Naman Ramachandran Bangladesh is a vital presence at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival with three films in competition and a film at the Asian Project Market.
The current wave of Bangladeshi cinema was heralded by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki‘s “Television,” which closed Busan in 2012. The festival has subsequently screened almost every major work emerging from the country.
Farooki’s latest effort “Something Like an Autobiography” plays in the festival’s Jiseok competition. Feature debutants Biplob Sarkar’s “The Stranger” and Iqbal H.
Chowdhury’s “The Wrestlers” are in the New Currents competition for first or second features. Robiul Alam Robi’s “Suraiya” is selected for the APM.
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