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Dhaka International Film Festival to kick off
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• Showtime Desk
The 15th edition of Dhaka
International Film Festival (DIFF)
is to begin from January 12, in the
capital. Organised by Rainbow
Film Society (RFS), the nineday
festival, which is one of the
country’s most prestigious in it's
nature, has wrapped up it’s initial
preparation and is all set to kick
off.
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, the
festival director, announced
details of the event in a press
conference held on Monday,
in the capital. According to the
festival director, a total of 188
films from 67 counties will be
showcased in the edition in seven
competitive and one retrospective
section.
In the Asian Competition
section, 23 feature films,
produced in 2015-16 in the Asian
countries, will be showcased
while six awards will be given in
this section towards the end of
the festival, including Best Film,
Best Director, Best Actor, Best
Actress, Best Cinematographer
and Best Screenplay.
In the Retrospective section,
five films by the recently
deceased legendary Iranian
filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami
will be screened, which includes
Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, The
Wind Will Carry Us, The Certified
Copy and Like Someone In Love.
The Cinema of the World
section will feature 25 films, of
which one will be chosen for an
Audience Award.
In the Children’s Films section,
ten films including Charlie
Chaplin’s The Kid and The Circus
will be screened. Entry of this
section will be free for all student
and children.
Featuring 22
films, the Spiritual
Films section will be
organised in association
with the Italy-based
Religion Today Film
Festival.
39 films will be
screened in the Women
Filmmakers section,
while 48 will be
screened in the Short
and Independent Films
section.
Remembering Sanjib Chowdhury
• Showtime desk
When music lovers of Bangladesh
Photo: Sadat A Shameem
talk about the band Dalchut,
Sanjib Chowdhury is the person
who is remembered every time.
Lastly, Nordic Films, organised
with the help of Norwegian
International Film Festival,
will feature 10 films from the
Scandinavian countries.
The selected films will be
showcased in five venues,
including Shawkat Osman
Memorial Auditorium of Central
Public Library, Bangladesh
National Museum, Alliance
Française de Dhaka, Edward
M Kennedy Centre, and Star
Cineplex.
This time, 85 film personalities
from around the world will attend
the festival.
Sanjib Chowdhury is a journalist,
lyricist, singer and motivator, who
inspired young hearts with his
words, till date. “Ami tomakei bole
debo,” “Shada Moyla” - these are
the evergreen songs, which have
been making Sanjib Chowdhury
very popular among his fans.
December 25, was Late Sanjib
Chowdhury’s birthday, and on
this occasion, Dhaka University
Band Society arranged a musical
evening for him for the fifth time.
In front of TSC, the organisation
decorated the venue with Sanjib
Chowdhury’s photos and flowers,
a musical event was arranged.
Dalchut, Joy Shahriar - Parvez
Brotherhood Project, Tarun,
Chitkar, Meghdol, Paridhi,
Ghunpoka and many others
performed and remembered
Sanjib Chowdhury. Lyricist
During the 15th DIFF, RFS
in cooperation with National
Museum will organise the 7th
Dhaka Cine Workshop, from
January 5 to 20, 2017, for the
aspiring young filmmakers, film
critics and journalists. Conducted
by Iranian filmmaker-crtic Majid
Movasseghi, the production based
workshop is an opportunity for
those who are interested in this
field to learn.
Woman filmmakers, actors and
personalities from all over the
world will attend an international
conference titled ‘Women in
Cinema,’ which is going to be
held at the Gallery of the Alliance
Francaise de Dhaka, on January 13
and 14, during the festival.
Meanwhile, an art exhibition
featuring artworks by the Iranian
artist-film activist Sarah Hojjati
will be held first time during the
festival, at Gallery Shilpangan in
Dhanmondi, from January 8-20.
The press conference was
attended by festival director
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, and
organising committee members
Haider Rizvi, M Hamid, Nazmul
Ahsan Khalimullah and Rabiul
Hossain. •
Photos: Courtesy
Russell O’neel was seen at the
stage with Dalchut, who wrote
several songs for the band.
The place where the event was
arranged, has been named Sanjib
Chottor.
Chowdhury was born at
Baniachang upazila, in Habiganj,
on December 25, 1964. He
graduated from the journalism
department of Dhaka University,
and organised various cultural
programs, even taught his
classmates how to sing, during
his time at the university. During
the mass movement in the 90s,
his poems gained popularity as
he was known among his Dhaka
University colleagues as Sanjibda
or Brother Sanjib.
On November 19, 2007, he
died at the Intensive Care Unit of
Apollo Hospital in Dhaka.•
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