Bangladesh Film Festival, featuring a total of 23 films of the country, will commence from tomorrow. An initiative of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), the 15-day festival will run simultaneously at the academy’s 64 local centres, along with the central venue’s schedule.
On December 10, Asaduzzaman Noor, the Minister of Cultural Affairs, will inaugurate the programme at the National Art Gallery auditorium, while Hasanul Haq Inu, Information Minister, will also grace the occasion. Liaquat Ali Lucky, the director general of BSA, will preside over the programme while the country’s renowned film directors, including Syed Salahuddin Zaki, Mosihuddin Saker and Morshedul Islam will give speeches on the occassion. Sara Ara Mahmud, the director of department of Theatre and Film of BSA, will deliver the opening speech. Afterwards, the programme will open with the screening of Tareque Masud’s The Clay Bird at 7:30pm.
The Clay Bird chronicles a family as they come to grips with their culture, faith and the brutal political changes entering their small-town world. The film deals with Masud’s own experiences studying at a religious school.
Early Bangladeshi films which are selected in the festival includes, Zahir Raihan’s Kancher Deyal, Subhash Dutta’s Shutorang, Alamgir Kabir’ s Simana Periye, Sheikh Niamat Ali and Masihuddin Shaker’s Surja Dighal Bari, Harunur Rashid’s Megher Onek Rong, Goutam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi, Syed Salahuddin Jaki’s Ghuddi and Abdullah Al Mamun’s Sareng Bou.
Rest of the films are Tanvir Mokammel’s Lalon, Morshedul Islam’s Amar Bondhu Rashed, Tareque Masud’s Runway, Nasiruddin Yousuff’s Guerrilla, Abu Sayeed’s Kittonkhola, Akram Khan’s Ghashphul, Saidul Anam Tutul’s Adhiar, Murad Parvez’s Brihonnola, Gazi Rakayet’s Mrittika Maaya, Adam Dawla’s Boishommo, Proshoon Rahman’s Sutopar Thikan and Noman Robin’s Common Gender.