19th edition of DIFF to include a diverse jury board

Film enthusiasts of the country know that the prestigious Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will be back for its 19th edition. This time around, the film festival will need place both physically and virtually from January 16 to 24, 2021. The festival could 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".

Amid the uncertainty of the on-going pandemic, the jury board of the festival is varied as always and ready to feature India director AnjanDutta as jury for the Asian Competition segment. Up to now other confirmed juries are Bangladeshi actor BonnaMirza (Spiritual Films), actor Ferdous Ahmed (Asian Competition), Bangladeshi-born British thespian LeesaGazi (Women Filmmakers), Bosnian director SahinSisic (Spiritual Films), Sri Lankan director DrSomaranteDissanayake (Asian Competition), and Jordanian director Dina Nasser (Women Filmmakers). In line with the organizers necessary preparatory work in this regard is already underway. Through the 19th DIFF, organizers expect to screen about 200 films, with participation from around 60 countries.

As DIFF organizers will use online screening for the very first time, movie lovers should register to be able to watch the films virtually.  The screening will also be held at the Alliance Franchise de Dhaka, Star Cineplex, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Central Public Library Auditorium and Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium.

Organized by Rainbow Film Society the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) includes film-makers, critics, and film lovers from worldwide, under one roof in Bangladesh and the administrative centre becomes an epitome of better films.