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The documentary film titled Endless Journey, directed by Khalid Mahmud Mithu is selected for the international film festival called Religion Today in Trento in Italy.
   This six-day festival will begin on October 20 and the film will be screened in the section of art and religion of the festival.
   The film is based on the life of the Buddhist monks in different Asian countries and the shooting of the film has taken place in Japan, Korea, Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
   The director of the film Khalid Mahmud Mithu said that the documentary is well researched and Mithu has tried to present the people who are searching the light lit by Goutama Buddha.
   The director has also presented in this 26-minute film the similarities and dissimilarities among the practitioners of Buddhism in those six countries.
   The director further said that the organisers have selected 50 out of 300 films submitted by countries across the world.
   According to the director, this is the only film which will represent Bangladesh. ‘It is of course a matter of pride for me and the country because of the film’s inclusion in the festival,’ Mithu said.
   The director has also plans to make documentary films on the people of other major religious groups in Bangladesh and will show the spirit of the religions and the similarities and dissimilarities among the practitioners of different faiths.
   He hoped that he would arrange the screening of the film in Bangladesh in November.

A charity found its good-luck charms in Jessica Alba and Dane Cook, who attended a screening of their new comedy, ‘Good Luck Chuck,’ at a Knoxville theater.
   Fans paid $75 to see the actors and attend the screening, which raised $260,000 for Variety of Eastern Tennessee, a charity benefiting children with disabilities.
   Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam proclaimed ‘Jessica Alba and Dane Cook Day’ on Tuesday, and Regal Entertainment Group CEO Mike Campbell unveiled commemorative tiles to be placed at the Walk of Fame at Regal’s Pinnacle 18 theater.
   ‘I’ve never had a proclamation except, `You’re fired,’‘ Cook, 35, told the crowd of about 1,000.
   ‘Good Luck Chuck’ opened in theaters Friday. Alba, 26, plays Cam, a clumsy penguin-keeper who captures Cook’s heart.
   Knoxville-based Regal Entertainment Group has hosted several screenings to benefit Variety, including a showing of ‘Talladega Nights’ with Will Ferrell and ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ with Jessica Simpson, Seann William Scott and Knoxville native Johnny Knoxville.