23rd Dhaka International Film Festival
January 11-19, 2025
Organized By: Rainbow Film Society
Film Selection List
Asian Film Competition Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1. | In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | Canada, Pakistan | 98min. | 2023 |
| 2. | Men Qian Bao Di (100Yards) | Haofeng Xu, Junfeng Xu | China | 109min. | 2023 |
| 3. | Beline | Samik Roy Choudhury | India | 85min. | 2024 |
| 4. | In The Belly of A Tiger | Jatla Siddartha | India | 92min. | 2024 |
| 5. | Hao Jiu Bu Jian (Dreaming & Dying) | Nelson Yeo | Indonesia, Singapore, | 79min. | 2023 |
| 6. | Aparatchi (Projectionist) | Ghorbanali Taherifar | Iran | 95min. | 2024 |
| 7. | Melody | Behrouz Sebt Rasoul | Iran, Tajikistan | 89min. | 2023 |
| 8. | Tabestan-E Haman Saal (Summer time) | Mahmoud Kalari | Iran | 109min. | 2024 |
| 9. | The Last Postmen | Saad Alessamy | Iraq | 88min. | 2023 |
| 10. | Performing Kaoru’s Funeral | Noriko Yuasa | Japan | 100min. | 2023 |
| 11. | Jel Toktaghan Jer (The Land Where Winds Stood Still) | Ardak Amirkulov | Kazakhstan | 109min. | 2023 |
| 12. | Kachkyn (Deal At The Border) | Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi | Kyrgyzstan | 100min. | 2024 |
| 13. | Zai Shao Nv Hua Ying Xia (Within A Budding Grove) | Hoby Zhang | Malaysia | 110min. | 2024 |
| 14. | Guardia de Honor (The Guardian of Honor) | Joselito Altarejos | Philippines | 95min. | 2024 |
| 15. | Isle of Snakes | Eu-Min Kim | Republic of Korea | 115min. | 2023 |
| 16. | Demo Ke Pelê Gozan Benî Zer (When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow) | Mehmet Ali Konar | Turkey | 101min. | 2024 |
| 17. | Yakshanba (Sunday) | Shokir Kholikov | Uzbekistan | 97min. | 2023 |
Retrospective Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Angely revolyutsii (Angels of Revolution) | Aleksey Fedorchenko | Russia | 106min. | 2014 |
2. | Atavism | Aleksey Fedorchenko | Russia | 2min. | |
3. | Big Snakes of Ulli-Kale | Aleksey Fedorchenko, Tatyana Baganova | Russia | 122min. | 2022 |
4. | Pervye na Lune (First on the Moon) | Aleksey Fedorchenko | Russia | 72min. | 2005 |
5. | Voyna Anny (Anna’s War) | Aleksey Fedorchenko | Russia | 75min. | 2018 |
6. | Zheleznaya doroga (The Railway) | Alexey Fedrochenko | Russia | 103min. | 2007 |
Bangladesh Panorama: Full Length Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1. | Agantuk (The Stranger) | Biplob Sarkar | Bangladesh | 81min. | 2023 |
| 2. | Batasher Phena (Applauding Wind) | Abdul Ahad Tanvir | Bangladesh | 83min. | 2024 |
| 3. | Boli (The Wrestler) | Iqbal H Chowdhury | Bangladesh | 91min. | 2023 |
| 4. | Dear Maloti (Priyo Maloti) | Shankha Das Gupta | Bangladesh | 116min. | 2024 |
| 5. | Ekhane Nongor (The Anchor) | Mehedi Rony | Bangladesh | 117min. | 2023 |
| 6. | Fatima | Dhrubo Hasan | Bangladesh | 105min. | 2023 |
