Andalib Elias – Deputy High Commissioner for Bangladesh and Ranjan Sen graced the press conference of the 4^th Bangladesh Film Festival. The festival is an initiative of the Deputy High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Kolkata.

The festival’s first edition was organized in January 2018. The second edition was organized in February 2019 and the third edition was held in February 2021. Due to the pandemic, the festival in its fourth year is organized in the month of October.

The inauguration will be held on 29^th October at Rabindra Sadan at 4 pm. The guests who will grace the inauguration include Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Information of Bangladesh, Jaya Ahsan, Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim, Gautam Ghose, Babul Supriyo, and others.

“A maximum of 32 films were shown at the earlier editions of the festival. However this time that number has increased to 37 films. We have increased the number due to the positive feedback that we have got from the audience. There are feature films, short films, and documentaries in the festival” said Andalib Elias.

The film festival is free and open to all.  If there is a demand for a certain film among the audience, the organizers have kept some slots empty and they will show the in-demand film in that slot. This will depend on the feedback that the organizers will get from the audience.

Some of the films that will be shown in the festival include Hawa, Beauty Circus, Hasina-A Daughter’s Tale, Kothai Pabo Tare, Chandraboti Kotha, Phera, Shuttle Train, Hridita, Nonajoler Kabbo, Golui, Biswasundari, Ekti Desher Jonye Gaan and many more.

The films can be seen at Nandan 1, 2, and 3 from 12 pm to 8 pm.

The festival will continue till 2^nd November.

For more details visit: www.bdhc-kolkata.org

Priyanka Dutta