FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO

‘Made in Bangladesh’ awarded in Switzerland

Bangladeshi young talented director Rubaiyat Hossain has added another feather to her cap by winning yet another international award. This time around, her film ‘Made in Bangladesh’ has own Prix ARTE International award in the Open Doors Hub of the 70th Locarno Film Festival, one of the prominent film festivals in Switzerland.

The award ceremony held on Tuesday in Switzerland. For winning the Prix ARTE International Open Doors, director Rubaiyat Hossain received 6,000 Euros.

‘Made in Bangladesh’ is about how an individual young woman navigates and creates her own synthesis out of the forces of capitalism, leftist politics and Islamization.

Director of the film said about the film, “The process of telling women’s stories in cinema, for me, is always a process of coming to terms with my own self as a woman. Within the framework of patriarchal-phallocentric culture, I feel cinema, as a medium, offers a space for women’s solidarity, and to articulate women’s imagery and self.”

 This year, movies from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal were screened as a part of the Open Doors Hub project during the film festival that began on August 2.

On the other hand, ‘One Summer Day’, a film from Myanmar by We Ra Aung, received 8,000 Euros for winning CNC prize.

To note, Kamar Ahmad Simon’s ‘Day After Tomorrow’ from Bangladesh won two prestigious awards in the Open Doors Hub of the Locarno Film Festival last year.

FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO

Made in Bangladesh awarded in Switzerland

Bangladeshi young talented director Rubaiyat Hossain has added another feather to her cap by winning yet another international award. This time around, her film Made in Bangladesh has own Prix ARTE International award in the Open Doors Hub of the 70th Locarno Film Festival, one of the prominent film festivals in Switzerland. The award ceremony held on Tuesday in Switzerland. For winning the Prix ARTE International Open Doors, director Rubaiyat Hossain received 6,000 Euros. Made in Bangladesh is about how an individual young woman navigates and creates her own synthesis out of the forces of capitalism, leftist politics and Islamization. Director of the film said about the film, The process of telling womens stories in cinema, for me, is always a process of coming to terms with my own self as a woman. Within the framework of patriarchal-phallocentric culture, I feel cinema, as a medium, offers a space for womens solidarity, and to articulate womens imagery and self. This year, movies from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal were screened as a part of the Open Doors Hub project during the film festival that began on August 2. On the other hand, One Summer Day, a film from Myanmar by We Ra Aung, received 8,000 Euros for winning CNC prize. To note, Kamar Ahmad Simons Day After Tomorrow from Bangladesh won two prestigious awards in the Open Doors Hub of the Locarno Film Festival last year.