| 7. | NilPadmo (The Blue Lotus) | Towfique Elahi | Bangladesh | 65min. | 2024 |
| 8. | Rokto Joba | Niamul Hasan Mukta | Bangladesh | 100min | 2023 |
| 9. | Shohojatra – Fellow Minds | Abdul Ahad Tanvir | Bangladesh | 54min. | 2024 |
| 10. | Shoroter Joba | Kushum Sikder | Bangladesh | 123min | 2024 |
Bangladesh Panorama: Talent Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1. | A Lazy Noon | Monon Muntaka | Bangladesh | 15min. | 2024 |
| 2. | Aleya | Mahbub Saif | Bangladesh | 14min. | 2024 |
| 3. | Chad Akasher Golpo (A Roof to Sky Story) | Md. Amit Jahidi Himel | Bangladesh | 6min. | 2024 |
| 4. | Grow With the Flow | Fatiha Taiara | Bangladesh | 11min. | 2024 |
| 5. | Julyer Chithi (July’s Letter) | Md. Lahul Miah | Bangladesh | 10min. | 2024 |
| 6. | Lile Le La Lile Lai (Take It Or Lose It) | Shah Sakib Sobhan | Bangladesh | 6min. | 2024 |
| 7. | M’Other | Sizan Azmir | Bangladesh | 15min. | 2024 |
| 8. | Nishpran | Tasnova Rahman Zamia | Bangladesh | 14min. | 2024 |
| 9. | No Lands Talk | Rashedul Roni | Bangladesh | 10min. | 2024 |
| 10. | Path (The Path) | Md. Lahul Miah | Bangladesh | 7min. | 2024 |
| 11. | Phulera Poshak Porena (Defy) | Aasif U Hamid | Bangladesh | 7min. | 2024 |
| 12. | Poitrik Bhita (Hereditary Homestead) | Mobarak Hossain | Bangladesh | 15min. | 2024 |
| 13. | Rajia | Arfin Islam | Bangladesh | 10min. | 2024 |
| 14. | Senapati Dighi | Khaleq Sadman | Bangladesh | 14min | 2023 |
| 15. | Tiras (The Thirst) | Shuvashis Sinha | Bangladesh | 15min | 2024 |
Wide Angle Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1 | Cheng Chuan Er Qu (Gone With the Boat) | Chen Xiaoyu | China | 100min. | 2023 |
| 2. | Chuanguo yueliang de luxíng (I Love You, To The Moon, And Back) | Weiran Li | China | 105min. | 2024 |
| 3. | Dai ni qu jian wo ma (Back To Love) | Hongchun Lan | China | 102min. | 2022 |
| 4. | Du xing yue qiu (Moon Man) | Chiyu Zhang | China | 122min. | 2022 |
| 5. | Friday, Funfair | Zhi Zeng, Olivia Hang Zhou | China | 99min. | 2024 |
| 6. | Johnny Keep Walking！ | Runnian Dong | China | 118min. | 2023 |
| 7 | Life of Luo Sang | Zhang Guodong | China | 95min. | 2022 |
| 8. | Mo lu kuang hua qian (The Last Frenzy) | Rina Wu | China | 107min. | 2024 |
| 9. | Ni hao, Li Huanying (Hi，Mom) | Jia Ling | China | 128min. | 2021 |
| 10. | Personal Persistence | Xiao Xing | China | 87min. | 2023 |
| 11. | Ren sheng lu bu shu (Godspeed) | Xiaoxing Yi | China | 101min. | 2023 |
| 12. | So Long For Love | Xiaolie Wang | China | 105min. | 2023 |
| 13. | The Midsummerʼs Voice | Yudi Zhang | China | 102min. | 2024 |
| 14. | Xin shen bang: Yang Jian (New Gods：Yang Jian) | Zhao Ji | China | 128min. | 2022 |
| 15. | Zou zou ting ting (G For Gap) | Fei Long | China | 104min. | 2024 |
Cinema of the World Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | This Jungo Life | David Fedele | Australia, Morocco | 78min. | 2024 |
