The five-day Bangla film festival by Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) will begin on Tuesday.
The event, titled "Amar Bhashar Chalachchitra 1428", will take place on the TSC premises of Dhaka University from February 22 to February 26.
The highlight of the first day is director Abdullah Mohammad Saad's Cannes-selected feature "Rehana Maryam Noor," which will be screened at 6:30pm.
Earlier, the film was selected for the 74th Cannes Film Festival as the first Bangladeshi and the only South Asian film in the “Un Certain Regard” section.
“Rehana Maryam Noor” was submitted to the Bangladesh Film Censor Board on September 12, 2021, and opened in local theatres on November 12, 2021.
After Cannes, the film was invited to Melbourne, Busan and London Film Festivals.
The plot revolves around a private medical college teacher, Rehana, who single-handedly wages a fight for justice on behalf of her six-year-old daughter and one of her college students.
The first day of ‘Amar Bhashar Chalachchitra' will also feature Giasuddin Selim's "Monpura" at 1pm and Masud Hasan Ujjal's "Unoponchash Batash" at 3:30pm.
Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) has successfully organized 19 editions of this festival since 2002 with the aim of commemorating the great martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the Bangla language and promoting Bangla cinema to film enthusiasts. Due to the pandemic, the event was postponed last year.
The screenings are open for all. People interested in attending the screenings are requested to maintain proper Covid safety guidelines.