Dhaka int'l film fest begins Jan 10
December 14, 2018 00:00:00
The weeklong 117th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will begin in the city on January 10 and it will continue until January 18 next, says a press release.
The theme of the festival is 'Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society'. Rainbow Film Society has been organising the festival to promote a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and celebrating the global mainstream film since 1977.
About 200 films from around 60 countries will be screened at the festival. The festival will have a competition for 'Asian Cinema Section', 'Retrospective', 'Bangladesh Panorama Section', 'Cinema of the World Section', 'Children Films Section', 'Women Filmmakers Section', 'Short and Independent Films Section' and 'Spiritual Films Section'.