Curtain falls on South Asian Film Fest

The five-day long South Asian International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada came to an end recently.

A total of 70 feature films and short films from South Asian countries have participated in the fest.

Three feature films and three documentary films from Bangladesh competed in the festival.

Bangladeshi films Ashraf Shishir directed Gariwala, Riazul Rizu directed Bapjaner Bioscope and Shah Alam Kiran directed Ekattorer Ma Jononi received special citation.

Arun Chowdhury received citation for his films Dui Nombor and Shironamhin.

Actor Shahiduzzaman Selim and actress Nipun received special citation as well.

Anwar Azad, the Bangladesh related director of the festival, said they are working on making ways for more films from Bangladesh to this festival in future.