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Filmmakers pay tribute to Zahidur Rahim

Filmmakers, critics and industry insiders on Friday paid tribute to national award-winning filmmaker, writer and teacher Zahidur Rahim Anjan at a commemorative event at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.  

Killing of Intellectuals: Answer to Zahir Raihan’s disappearance could solve mystery: Jamaat

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar on Saturday said that the mystery over the killings of intellectuals would be revealed if the mystery of missing filmmaker Zahir Raihan was revealed...

Suborna Mustafa, husband not allowed to fly aboard

Awami League’s former lawmaker for reserved seat for women actress Suborna Mustafa and her husband filmmaker Badrul Anam Saud were barred from flying aboard at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning...

IFC holds Friday Movie Night in city

Independent Filmmakers Community has organised the Friday Movie Night with screening of 10 short films and one full-length film made by promising filmmakers at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital...

175 citizens call for separate film department at BSA

Filmmakers, writers, and artistes in a statement on Sunday demanded the formation of a separate film division at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...

Humayun Ahmed’s birth anniv observed

The 76th anniversary of the birth of fiction writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed was observed on Wednesday...

Syed Salahuddin Zaki’s 1st death anniv today

Today is the first anniversary of the death of filmmaker Syed Salahuddin Zaki...

Zayed’s ‘Darkaak’ bags Special Jury in Indian film fest

Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki’s short film titled Darkaak bagged the Special Jury Prize at the 10th International Film Festival of Shimla in India recently...

Probe body finds homeopathic college authorities’ indifference

The committee to probe the incident of demolishing internationally renowned filmmaker Ritwik Kumar Ghatak’s ancestral home in the Rajshahi city found Rajshahi Homeopathic College and Hospital authorities’ indifference to save the property...

Filmmakers for censor board reform

Filmmakers on Wednesday demanded introduction of a rating system instead of banning any content...

Abdullah Al Mamun’s death anniv today

Today is the 16th anniversary of death of eminent playwright, novelist, filmmaker and actor Abdullah Al Mamun...

Zahir Raihan birth anniv today

Today is the 89th anniversary of the birth of eminent filmmaker, fiction writer, Language Movement hero and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan...

Zayed’s ‘Darkaak’ to participate in 3 film festivals

Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki’s short film titled Darkaak has been selected for three film festivals in India, Australia and the United States of America...

Tareque Masud’s death anniv today

The 13th anniversary of the death of the acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud, best known for his much-acclaimed film ‘Matir Moina’ – the first Bangladeshi film to compete in the Oscars and won the Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, will be observed today...

Bongo BD to offer Farooki’s Ladies & Gentlemen

Renowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s first web series, ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ will be released on July 11 on Bangladesh’s OTT platform, Bongo, according to a press release...

Badal Rahman’s death anniv today

Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of freedom fighter, filmmaker, film activist and writer Badal Rahman, who made an immense contribution to the...

Ray portrayed people’s crises, conflicts in films: discussion

Discussants at a programme said that the Academy Awards-winning legendary Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray portrayed crises and conflicts of people in his...

Sohel Arman announces ‘Sangbad’

Filmmaker Sohel Arman is making preparations for making his next film based on an 1872 story revolving around the house of a zemindar....

Sangita captures struggles, lives of hijras thru lens

Bangladeshi independent filmmaker, photographer and cultural activist Aparajita Sangita said

Iran jails filmmaker Rasoulof

An Iranian court has sentenced prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to jail time for ‘collusion against national security’, his lawyer Babak Paknia said Wednesday...

‘Nirvana’ bags Special Jury Award in MIFF

French filmmaker Laurent Cantet dies

French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film ‘The Class’, died on Thursday aged...

Filmmaker Abu Tauhid Heron dies aged 38

Filmmaker and screenwriter Abu Tauhid Heron died at his apartment in New Eskaton area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday.  He was 38....

I enjoy working in all mediums: Masud Sumon

Theatre artiste, screenwriter and filmmaker Masud Sumon said that he enjoyed working in all mediums...