“Jalaler Golpo” bags big awards at Avanca

Abu Shahed Emon's directorial debut film “Jalaler Golop” bagged two prestigious awards in the 19th Avanca International Film Festival in Portugal. The film, produced by Impress Telefilm, received the awards in best film and best actor (to Mosharraf Karim) in the 19th edition of the festival, held from July 20-26. 

As many as 118 films from 2200 registered films from 121 countries were selected for competing in the various categories of the festival. 

Among the participating films, four feature films from Bangladesh, USA, Spain and Czech Republic were awarded. “Bereave” from USA, “The Distance” from Spain and “After the War, Before the War” from Czech Republic received Special Mention awards by the jury board. Irina Demick, an actress from “After the War, Before the War” was awarded the best actress.

Avanca International Film Festival has regularly been organised by the association of the Avanca Cine Club of Portugal, Estarreja Municipality and Government of Portugal for the last 19 years.

Besides receiving the Asian Cinema Fund in 19th Busan Film Festival in 2014, “Jalaler Golpo” had also enjoyed its world premiere in the main competitive category 'New Current' of the festival. In addition, the film was also screened as the only Bangladeshi film at the International Film Festival of India 2014' (IFFI) in Goa, India.