Previous programmes / 2024
7th edition
Dates
25–28 April 2024
Venues
Genesis Cinema, BLOC at Queen Mary University, Stratford Picturehouse
Films
8 in this archive
Day 1 · 2.30pm · Genesis Cinema
7th London Bengali Film Festival kicks off with Hridi Haq’s poignant debut feature that delves into the lives of two middle-class families, which become intricately woven with the events of the Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971.
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Day 2 · 11:00am · BLOC, Queen Mary University
Bengali's of New York and Togbog present New York's story, which is incomplete without the Bangladeshi-owned food carts ever-present in the streets of the Big Apple.
Day 2 · 5.10pm · BLOC, Queen Mary University
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak, a filmmaker, born ahead of time for the content he created. His cinema brought forward the irony of life, while he himself remained behind the scenes.
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Day 3 · 4pm · BLOC, Queen Mary University
Inspired by true events and people, this film analyses the disruption in the social equilibrium caused by the absence of basic social tools in our daily life.
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Day 3 · 7.30pm · Stratford Picturehouse
Three Filmfare Awards and four National Film Awards winner, Jaya Ahsan, stars in the Akram Khan directorial, "A Tale of Two Sisters" based on Hasan Azizul Haq's novel "Bidhobader Kotha", and produced by TM Films' Farzana Munny. This film is based on the Bangladesh's Liberation War.
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Day 4 · 11.30am · BLOC, Queen Mary University
“Lights, Camera, Mega examines How the journey of women who work as actors in the televised soap opera industry in Kolkata (known as mega), India since they joined this workforce? The growth of the regional soap opera market in India, have opened avenues for young women aspiring to be actors.
Day 4 · 2:30pm · BLOC, Queen Mary University
India is the land of story telling through Ramayana, Mahabharata reading from time immemorial. Their presentation needed a lot of voice acting as well. Jagannath Bose and Urmimala Bose, the veteran couple of todays Bengal somewhat bear that rich legacy in their presentation of Shruti natok or talk theatre.
Day 4 · 7pm · Stratford Picturehouse
Starring iconic movie star Mithun Chakraborty, this film iet in the bustling city of Kolkata in 1965, the film revolves around the heartwarming connection between Rahmat, a middle-aged Afghan man and Mini, a little girl . Based on the 1892 short story " Kabuliwala " written by Rabindranath Tagore .
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