“Pipra Bidya” to premiere in Dubai

“Pipra Bidya”, director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's latest film endeavour, is set to have its world premiere at the 10th Dubai International Film Festival, after it was selected for the official competition of the festival. The festival, set to begin on December 6, will announce its winners in a grand gala on December 13.
The nine other films that “Pipra Bidya” will be contesting with include quite a few heavyweights: This year's Caméra d'Or at Cannes and Golden Horse (Taipei) winner “Ilo Ilo” by Anthony Chan; Venice Festival Grand Jury award-winner “Stray Dogs” by Tsai Ming-liang; winner of Un Certain Regard at this year's Cannes, “The Lunchbox” by Ritesh Batra; winner of Special Orizzonti at this year's Venice Film Festival, “Fish and Cats” by Shahram Mokri, and Palme d'Or nominee at this year's Cannes, “Grigris” by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
A total of 174 films will be screened at the festival, opening with Hany Abu-Assad's “Omar” and closing with David O. Russell's “American Hustle”. Farooki, actress Sheena Chohan and Faridur Reza Sagar (on behalf of Bangladeshi producers of the film, Impress Telefilm) will leave for Dubai early next month to join a star-studded festival guest list that includes Kate Blanchett, Martin Sheen, Jim Sheridan, Priyanka Chopra, Mark Ruffalo and Naomi Harris.