Three days has passed since the inauguration of the 14th International Short and Independent Film Festival, and the premises of this thriving festival are crowded with alike, film enthusiasts, and filmmakers.
Today, there will be screenings of some notable films at different venues in the capital. Here is an excerpt of today's schedule of the festival:
Central Public Library
11:00am to 7:00pm
Two Rivers, a fiction by Melonie Gartner from USA
Hipopotamy by Piotr Dumala [Beijing Film Academy]
Cinema, a fiction by Mehrab Jahid, Bangladesh
Path, a fiction by Md Abid Mallick, Bangladesh
National Museun, Main Auditorium
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Retrospective of Garin Nugroho
Bird-Man Tale and Of Love and Eggs
3:00pm to 7:00pm
New Moon, a fiction by Andréa Prado, Brazil
Captivity of Negativity , a fiction by Sultan Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh
Heal the World by, a fiction Masum Syed, Bangladesh at 3pm -7pm, at National Museum (Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium)
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
3:00pm to 7:00pm
The Look of Silence, a documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark
Nonexistence Mon Amour by Jaheen Faruque Amin, Bangladesh
Hands, an experimental film by Ruhul Mahfuz Joy, Bangladesh
Eat Snow, a fiction by Max Hegewald, Germany
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro
3:00pm to 7:00pm
My Enemy My Brother, a documentory by Ann Shin, Canada
Dar, a fiction by Mohammadalifami Tafreshi, Iran
Oh My Soul, a documentory by Kivini Shohe
Auto Driver, a fiction by Meena Longjam
International Short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF), a Biennale film event, is taking place since 1988. It is one of the oldest festival of short films organised independently in South Asia. Bangladesh Short Film Forum, the pioneer organisation of independent Bangladeshi filmmakers are organising this film festival, with a vision to promote the culture of independent and alternative cinema across the region.
