International Film Festival Bangladesh 2003

Cinema. Film. Movie. Guess what!

This week was my filmy week.

I was assigned to cover the International Film Festival Bangladesh 2003. Have taken interview of directors and deligates. Attended some 'meet the press' sessions of Tanvir Mokammel (Bangladesh), Tareque Masud (Bangladesh), Rokeya Prachi (Bangladesh), Aryadan Shawkath (Kerala, India), Buddhadev Dasgupta (Kolkata, India), Goutam Ghose(Kolkata, India), Nabin Subba(Nepal), Somaratne Dissanayake(Sri Lanka) and Le Xuat(Vietnam).

Here is a short selection of movies screened at this festival:
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( Movie Name / Location / Director )
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* Lesson One: A Wail (Kerala, T V Chandran)
* Saroja (Sri Lanka, Somaratne Dishanayeke)
* Sanjbatir Rupkothara (Kolkata, Anjan Das)
= Abar Oronnye (Kolkata, Goutom Ghose)
= Shubho Maharat (Kolkata, Rituporno Ghosh)
= Little Angel (Sri Lanka, Somaratne Dishanayeke)
- Numafung (Nepal, Nabin Subba)
- Amar Bhuvan (Kolkata, Mrinal Sen)
- Adhiar (Bangladesh, S A Tutul)
- Mondo Meyer Upakkhan (Kolkata, B D gupta)
- Violet Perfume (Mexico, Marisa Sistach)
- Firefly Dreams (Japan, John Williams)
- Bendera (Indonesia)

List of Boring movies I have watched also. Grrr... :
~ Era of Kali (Sri Lanka)
~ Room To Let( Malaysia)
~ Hai Binh (Vietnam)
~ L'abre De les Cireres (Spain)

Whatever the excuses from organizers, you can easily label this event: "Festival with Great mismanagement".