2. | Where the Kids Have No Name | Jamillah Van Der Hulst | Bangladesh, Netherlands | 52min. | 2024 |
3. | I am Chance | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Belgium | 87min. | 2022 |
4. | Silence of Reason | Kumjana Novakova | Bosnia And Herzegovina, North Macedonia, | 64min. | 2023 |
5. | 78 Dana (78 Days) | Emilija Gašić | Bosnia And Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Serbia | 86min. | 2024 |
6. | La Destinée D’une Camionneuse (The Destiny of A Truck Driver) | Koussé Yssouf | Burkina Faso | 78min. | 2023 |
7. | Obraz (The Tower of Strength) | Nikola Vukcevic | Croatia, Germany, Montenegro, Serbia, | 98min. | 2024 |
8. | Don Goyo | Jorge Flores Velasco | Ecuador | 72min. | 2023 |
9. | Annen Amatsoni (Anne´S Amazon) | Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen | Finland | 54min. | 2024 |
10. | Togoland – Projections | Jürgen Ellinghaus | France, Germany, Togo | 96min. | 2023 |
11. | From Life to Life | Beka Sikharulidze | Georgia | 93min. | 2023 |
12. | Lefkovicsek Gyaszolnak (All About The Levkoviches) | Ádám Breier | Hungary | 86min. | 2024 |
13. | Padatik | Srijit Mukherji | India | 127min. | 2024 |
14. | Nado snimat filmy o lyubvi (We Should Make Movies About Love) | Roman Mikhailov | India, Russia | 74min. | 2023 |
15. | In Jamiyat Ghabel Kontrol (This Controllable Crowd) | Mohammad Matin Ojani | Iran | 79min. | 2024 |
16. | Barahout (Barren) | Mansour Vosoughi | Iran | 88min. | 2023 |
17. | Shayad Jaei Digar (Maybe Somewhere Else) | Ali Tasdighi | Iran | 80min. | 2023 |
18. | Kasra Online (Winter Threshold) | Soudabeh Beizaei | Iran | 90min. | 2024 |
19. | Maria | Mahdi Asghari Azghadi | Iran | 97min. | 2023 |
20. | Lastochka (Longer Than A Day ) | Malika Mukhamedzhan | Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia | 122min. | 2024 |
21. | Animal / Humano (Human / Animal) | Alessandro Pugno | Italy, Mexico, Spain | 92min. | 2023 |
22. | Yukiko a.k.a | Naoya Kusaba | Japan | 98min. | 2024 |
23. | Error 404 | Tynchtyk Abylkasymov | Kyrgyzstan | 80min. | 2023 |
24. | Los Pacientes Recurrentes (The Recurrent Patients) | Mario Lucero Beauregard | Mexico | 98min. | 2023 |
25. | Choreographies towards loss | Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn | Norway | 61min. | 2024 |
26. | Under A Piaya Moon | Kurt Soberano | Philippines | 112min. | 2024 |
27. | Cidade Rabat | Susana Nobre | Portugal | 103min. | 2023 |
28. | Moon’s Walking | Hyunkyu Shin | Republic of Korea | 93min. | 2024 |
29. | Chuma (Plague) | Dmitrii Davydov | Russia | 87min. | 2024 |
30. | ERA | Veniamin Ilyassov | Russia | 106min. | 2023 |
31. | Filatelia (Postmarks) | Natalia Nazarova | Russia | 113min. | 2024 |
32. | Angeli ne zuzzhat (Angels Don’t Buzz) | Aleksandr Seliverstov | Russia, Serbia | 88min. | 2024 |
33. | Il Signore | Aymen Khoja | Saudi Arabia | 110min. | 2024 |
