Entertainment Report :
The Taichung edition of the 23rd Women Make Waves (WMW) Film Festival will open with Rubaiyat Hossain’s Under Construction. WMW Film Festival is one of the world’s largest women film festivals taking place in two different cities of Taiwan, Taipei and Taichung. The Taipei edition of the festival opened on October 10th in Taipei while the Taichung edition will be opening on October 20. There are three screenings of Under Construction in both cities.
Under Construction has recently bagged a few awards including the Best Emerging Director Award at New York Asian American Film Festival, Best Film Award at Islantilla Cineforum Film Festival in Spain, Best Film at Fusagasuga International Film Festival in Colombia and the Best Film and one million Chilean peso Cash Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine Rengo in Chile.
Under Construction will also compete in the main competition of the South Asian Film festival (FFAST) taking place from October 19 to 25 at Reflet Médicis Cinéma in Paris. One of the jury memebers of the festival this year is Paris-based eminent Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed who was named Chevalier of Arts and Letters, an order of merit awarded by the French minister of Culture. FFAST, the only south asian film festival in France focuses on one South Asian country each year and this year’s focus is on Bangladesh by showcasing a selection of contemporary Bangladeshi cinema that includes Tareque Masud’s Matir Moyna, Rubaiyat Hossain’s Meherjaan, Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s Television and Abu Shahed Emon’s Jalaler Golpo. Mostfa Sarwar Farooki and Rubaiyat Hossain are invited to attend the festival as special guests.
