11TH JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Iti, Tomari Dhaka wins best original screenplay award
DL Desk, Dhaka
Iti, Tomari Dhaka (Sincerely, Your Dhaka), the first anthology film of Bangladesh produced by Impress Telefilm, has won an award in the category of best original screenplay award at the 11th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF). The five-day festival took place from January 18 to 22 in Jaipur, India.
In the global cinema industry, the anthology is a very popular and important genre of films. This type of films is usually the combination of several short length features.
A talented group of filmmakers consisted of 11 directors has directed Iti, Tomari Dhaka. The name of the directors includes Golam Kibria Farooki, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Mahmudul Islam, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi, Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan, Syed Ahmed Shawki, Tanim noor and Tanvir Ahsan.
Iti, Tomari Dhaka is a wild ride through the streets of Bangladeshs capital, Dhaka. A background actor who does anything to be a star. Two young girls who are dying for a drink in a city where alcohol is illegal. A teenage gangster whos drunk on power and a sound recordist who finds a dark secret. A bank scam sparks an attempted murder and a plumber adds fuel to a refugee crisis. Stolen cars, broken dreams, dysfunctional relationships. Ranging from bizarre, heart-warming to heart-breaking, the first ever anthology film made in Bangladesh takes us on a bittersweet journey through Dhaka city.
To note, the Jaipur International Film Festival -JIFF, the worlds fastest growing film festival, is held every year in January or February in Jaipur, India. Launched in January 2009, JIFF became expanding establishing name in organizing world film festival every year in Rajasthan. The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas culture between India and other nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos.
