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Sangita captures struggles, lives of hijras thru lens

Bangladeshi independent filmmaker, photographer and cultural activist Aparajita Sangita said

Jia Zhang-Ke mines leftover footage for top Cannes film

Veteran director Jia Zhang-Ke has boldly repurposed the leftover material he has amassed across his entire career to create a brand new...

First look poster of ‘Atma’ released

The first look poster of forthcoming horror film titled ‘Atma’ has been released recently, said a press release.

Coppola’s  ‘Megalopolis’ finally arrives at Cannes

One of Hollywood’s most mythologised directors, Francis Ford Coppola, returned to the Cannes Film Festival with the almost impossibly hyped...

I enjoy making films on real-life issues: Proshoon Rahman

Filmmaker Proshoon Rahman thinks that as a socially and politically conscious filmmaker, he enjoys making films on real-life issues, including migration, internal displacement and...

Writ seeks cancellation of BFAA polls

Farooque’s first death anniv today

Today is the first anniversary of the death of popular film actor, freedom fighter Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque, who gained a huge fan following...

Rasoulof urges global support for colleagues

Film director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has secretly fled Iran for an undisclosed location in Europe, on Tuesday urged the world film community to...

Cannes film fest returns

The Cannes Film Festival starts Tuesday with an action-packed script including the comeback of Hollywood icons, fears of a strike, a Donald Trump biopic and the...

Mrinal Sen’s birth anniv today

Today is the 101st anniversary of the birth of the legendary Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen.

‘Kajol Rekha’ gave me new identity: Mondera

Dance artiste-turned-actress Mondera Chakroborty said that the film ‘Kajol Rekha’ was very special to her as it gave her a new identity.

‘Potu’ to hit local cinemas today

Music director and composer Ahmmed Humayun’s maiden silver screen directorial venture titled ‘Potu’ is scheduled to hit cinemas today...

Cate Blanchett to be honoured at San Sebastian film fest

Australian actor Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain’s San Sebastian film festival in September, organisers said Thursday...

Iran jails filmmaker Rasoulof

An Iranian court has sentenced prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to jail time for ‘collusion against national security’, his lawyer Babak Paknia said Wednesday...

Cannes Film Fest workers call for strike

Workers at the Cannes Film Festival called for a strike over pay and conditions on Monday. Members of a collective...

‘Fatima’ to hit cinemas on May 24

The directorial venture of filmmaker Mohammed Moin Uddin Hasan titled ‘Fatima’ is scheduled to be released in cinemas across the country on...

‘MR-9: Do or Die’ released in Russia

Bangladesh-born US filmmaker Asif Akbar’s directorial venture titled ‘MR-9: Do or Die’ was released in cinemas in Russia on May 2, said a...

Meryl Streep to receive honorary Palme d’Or

Meryl Streep will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, organisers said...

Proshoon Rahman announces his new film ‘Shekar’

Filmmaker Proshoon Rahman is making preparations for making his next feature film based on an immigrant titled...

‘Nirvana’ bags Special Jury Award in MIFF

French filmmaker Laurent Cantet dies

French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film ‘The Class’, died on Thursday aged...

‘Khowab: Castle in the Air’ to participate in int’l fest

Bangladeshi short film ‘Khowab: Castle in the Air’, depicting the struggle of a jamdani weaver, has been officially invited to the forthcoming international short film festival titled...

10 injured in clash during BFAA oath taking ceremony

At least 10 journalists and YouTubers were injured in a clash that broke out at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation on Tuesday...

‘Hoite Surma’ to debut in Moscow today

Bangladeshi short film titled ‘Hoite Surma’ is scheduled to have its debut at the 46th Moscow International Film Festival today, said a press release...

Misa Sawdagar elected president, Monowar Hossain Dipjol GS

Misa Sawdagar was elected president and Monowar Hossain Dipjol was elected general secretary for 2024-2026 term in the Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association election held on...

Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association polls held

The election to the Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association was held amid festive mood and tight security on the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation premises on...

Selection process of govt grant films begins

The information and broadcasting ministry has started the process of selecting films for government grant in FY 2023-24......

Liberation DocFest Bangladesh begins

A five-day film festival, titled 12th Liberation DocFest Bangladesh, featuring works by local and foreign filmmakers began at the Liberation War Museum in...

Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association polls Friday

Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association polls will be held on the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation premises on Friday....

Bangladeshi film critic Reeti invited as Fipresci jury at Cannes

Film critic, screenwriter and journalist Sadia Khalid Reeti has been invited to the Fipresci (International Federation of Film Critics) jury at the upcoming 77th Cannes Film Festival in France...