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The 21st Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) began on Saturday. The festival, organized by the Rainbow Film Society, will be held at the National Museum, Shahbagh, and will last eight days.
It is known that 252 films from 71 nations will be screened at the festival under 10 categories, including “Asian Cinema Competition Section,” “Retrospective,” “Wide Angle,” “Tribute,” “Bangladesh Panorama,” “Cinema of the World,” “Children Films,” “Women Filmmakers,” “Short and Independent Films Section,” and “Spiritual Films Section.”
81 Bangladeshi films, including “Hawa,” “Paap Punyo,” “Damal,” “The Beauty Circus,” and “Deshantor,” will be screened under various categories, beginning with “JK 1971” in the Bangladesh Panorama Section.
The jury board this time comprises people like Jon Jost, Pouran Derakhshandeh, Mostafa Kamal, Dr. Arsen Arakelyan, Alexandros Kostopoulos, and Ellaheh Tahaei.
The event will also occur at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, and Star Cineplex.