committee has selected the films in five sections: classics, internationally-acclaimed films, films based on Liberation War, contemporary local films (2015-2016) and films by women filmmakers. The festival will also hand out awards and cash prizes in three categories – best film, best director and special jury award – from the 11 films selected in the contemporary films section. Makers of all the films will also be given certificates at the closing ceremony on October 21.
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