Moviyana Film Society, in cooperation with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, has organised screenings of a bunch of short films, full-length features and documentaries made by young filmmakers today. The screening of the selected films will be held today at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy starting from 3pm.
The festival, titled New Films New Filmmakers, initially started as a year-long film festival competition. Since the beginning of the festival in April last year, films are submitted within the first 10 days of every month. Selected films from the submissions are usually screened in the last week of the month at a minimum ticket price and the accumulated amount received from the screening is handed over to filmmakers in the ceremony.
The jury of the festival has selected 13 films for March which include nine short films, two documentaries, an animated short-film and a full-length feature film.
The short films are Backbone by Shakti Banik, The Legacy by Kamrun Nahar, No God by Ramkrishna Saha, The Secret Pain by Miraj Mrittik, Achor by Shakhkho Shahid, Nari Ou Bahon: Keo Karo Noy by Binu Mahbuba, Flowers In The Naked City by Sumaya Islam, Wake Up by Foridul Ahsan Shourabh and Upside Down by Adri Hridayesh. The animated film, Rhythm of Rhyme, is directed by Md Shariful Alam while the documentaries are To Define a Bad Girl by Sharmin Shams and 1 Death= 3 Acres of Land by Jahid Gogon.
Shahnewaz Kakoli’s acclaimed film Northern Symphony will be screened last in today’s show.