WOMEN MAKE WAVES FILM FESTIVAL
Under Construction to open festival tomorrow
DL reporter
The Taichung edition of the 23rd Women Make Waves (WMW) Film Festival will open with Rubaiyat Hossains critically-acclaimed film Under Construction. The WMW Film Festival is one of the worlds largest womens film festivals taking place in two different cities of Taiwan, Taipei and Taichung. The Taipei edition of the festival opened on October 10 in Taipei while the Taichung edition will be opening on October 20. There are three screenings of Under Construction in both cities. Under Construction has recently bagged a few awards, including the Best Emerging Director Award at New York Asian American Film Festival, Best Film Award at Islantilla Cineforum Film Festival in Spain, Best Film at Fusagasuga International Film Festival in Colombia and the Best Film and one million Chilean peso Cash Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine Rengo in Chile.
The film will also compete in the main competition of the South Asian Film festival (FFAST) taking place from October 19 to 25 at Reflet Mdicis Cinma in Paris. One of the jury members of the festival this year is Paris-based eminent Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed who was named Chevalier of Arts and Letters, an order of merit awarded by the French minister of Culture. Mostafa Sarwar Farooki and Rubaiyat Hossain from Bangladesh are invited to attend the festival as special guests.
