Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mohammad Nahid Islam inaugurated the 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival 2025, organised by Rainbow Film Society at the Bangladesh National Museum in the capital on Saturday. — PID The 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) began in the city on Saturday.
The festival will showcase 220 films from 75 countries with the slogan "Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society."
The flagship yearly film festival of Bangladesh, this year's nine-day festival in six venues in Dhaka will become a rendezvous for many local and foreign filmmakers, artists, critics, and film enthusiasts, where Bangladesh will be represented through 44 films.
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Nahid Islam inaugurated the festival as the chief guest at the main auditorium of the city's Bangladesh National Museum.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen and the Chinese Film Administration's International Director Shu Yang joined the inauguration ceremony as the special guests.
Festival Committee Executive Member and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jalal Ahmed presided over the opening ceremony.
Commemorating the martyrs of the July-August uprising, seven short films will be screened at this year's DIFF on January 12, 15, 16 and 17. The venues for these screenings are the Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the National Museum, the Green University of Bangladesh Auditorium, the National Art Gallery Auditorium of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, and the Auditorium of North South University, respectively.
Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostafa Sarwar Farooki will be the chief guest of the 23rd DIFF's concluding ceremony on January 19 at the National Museum.
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