Children film festival begins Wednesday

The four-day "Bangladesh Children's Film Festival-2017" will begin tomorrow at 64 districts simultaneously across the country.

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival at National Chitrashala Auditorium arranged by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), said a press release.

BSA Chairman Mustafa Monowar, film organizer Munira Morshed Munni and Assistant Prof of Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University Sabrina Sultana Chowdhury will present the programme. BSA Director General Liyakat Ali Lucky will preside over it.

A seven-member jury committee will judge a total of 40 films.

Marking the festival, workshop titled 'Film Understand' to be held on December 29 and 30 and a seminar would be held on December 29 at 4 pm at National Chitrashala Auditorium, the release added.