Curtain rises on 11th Int’l Children’s Film Fest today

The curtain will rise on the 11th edition of the ‘International Children’s Film Festival’ today at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in the capital. With the slogan ‘Future in Frames’ (Frame Frame Agamir Swapno), Children Film Society (CFS) Bangladesh has organised the festival aimed to provide the children a basic idea on film to create their interests in the media and to understand its role to build awareness on different social issues through entertainment. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will inaugurate this year's festival as chief guest today on the Public Library premises, while Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu will be present as special guest. Presided over by chairman of the Advisory Council Mustafa Monwar, British Council Bangladesh Country Director Barbara Wickham will be present as guest of honour at the programme.

The opening ceremony will be followed by the screening of the Mexican film ‘Tesoros’ directed by María Novaro at 4:45pm today. In the film Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.

The festival will screen over 200 films of 58 countries created by renowned and aspiring directors from all over the world in 6 different venues in Bangladesh. Four films will be shown every day at 11 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm and 6 pm respectively at the Central Public Library. The other venues of the festival are National Museum Shahbag, Alliance Française de Dhaka, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, British Council and Goethe Institut.

The crest, certificates and financial incentives will be awarded while the five-member jury board will choose the best films made by small children for the award. The award ceremony will be held on the closing day of the festival on February 2. This year, there is a section titled ‘Young Bangladeshi Talent’ where youngsters from 19 to 25 years of age will take part.

The film festival Bangladesh is an annual weeklong film festival held countrywide, which showcases full-length features, shorts, experimental films made for and by children from around the world. Beginning from today, the festival will run till Februray 2.

Started in 2008, the festival is one of the biggest film events in Bangladesh and also the only international film festival for children and young adults of the country To disclose the above information, a press conference was held at the seminar room of Central Public Library recently, where the festival advisor council chairman painter Mustafa Monwar and  founder of Children's Film Society filmmaker Morshedul Islam were present.

Curtain rises on 11th Intl Childrens Film Fest today

The curtain will rise on the 11th edition of the International Childrens Film Festival today at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in the capital. With the slogan Future in Frames (Frame Frame Agamir Swapno), Children Film Society (CFS) Bangladesh has organised the festival aimed to provide the children a basic idea on film to create their interests in the media and to understand its role to build awareness on different social issues through entertainment. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will inaugurate this years festival as chief guest today on the Public Library premises, while Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu will be present as special guest. Presided over by chairman of the Advisory Council Mustafa Monwar, British Council Bangladesh Country Director Barbara Wickham will be present as guest of honour at the programme. The opening ceremony will be followed by the screening of the Mexican film Tesoros directed by Mara Novaro at 4:45pm today. In the film Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot. The festival will screen over 200 films of 58 countries created by renowned and aspiring directors from all over the world in 6 different venues in Bangladesh. Four films will be shown every day at 11 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm and 6 pm respectively at the Central Public Library. The other venues of the festival are National Museum Shahbag, Alliance Franaise de Dhaka, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, British Council and Goethe Institut. The crest, certificates and financial incentives will be awarded while the five-member jury board will choose the best films made by small children for the award. The award ceremony will be held on the closing day of the festival on February 2. This year, there is a section titled Young Bangladeshi Talent where youngsters from 19 to 25 years of age will take part. The film festival Bangladesh is an annual weeklong film festival held countrywide, which showcases full-length features, shorts, experimental films made for and by children from around the world. Beginning from today, the festival will run till Februray 2. Started in 2008, the festival is one of the biggest film events in Bangladesh and also the only international film festival for children and young adults of the country To disclose the above information, a press conference was held at the seminar room of Central Public Library recently, where the festival advisor council chairman painter Mustafa Monwar and founder of Childrens Film Society filmmaker Morshedul Islam were present.