Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s ‘Saturday Afternoon’ Scores U.S., Canada Release with CEPL, Reliance Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Singapore-based film marketing and distribution firm Continental Entertainment Pte. Ltd. (CEPL), which holds global distribution rights for Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Saturday Afternoon,” will release the film in the U.S.
and Canada through Reliance Entertainment. The Bengali-and-English-language film takes its cue from the brutal terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka in 2016, which took place on a quiet Saturday afternoon and left more than 20 people dead.
It had considerable festival play, winning awards at Fukuoka, Moscow and Vesoul. The film was initially banned and had finally been cleared for release in January after a four year struggle with the Bangladesh Film Censor Board.
However Bangladesh’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting appears to have taken a U turn and the situation remains fluid.
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