The Iranian Film Industry has garnered international fame for their interesting art films and now enjoys a global following. Today’s Dhaka International Film Festival’s schedule will be dominated by six films from Iran.
Thirty films including one Bangladeshi film will be screened today at different venues across the capital.
Five films will be screened today at the main auditorium of National Museum from 10am to 9pm in the “Cinema of the World” and “Retrospective and Tribute” categories–Fire In The Blood at 10:30am, Agnus Dei at 1pm, L’ Eau Froide at 3pm, Irma Vep at 5:30pm and HHH at 7:30pm.
Eight foreign films and one Bangladeshi film from Short and Independent and Spiritual Section will be screened at the Sufia Kamal Auditorium from 10:30am to 9pm. These are Mooo-ving Cow & Filipino Brides and Diyalee from 10:30am to 1pm, Eat Sleep Die at 1pm, Queen at 3pm, Vekne Hleba Riba (The Loaves & Fish, Fourth Dimension 4D, and Son Of Man from 3pm to 5:30pm, Amar Protibad Amar Dekha Itihash and Indian Summer from 7:30pm to 9pm.
From three sections, Australasian Competition, Women Filmmaker, and Children Section, five films will be screened at the Public Library auditorium - Topraga Uzanan Eller (King of Cotton) at 10am, About Elly at 1pm, Fireworks Wednesday at 3pm, Siri Perakum (The Crown From Mud) at 5:30pm and Where is the Land at 7:30pm.
In the Australasian Competition category, four films, including a Bangladeshi one, will be screened at the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Eve Donus Sarikamiş 1915 (The Long Way Home) at 10am, Meeting Leila at 12pm, Kil at 3pm and Hush…Girls Don’t Scream at 5pm.
Seven films will be screened from the Women Filmmaker category at EMK Centre–Atese Ucan Kelebekler (Butterflies Flying To Fire) at 10am, Death in Jakarta Reloaded, and Scattered Windows, Connected Doors from 12pm to 3pm, The Kitchen, and Kayan from 3pm to 5pm and, Khaatti Suun, and A Boy Like Her at 5pm.