34. | Bauk (The Erl-King) | Goran Radovanovic | Serbia | 96min. | 2024 |
35. | Flašaroši (Bottlemen) | Nemanja Vojinović | Serbia, Slovenia | 83min. | 2023 |
36. | Mage Panthiye Lamayek (Teach Me) | Shyam Fernando | Sri Lanka | 98min. | 2024 |
37. | Raylarin Otesinde (Beyond the Ways) | Cenk Izgoren | Turkey | 102min. | 2024 |
38. | Plantadas | Lilo Vilaplana, Camilo Vilaplana | USA | 112min. | 2023 |
39. | Grasshopper Republic | Daniel Mccabe | USA, Uganda | 94min. | 2023 |
Women Filmmakers Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1. | Nuestra Sombra (Our Own Shadow) | Agustina Sánchez Gavier | Argentina, Germany | 20min. | 2024 |
| 2. | Tempus Fugit | Luciana Terribili | Argentina, Spain | 93min. | 2024 |
| 3. | Cuando Todo Arde (When Everything Burns) | María Belén Poncio | Argentina, USA | 13min. | 2024 |
| 4. | R Kotobar Bolbo (No More Speaks) | Rehana Samdani | Bangladesh | 41min. | 2024 |
| 5. | Namheen Gotroheen (Without Name Withiout Cast) | Chandrabhan Devi | Bangladesh | 40min. | 2024 |
| 6. | Ultraviolet | Veerle De Wilde | Belgium, Netherlands | 24min. | 2024 |
| 7. | Aguda (Acute) | Mayara Millane | Brazil | 14min. | 2024 |
| 8. | Scarlet | Maria Bobeva | Bulgaria | 25min. | 2024 |
| 9. | Los Mosquitos | Nicole Chi | Costa Rica, USA | 15min. | 2024 |
| 10. | Sea Salt | Leila Basma | Czech Republic, Lebanon | 17min. | 2023 |
| 11. | Kumva, Ce Qui Vient Du Silence (Kumva, Which Comes From Silence) | Sarah Mallegol | France | 109min. | 2023 |
| 12. | Kis Szépség (Little Beauty) | Adél Takács | Hungary | 34min. | 2024 |
| 13. | Ootidé (Ootid) | Eglė Razumaitė | Lithuania | 11min. | 2024 |
| 14. | La Soledad (Solitude) | María Conchita Díaz | Mexico | 29min. | 2023 |
| 15. | Takoi Imenno Den (Not Just Any Day) | Klavdiya Korshunova | Moldova, Russia | 24min. | 2024 |
| 16. | Progulka (A Walk) | Varvara Aleshkevich | Russia | 11min. | 2024 |
| 17. | Sever (The North) | Sveta Gertman | Russia | 24min. | 2024 |
| 18. | Kalevala Legend of Aino | Maryana Ivanovich | Russia | 26min. | 2024 |
| 19. | Ryvok (Push) | Anastasia Seregina | Russia | 28min. | 2024 |
| 20. | Gompang-i (Walk In) | Han-eol Park | South Korea | 15min. | 2024 |
| 21. | Jinwar (Women’s Village) | Nadia Derwish | Syria | 42min. | 2024 |
| 22. | The Silent Route | Merve Cirisoglu | UK | 9min. | 2024 |
Spiritual Film Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | EGO EST | Arsen Arakelyan | Armenia | 11min. | 2024 |
2. | Läinud On Jäanud (Raise Me A Memory) | Varun Trikha | Estonia | 70min. | 2023 |
3. | Nos Souvenirs (Our Memories) | Alexandra Breznay | France | 23min. | 2024 |
4. | Mammalia | Sebastian Mihailescu | Germany, Poland, Romania | 89min. | 2023 |
5. | 400 Cassettes | Thelyia Petraki | Greece | 15min. | 2024 |
6. | Swaha (In The Name of Fire) | Abhilash Sharma | India | 100min. | 2024 |
7. | Salam Anna (Hello Anna) | Mohammad Hossein Soleimani Fard | Iran, New Zealand | 15min. | 2024 |
