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Ayub Bachchu’s
instrumental concert in Chittagong
• Showtime Desk
After the success of the first solo
guitar instrumental show of Ayub
Baccchu, held in March in the
capital, the legendary singermusician
is all set to perform in
another identical show at the
Radisson Blu Chittagong on May
20.
Presented by Robi, Airtel and
Yonder Music, the instrumental
show titled “Now And Then” is
organised by AB Kitchen, DJ Pro
and Wizard Showbiz.
Details of the show came out in
a press conference held at Channel
i, where Ayub Bachchu, Faridur
Reza Sagor, the managing director
of Channel i, Mahbubul Alam
Bhuiyan, vice president of Robi,
and Imrul Karim Emil, the Shunno
singer and the country director of
Yonder Music Bangladesh were
present.
At the press conference, Ayub
Bachchu said, “Keeping the
requests of my fans in mind, I
am going to perform in a guitar
instrumental show for the first
time, at my birthplace.”
Sponsors of the event have
organised a contest to win free
tickets to the concert, and a rare
opportunity to sing one of the
most popular tracks of Ayub
Bachchu “Cholo Bodley Jai” on
stage along with him. Details of
the contest can be found at the
Facebook page of Yonder Music
Bangladesh. Tickets are available
at bdtickets.com. •
Bangladesh filmmakers to
participate in Cannes’ event
A tribute to Mrinal Sen
• Showtime Desk
The International Emerging
Film Talent Association (IEFTA),
a Monaco-based non-profit,
non-governmental organisation,
has taken an initiative to foster
Bangladeshi filmmakers by
providing them an opportunity to
participate in a workshop which
is to be held at the Cannes Film
Festival this year.
The initiative
is one of the four
different initiatives
organised by
IEFTA at this year’s
70th Cannes Film
Festival, which
will be held from
May 17 to 28. The
biennial event,
“Dhaka to Cannes”
is organised in
co-operation with
International
Film Initiative
of Bangladesh
(IFIB) in support
of local emerging
filmmakers.
In the last week
of March, IEFTA
revealed that
three Bangladeshi
filmmakers, Lubna
Sharmin, Md Abid
Mallick, and Kazi
Mahadi Muntasir,
have been selected
by the international
jury to be in the
Producers Workshop at the
Marché du Film.
In this introducing event,
selected participants will get
an opportunity to fly to Cannes
to take part in the Producers
Workshop hosted by the Marche
du Film, the business counterpart
of the Cannes Film Festival and
one of the largest film markets
in the world. This unique event
includes three days of intensive
meetings with some of the
world’s prominent filmmakers
and film executives.
In a similar initiative, Addis to
Cannes was launched by IEFTA
in 2010, in partnership with
the Ethiopian Film Initiative
to support young Ethiopian
filmmakers through a careerdeveloping
trip to Cannes. Past
participants have gone on to have
their films shown in international
festivals such as
Berlin, Toronto, and
Venice, and sold
to international
markets.
Through its
mentorship
initiative, IEFTA
will also sponsor
two filmmakers
from Mongolia
to the Producers
Network.
IEFTA will host
a reception at the
Plage Royal for
Dhaka to Cannes:
A Celebration
of Talent. The
event features
participating
Bangladeshi
filmmakers from
this year’s inaugural
Dhaka to Cannes
initiative, as well
as the Mongolian
filmmakers,
and Watersprite
participants. •
• Showtime Desk
On the occasion of revered film
auteur Mrinal Sen’s 94th birthday,
Chalachitram Film Society,
Bangladesh National Museum
and India-Bangladesh Foundation
jointly organised a five day long
film screening session, which
began on May 13 at the main
auditorium of Bangladesh National
Museum.
Prime minister’s foreign
advisor, Gowher Rizvi inaugurated
the program, while two eminent
film makers, Tanvir Mokammel
and Morshedul Islam spoke at
the event. Director general of
Bangladesh National Museum,
Faizul Latif Chowdhury was also
present at the event.
Mrinal Sen’s Ek din Pratidin was
screened after the commencement
ceremony. The screening will
continue till May 17 at the main
auditorium of the museum. The
event is open for all.
Interview and Chorus is on the
schedule of today’s screening,
while Kharij, Ek din Achanak
and Jayanta Bhattacharjee’s
documentary Always Being
Born are scheduled for May 16.
Antareen, Amar Bhuban and
Rajdeep Pal’s documentray Mrinal
Sen: An Era in Cinema will be
projected on the last day of the
event.
Born on May 14, 1923,
Mrinal Sen is an Indian film
maker based in Kolkata, who
is often considered to be one
of the greatest ambassadors
of Indian parallel cinema on
the global stage, along with his
contemporaries Satyajit Ray and
Ritwik Ghatak. His work is highly
lauded for its artistic depiction of
social reality. Although the three
directors shared a healthy rivalry,
they were ardent admirers of each
other’s works, and in so doing,
they charted the independent
trajectory of parallel cinema, as a
counterpoint to the mainstream
fare of Hindi cinema in India. •