Previous programmes / 2018
3rd edition
Dates
12–15 April 2018
Venues
Barbican Cinema, Brady Arts Centre, David Game College, Rich Mix
Films
6 in this archive
Day 1 · 6.15pm · Barbican Cinema
This ground-breaking film covers the full story of this legendary cloth, known us Muslin. Designed for international audiences, it takes the viewer on a breath-taking 2000-year-old journey; from the herbariums of the world, the rivers of Bengal where the plant (Gossypium Arboreum Var.
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Day 2 · 3.00pm · Brady Arts Centre
Bilu is a man stuck in time. In search of an escape Bilu who rebelled to be a puppet of the reality imposed by others as he creates his own through his delusions, for Bilu albeit living with inviolable demons inside, is also a dreamer.
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Day 2 · 5.00pm · Brady Arts Centre
In honour of the late screen legend Sridevi
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Day 3 · 3.00pm · David Game (Theatre)
'Bengali Beauty' tells the story of a demure medical student (Mumtaheena Toya) who falls in love with a brash Bangladesh Radio deejay (Rahsaan Noor) while listening to his World Music show during the revolutionary '70's.
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Day 4 · 6.45pm · Rich Mix
A documentary film on early child marriage, a strong social custom in Bangladesh and has the fourth highest rate of child marriage in the world.
Day 4 · 7.30pm · Rich Mix
A famous writer mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind clues in his copy of an old poem.
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