Day 1

25.04.24

Thursday

Due to Council Policy -

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>>INFORMATION - Please note that all films being screened have been subtitled in English, even though some of the trailer links below are not.

The red carpet opening of the 7th London Bengali Film Festival, attended by film makers, press and dignitaries will be taking place at the Genesis Cinema. Introduction to the festival and a drinks reception with our VIP guests and sponsors who are joining us for the opening film.

For press and other enquires to attend please email contact@lbff.co.uk.

Synopsis: 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.

Dir: Hridi Huq
Cast: Ferdous Ahmed , Anisur Rahman Milon, Litu Anam, Tanjika Amin.

Duration: 2hr 26mins
Language: Bangla with English Subs

After party to celebrate the launch of the 7th London Bengali Film Festival at a trendy spot in the City.

All welcome, subject to availability, but strongly advise to email us for guestlist priority.

VENUE TBC

Day 2

26.04.24

Friday

Synopsis: 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. Bengalis of New York (BoNY), a platform dedicated to celebrating Bengali culture and people, started off as a project in 2018 documenting and filming the stories of Bangladeshi immigrants who started a business around their passion for food. See how it all began in this original documentary presented by BoNY and Togbog.

Dir: Kamrul Khan
Cast: Various.

Duration: 16mins + Discussion (Total 1hr)
Language: English and Bengali with English subtitles

Synopsis: 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. Being Theatrical he partitioned himself from the regular form of achievements and pickup the medium of cinema to reach mass people with his ways of portraying sorrows to bring epic sense of life and its continuity. He could neither become a caring husband, nor an optimum father but left behind a number of stalwarts of Indian cinema.

Dir: Subhankar Bhowmik
Cast: VSilajit Majumder, Payel Sarkar, Kaushik Bhowmik, Basu Deb Mukherjee, Mrinmoy Kanjilal, Debabrata Adhikary

Duration: 2hrs 13mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Day 3

27.04.24

Saturday

Synopsis: A special discussion with representatives from the Commonwealth Secretariat, film makers, policymakers and young creatives. A not to be missed event looking at youth issues on film and film making for and from young people.Will be hosted live on our Facebook and Youtube accounts.

Host: Shamim Chowdhury
Speakers - Various
Duration: 60mins
Language: English

Back to Back Films - Environment

Synopsis: Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 30 minutes.

Dir: Dilip Ghosh
Cast - Various
Duration: 28mins
Language: English and Bengali with English subtitles

Synopsis: The forests of South Bengal hide a deadly secret: illegal wildlife hunting festivals leave a trail of carnage. Under the veil of tradition, thousands of protected animals are massacred in an illegal blood sport. Ashwika Kapur, a Calcutta-born nature filmmaker, driven by love for her homeland and its wildlife, embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover the roots of this cruel practice.

Dir: Ashwika Kapur
Cast - Various

Duration: 40mins
Language: English

Synopsis: 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.

Dir: Sanjoy Nag
Cast: Revathy, Rituparna Sengupta, Shweta Tripathi, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Priyanka Bharti, Harsh Chhaya with Shabana Azmi

Duration: 1hr 40mins
Language: Hindi with English subtitles

Synopsis: 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.

Dir: Akram Khan
Cast: Jaya Ahsan.

Duration: 1hr 40mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Day 4

28.04.24

Sunday

Synopsis: “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. The documentary provides an insight into the narratives of empowerment and struggles associated with actors and demonstrates intriguing findings

Dir: Tanni Chaudhuri
Cast - Featuring Indian National Award-winning actor Ananya Chatterjee.
Cast: Ananya Chatterjee, Keya Chakraborty, Animesh Bapuly, Anindya

Duration: 52mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Synopsis: 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.

Dir: Palash Das
Cast - Urmimala Basu, Jagannath Basu

Duration: 60mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles

Synopsis: 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.

Dir: Suman Ghosh
Cast - Mithun Chakraborty, Anumegha Kahali, Abir Chatterjee, Sohini Sarkar, Gulshanara Khatun, Sumit Samaddar, Kanchan Mullick

Duration: 1hr 43mins
Language: Bengali with English subtitles

A special party for the whole team, all of our partners, supporters and volunteers...

VENUE TBC