Film festival celebrates Bangladesh, China friendship
The there-day Dhaka–China Day 2025 Film Festival began at the North South University in Dhaka on Tuesday, showcasing the spirit of China-Bangladesh cultural exchange through cinema.
The there-day Dhaka–China Day 2025 Film Festival began at the North South University in Dhaka on Tuesday, showcasing the spirit of China-Bangladesh cultural exchange through cinema.
Internationally acclaimed film ‘Barir Naam Shahana’, directed by Leesa Gazi, and Bangladesh-Iran joint venture film ‘Fereshte’, directed by acclaimed Iranian director Morteza Atashzamzam, will be released in cinemas across Bangladesh today.
A heart-wrenching docudrama about the war in Gaza, a wrestling-themed love story starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and a darkly satirical South Korean thriller are among 21 films vying for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
THE Film Development Corporation, once the heartbeat of cinematic culture, now stands as a hollowed-out relic of its past. Established in 1957 and revitalised after independence in 1971, the corporation had flourished for decades as the nation’s premier film production hub. Since the early 2000s, this state-run institution has, however, suffered gradual disuse, bureaucratic...
Once a vibrant centre for film making in the country, the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation is now mostly abandoned by producers due to inefficiency, corruption and lack of advanced technology at the state-run institution.
To mark the anniversary of the July uprising, the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh organised an event titled Remembering the July at the ULAB in Dhaka on Friday...
A seminar on film on Saturday highlighted exploration of content for making films for the future generation and discussed how the film industry would shape over time in the context of rapidly changing scape of audio-visual media...
Former Indian cricketer and Chennai Super Kings star Suresh Raina is all set to make his acting debut in a Tamil film directed by filmmaker Logan...
A Cumilla court on Thursday granted a three-day remand for four individuals arrested in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act over the filming and circulating video footage of a rape victim at Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla...
Thirty-two forthcoming films have received government grants for the 2024-25 financial year...
While conflict raged between the powerful militaries of India and Pakistan, a battle was also fought on the cultural front lines despite years of shared love for films and music.
The Office of External Affairs of North South University in collaboration with the embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Dhaka hosted Kosovo Film Day 2025, commemorating the anniversary of Kosovo’s Liberation Day, at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
A special screening of filmmaker Kamar Ahmad Simon-directed forthcoming film titled Anyadin was held at the Star Cineplex Shimanto Shomvar at Dhanmondi in the capital on Tuesday. Â
The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival marked its 12th year with a reunion gala in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Saturday.
Most of the films released on Saturday during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays received a huge response from audiences...
Confusion arose on Sunday regarding the reported death of popular film actress Tanin Subha, after a miscommunication led to widespread but premature announcements of her passing...
Six new Bangladeshi films are set to be released for cinemas on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims to be celebrated in the country on June 7...
The five-day fourth Bangladesh Short and Documentary Film Festival began on Tuesday...
A four-day non-fiction storytelling workshop for Bangladeshi women filmmakers concluded at Bengal Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Sunday.
Bangladeshi filmmaker Adnan Al Rajeev and his team have brought home the country’s first-ever award from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Mention for their short film ‘Ali’.
NEARLY six months have passed since the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement began a sit-in inside the partially destroyed Panthakunja Park, one of the capital’s last parks, calling for a halt to the construction of a section of the Dhaka elevated expressway from the Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing. Protesters say that the construction of the elevated...
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has recently held a seminar titled Bangladeshi Films: In Search of Own Language at the seminar room of Bangla department of the university in Sylhet.
The Jagannath University Film Society is set to host a three-day film festival June 23...
Donald Trump is turning the United States into an authoritarian regime, an Oscar-nominated director warned as his documentary about George Orwell was screened at the Cannes film festival Monday...
Cinematographer Sahil Rony has won the Best Cinematographer award at the 4th Bangladesh Institute of Film and Arts 2025...
Cinematographer Sahil Rony has won the Best Cinematographer award at the 4th Bangladesh Institute of Film and Arts 2025.
The Cannes film festival kicks off Tuesday on the French Riviera, with organisers facing pressure to take a stance on Israel’s siege of Gaza after a letter from hundreds of top cinema figures denouncing ‘genocide’ in the Palestinian territory.
Rights groups condemned on Saturday the arrest of four Kenyan filmmakers which the activists linked to a BBC documentary about police killings during protests last year...
Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki’s short film titled Darkaak has been selected for two film festivals in France and Canada...
A ten-day film festival titled Francophonie Film Festival 2025 featuring French language films from different countries is under way at Alliance Française Dhaka...