'Sonatan Golpo' wins critics award at DIFF
The 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) ended here on Friday with the awards ceremony.This year's theme was 'Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society'. Rainbow Film Society organized the nine-day festival.
State Minister of Cultural Affairs KM Khalid attended the closing ceremony at the main auditorium of the National Museum as the chief guest. State Minister for Foreign Affairs and chief patron of the DIFF, Shahriar Alam, presided over the session in presence of festival director Ahmed Muztaba Zamal and festival executive committee member M Hamid.
There were competitions named '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' in the film festival, reports UNB.
'Little Prince of Our City' directed by Talgat Temenov from Kazakhstan won the 'Best Children Film Badal Rahman Award' while the 'Best Audience Award' was given to 'EK Je Chilo Raja' directed by Srijit Mukheji from India.
'Sonatan Golpo' (Ancient Trap) directed by Masum Aziz from Bangladesh won 'Best Critic Film by FIPRESCI Jury' while 'Bitter Sea' directed by Fateme Ahmadi from the UK, 'Burkinabe Bounty' by Iara Lee from Burkina Faso, the USA, Bulgaria, Italy, Rising Silence directed by Leesa Gazi from Bangladesh, India, UK and Mamang directed by Denise O'hara from Philippines got the award for Best Short fiction in Women Filmmakers Section, Women Filmmakers Section Documentary, Best Documentary in Women Filmmakers Section and Best Feature Film in Women Filmmakers Section respectively.
