Imtiaz Ahmed Bijon’s film ‘Matir Projar Deshe’ (Kingdom of Clay Subjects) will be screening as the opening film today at the sixth edition of Karawan Film Festival in Rome, Italy. The festival will continue till June 11. Supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh) and Bangladesh Embassy, producer Arifur Rahman will attend the screening of the film. He left Dhaka for Italy on June 3. Popular actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachi, Mahmudur Aninda, Sheuli Aktar, Monir Ahmed Shakil and Chinmoyi Gupta acted in the film. Directed by Imtiaz Ahmed Bijon, ‘Matir Projar Deshe’ is set in rural Bangladesh. 10-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day his childhood friend and playmate is forced to become a child bride. Isolated and lost, Jamal finds the world a harsh reality when his hopes of getting new friends and attending school collide with his mother’s past.
Earlier, the film participated in the seventh edition of Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2016. The film had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival held between  May 19 to June 12.