The renowned Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski presented his latest film Fatherland in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Pawlikowski had previously won the Oscar for Ida and then took home Best Director at Cannes for Cold war in 2018, so anticipation for his newest film was immense, not only because of those accolades, but because he is a filmmaker with a unique style and vision. With Fatherland, Pawlikowski returns once again to the era of World War II and its aftermath. The film follows the German novelist and ' ...
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Bangladeshi filmmaker Nurul Alam Atique has earned international recognition as his film Manusher Bagan received the Best Feature Film on Social Subject Award at the 15th Delhi International Film Festival in New Delhi on 19 May 2026. The award was received by Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner to India Preeti Rahman on behalf of the director and the film team during the post-closing award ceremony at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. The achievement marks another milestone for the growing wave of contemporary Bangladeshi cinema, which has increasingly gained attention ' ...
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Four Bangladeshi filmmakers are taking part in Cannes Docs 2026, one of the world’s leading documentary platforms held alongside the Cannes Film Festival 2026 in France. The initiative has been organised by Alliance Française de Chittagong in collaboration with Bisubo Art Organization and supported through the French PICC grant, according to the French Embassy in Dhaka. The selected filmmakers are Kazi Arefin Ahmed with Opekkha, Citto Aanondi with Blue-Collars from the Frontline, S M Kamrul Ahsan with In Search of Her, and Sumon Delwar with My Cousin. The projects were chosen through a ' ...
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A young man has a job interview. Everything depends on it. He has the qualifications, the confidence, and the desperation of someone who knows that one opportunity can change a life. But there is a problem: he cannot find a Western suit. He rushes through Calcutta in search of one. Shops are closed. Time is running out. What begins as a simple errand gradually turns into something larger. The suit is no longer just a suit. It becomes a symbol of colonial hangover, middle-class anxiety, and a society still measuring ' ...
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The 2026 edition of the Cannes Film Festival opened on May 12 with international stars gathering on the red carpet, while conversations around artificial intelligence, the absence of major Hollywood studios, and political tensions overshadowed the celebrations. Actors including Demi Moore and Elijah Wood attended the opening ceremony on the French Riviera. Veteran actor and activist Jane Fonda officially declared the festival open alongside Chinese actor Gong Li. During her speech, Fonda described cinema as “an act of resistance” and said: “We tell the stories... that bring empathy to the marginalized, ' ...
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