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Film depicts culture, heritage: Tarana
DHAKA Sept 4, 2018 (BSS) – State Minister for Information Tarana Halim
today said film portrays the culture and heritage of a country and it also
helps recognise and preserve the history of a nation.
She came up with the observation while addressing the closing ceremony
of the 10th International Inter-university Short Film Festival- 2018 at Dhaka
University (DU).
Dhaka University Film Society with support from UNHCR organised the
short film festival at Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the DU campus.
Tarqna Halim said: “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman understood long before that cultural independence was very important
apart from political, economic and social freedom. That’s why he underscored
the need for cultural freedom in the constitution. And this is the culture
that makes him the poet of politics”.
DU Pro-VC (Administration) Dr Muhammad Samad, UNHCR deputy
representative Papa kysma Sylla and eminent filmmaker Morshedul Islam were,
among others, present on this occasion.
The organisers of the festival received a total of 635 films from 71
countries. Top 100 films were screened at TSC, including special session of
screening short film on refugee.
The inaugural session of the 10th International Inter-university Short
Film Festival was held at the Goethe Institute Bangladesh on August 19, 2018
while the second screening session at Alliance Fran‡aise de Dhaka on August
29-30, 2018.
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