A film festival featuring Oscar award winning films, going on at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy from December 7 till December 13.
International Digital Film Archive of Academy’s National Theatre organises the weeklong festival. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1968), directed by Franco Zeffirelli has been screened on the opening day of the film festival.
Today, The Ten Commandments (1956), produced and directed by Cecil B DeMille will screen at 6pm at the screening room of International Digital Film Archive of BSA. This film is a American religious historical epic film. It dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments. It stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua; and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.