The 14th Dhaka International Film Festival will start on Thursday, January 14, at the National Museum at Shahbagh in Dhaka.
The schedule for the festival was revealed on Wednesday afternoon.
During a press conference held by Rainbow Film Society at Dhaka Club, it was announced that Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu will be the chief guest at the inauguration while State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam will preside over the session.
The candle of inauguration will be lit by renowned Syrian film maker Mohamed Malas and Norwegian film maker Anja Breien.
The 8-day festival will begin with the Bangladeshi film “Under Construction” by Rubaiyat Hossain.
170 films from 60 countries will be exhibited at this international event.
The theme of the event, which ends on January 22, is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society”.
A competition section will be present in the festival for Asian and Australian cinema and segment categories for “Retrospective”, “Cinema of the World “,” Children’s Film “,”Women Filmmakers “,” Short and Independent Films Section” ”Nordic Film Session” and “Spiritual Films Section”.
Many well-known film makers from various countries will be participating in this year’s event which includes the “2nd International Conference on Women in Cinema”.
The venues for the event this year are: National Museum Auditorium, the Central Public Library Auditorium, Alliance Française de Dhaka and the Edward M Kennedy Center.
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