8. | Madrenostra (Our Mother) | Daniele Paglia | Italy | 29min. | 2024 |
9. | The Woman And The Cross | Arno Oehri | Liechtenstein | 80min. | 2024 |
10. | Indera | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia | 105min. | 2024 |
11. | Tantrik Dance | K.P. Pathak | Nepal | 38min. | 2024 |
12. | Monte Clerigo | Luis Campos | Portugal | 28min. | 2023 |
13. | Kalachakra | Aya-Ganga Ulzytueva | Russia | 24min. | 2023 |
14. | Prishelec (The Alien) | Ivan Sosnin | Russia | 74min. | 2024 |
15. | The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd | Uwe Schwarzwalder | Switzerland | 103min. | 2024 |
16. | Weaning | Houssam Hamo | Syria | 27min. | 2024 |
17. | Hayati | Ozan Boz | Turkey | 13min. | 2024 |
Children Films Session
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Fito | Carlos Farina | Argentina | 7min. | 2024 |
2. | Nuliachhorir Shonar Pahar | Lubna Sharmin | Bangladesh | 127min. | 2024 |
3. | De Dentro Do Quarto (From Inside The Room) | Paula M. Urbinati | Brazil | 08min. | 2023 |
4. | Norouz (Nowruz) | Soheil Movaffagh | Iran | 89min. | 2024 |
5. | Chaboksavar (Jockey) | Hadi Shariati | Iran | 32min. | 2024 |
6. | Miro | Hossein Rigi | Iran | 97min. | 2024 |
7. | Llueven las flores, los piratas y el tesoro de la bruja (Rain of Flowers, the Pirates and the Witch’s Treasure) | Faustino Alanís | Mexico | 18min. | 2023 |
8. | Kytalyktaakh kyrdalym (Where The White Cranes Dance) | Michael Lukachevsky | Russia | 96min. | 2024 |
9. | Timir | Nikolay Koryakin (Aidyn Ate) | Russia | 91min. | 2023 |
10. | The Magic of Santa Claus | Andrew De Burgh | USA | 9min. | 2024 |
Short & Independent Film Section
| Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
| 1. | The Most Beautiful Kabuli Dress | Kazim Ajram | Afghanistan | 6min. | 2024 |
| 2. | The World Is Ours (Her Story) | Areg Azatyan | Armenia, USA | 16min. | 2024 |
| 3. | Anarkoli | Alam Anwar | Bangladesh | 32min. | 2022 |
| 4. | Forget Me Not | Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Fabeha Monir | Bangladesh | 7min. | 2024 |
| 5. | Foul | Evan Monawar | Bangladesh | 5 min. | 2024 |
| 6. | The Moment We Owe To | Lasker Niaz Mahmud | Bangladesh | 20min. | 2024 |
| 7. | The Taste of Honey | Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Fabeha Monir | Bangladesh | 16min. | 2024 |
| 8. | Chora Pather Sheshe (An Escape Route) | Mezanur Rahman | Bangladesh | 13min. | 2024 |
| 9. | Lost Hour | Sandip Acharjee | Bangladesh | 6min. | 2024 |
| 10. | In Blissful Hell | Tahsin Mahin | Bangladesh | 13min. | |
| 11. | Asprishya (Profane) | Adnan Bangali | Bangladesh | 8min. | 2024 |
| 12. | Rosher Kutum | Zhumur Asma Jui | Bangladesh | 11min. | 2024 |
| 13. | The Sound Is Loud | Evan Monawar | Bangladesh | 5min. | 2024 |
| 14. | The Rebirth of Bangladesh | Mohammad Rakibul Hasan | Bangladesh | 8min. | 2022 |
