4-day Iranian film show begins in Dhaka today

A 4-day Iranian film show will begin at the national music and dance auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today.

Iranian Cultural Centre, Dhaka and the academy will jointly orgnaise it.

The inaugural session will be held at 3:30pm, Public Relations Officer of Iranian Cultural Centre Sayeed Islam told the news agency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's media adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury will be present as chief guest while Charge d' Affaires of Iranian Embassy in Dhaka Ebrahim Shafiei Rezvani Nejad and eminent actor and film director Syed Hasan Imam will be present as special guests.

Director, Film and Cinematography Department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Badrul Anam Bhuiyan will preside over the meeting.

Organisers also said that a film is scheduled to be screened on the inaugural day. Two films will be screened from 11:00am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm every day, they added.

Besides, another five-day Iranian film show is also going to be arranged in three different cities of the country.

The film show will start from November 9.

The five-day exhibition will be organised at the Shilpakala Academy auditoriums in Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna cities.

The exhibition will continue until November 13.