The debut feature film Balur Nagarite (Sand City) by Bangladeshi filmmaker Mahde Hasan has been officially selected for the esteemed Proxima Competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. This selection marks a significant milestone for Bangladeshi cinema on the international stage. To celebrate this achievement, actor Mostafa Monwar and sound designer Aranyak Prithivi, both involved in the film, were felicitated yesterday by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki warmly welcomed them and presented them with floral tributes, recognising their contribution ' ...
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Two of Iran’s most internationally acclaimed directors — Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rassoulof — have joined a growing chorus of voices calling for an end to the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. In a powerful joint op-ed published in Le Monde, they, along with other notable Iranian figures including Nobel Peace Prize winners, urged Tehran to halt uranium enrichment and abandon military aggression. Panahi, who recently won the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for It Was Just an Accident, and Rassoulof, whose latest film premiered at the ' ...
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Enzo Staiola, the Italian child actor who captured international hearts as the wide-eyed, solemn Bruno Ricci in Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 neorealist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves, has died at the age of 85. La Repubblica first reported his death on Wednesday. No cause of death has been disclosed. Staiola was only nine when he was cast in Ladri di Biciclette, known internationally as Bicycle Thieves, a film that became one of the defining works of Italian cinema. As Bruno, the devoted young son of an impoverished father desperately searching for his stolen ' ...
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Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, director of the Dhaka International Film Festival and advisor to Cut to Cinema, will join a distinguished panel at the III Bishkek International Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan. The panel, titled "Curating Central Asia: Rethinking 'Authenticity,'" will explore how film festivals continue to frame Central Asian cinema through a lens of tradition, while the region’s filmmakers increasingly portray a more modern and complex reality. Held from June 11–15, the festival brings together global voices to discuss evolving narratives in cinema. Zamal will be joined by prominent film professionals including ' ...
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Six films are set for release during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, with only Neelchakra having received its certification well in advance. The remaining films were awaiting clearance, which they all received together—a rare occurrence in Dhallywood. On Wednesday, the Film Censorship Board certified five Eid releases: Tandob, Insaf, Utsob, Esha Murder: Kormofol, and Togor. Alongside them, four other non-Eid films—Ural, Tomar Amar Prem Kahini, Konya, and Omimangshito—also received certificates, making it a record day with nine films approved. Producers and directors are always eager to submit their films for certification. However, after the ' ...
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