| 15. | Gaali Kothon: A Tale of Swear Words | Mahamuda Aktar Monisha | Bangladesh | 17min. | 2024 |
| 16. | Disconnected | Adnan Bangali | Bangladesh | 30min. | 2024 |
| 17. | Radikals | Arvin Belarmino | Bangladesh, France, Philippines, USA | 21min. | 2024 |
| 18. | As if it could | Ada Güvenir | Belgium | 14min. | 2023 |
| 19. | Monstros (Monsters) | Douro Moura | Brazil | 16min. | 2023 |
| 20. | Tsuru | Pedro Anias | Brazil | 7min. | 2024 |
| 21. | A Summer’s End Poem | Lam Can-Zhao | China, Malaysia Switzerland | 15min. | 2024 |
| 22. | Tarro Vacío | Vitilio Iyokina Gittoma | Colombia | 23min. | 2024 |
| 23. | Un Pájaro Voló (A Bird Flew) | Leinad Pájaro De La Hoz | Colombia, Cuba | 20min. | 2024 |
| 24. | Stop it | Ali Delgoshaie | Cyprus, Iran | 16min. | 2023 |
| 25. | Departure | Hisham Metwaly | Egypt | 12min | 2024 |
| 26. | Linnud Läinud (On Weary Wings Go By) | Anu-Laura Tuttelberg | Estonia, Lithuania | 11min. | 2024 |
| 27. | Captif (Captive) | Lika Nadir | France, Ukraine | 14min. | 2024 |
| 28. | Marta | Aleksandra Zhukova | Georgia, Russia | 11min. | 2023 |
| 29. | Forever Yours | Elliott Louis Mckee | Germany | 16min. | 2024 |
| 30. | I Polithrona sto Pezodromio (The Armchair on the Pavement) | Mary Kolonia | Greece | 15min. | 2023 |
| 31. | Anorthodoxos (Unorthodox) | Konstantinos Antonopoulos | Greece | 24min. | 2023 |
| 32 | Clerk | Ujjal Paul | India | 29min. | 2024 |
| 33. | Nobody Knows | Abdulwahab Abdulrazak | Iraq | 8min. | 2023 |
| 34. | A Deer Died Here | John Giordano | Italy | 15min. | 2023 |
| 35. | Musintasia | Alessandro Navarino | Italy | 14min. | 2024 |
| 36. | Anima (Soul) | Andrea Baglio | Italy | 20min. | 2024 |
| 37. | El Imperio Del Ruido (The Empire of Noise) | Tanya Alvarez | Mexico | 25min. | 2023 |
| 38. | Loc sub soare (Place under the sun) | Vlad Bolgarin | Moldova | 20min. | 2024 |
| 39. | Bottles | Yassine El Idrissi | Morocco | 19min.. | 2024 |
| 40. | Sakshi Rukh (The Witness Tree) | Niranjan Raj Bhetwal | Nepal | 15min. | 2023 |
| 41. | Sanad | Noor Al-Nasr | Qatar | 20min. | 2024 |
| 42. | Tridzat’ sekund (Thirty Seconds) | Ivan Sosnin | Russia | 20min. | 2024 |
| 43. | Doch Mushketera (The Musketeer’s Daughter) | Nikita Trantseev | Russia | 17min. | 2024 |
| 44. | Zabor (Fence) | Lev Evlampiev | Russia | 25min. | 2024 |
| 45. | The Song | Victor Kislov | Russia | 6min. | 2024 |
| 46. | The Nature of Dogs | Pom Bunsermvicha | Singapore, Thailand, USA | 28min. | 2024 |
| 47. | Cura Sana | Lucía G. Romero | Spain | 19min. | 2024 |
| 48. | Lobo (Wolf) | Charlie Reader | Spain, USA | 17min. | 2023 |
| 49. | I Could Have Lived Because of You | Hussam Jlilaty | Syria | 20min. | 2024 |
| 50. | Leni Africo | Marouene Labib | Tunisia | 30min. | 2024 |
| 51. | Yawm Aadi Fel Moutawasset (A Mediterranean Day) | Wajdi Jhimi | Tunisia | 10min. | 2023 |
| 52. | Psalms | Benjamin Till | UK | 34min. | 2024 |