Screening of Oscar titled
movies in city
Cultural Correspondent
All of this year’s Oscar awarded movies are hitting at the screens from today in the city, as the Alamgir Kabir Film Centre organises a film festival to host the movies at its auditorium in the Science Laboratory Road. The screening will be held at 6:00pm.
The organisers will screen today, the biggest blockbuster of Hollywood-Bollywood combination, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, (120 minutes, 2008) directed by Danny Boyle that took to the red carpets of Oscar. The film bagging eight Oscar awards will remain on the screen tomorrow as well.
With two awards, the film ‘Milk’, (128 minutes, 2008), directed by Gus Van Sant of the United States will be screened on May 8. Stephen Daldry’s ‘The Reader’, (124 minutes, 2008) is scheduled for screening on May 9.
The film starring Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz, the central character of
the movie has won
Oscar in the Best Actress category.
‘The Dark Knight’, (152 minutes, 2008), directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan of the United Kingdom, will be screened on May 15. The film’s been awarded for late Heath Ledger’s last best performance as the Best Supporting Actor and another for Best Sound Editing.
The film ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’, (96 minutes, 2008), written and directed by Woody Allen of the US, will be shown on May 16. The film has won one Oscar this year for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons’ (166 minutes, 2008), directed by David Fincher of the
US will be screened on May 22. The film has
won three awards for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects.
‘The Duchess’, (110 minutes, 2008), directed by Saul Dibb of the UK will be screened on May 23. It’s won the Oscars for the Best Costumes.
Best Animated Feature ‘WALL-E’, (120 minutes, 2008), directed by Andrew Stanton of the US will be shown on May 29.
The concluding day of the festival will be marked by the best documentary feature, ‘Man on Wire’, (94 minutes, 2008), directed by James Marsh of the UK on May 30.
Tickets priced at Tk 30 will be available before the screening in front of the centre.
Clay art show begins at Drik
Cultural correspondent
A clay art exhibition organised by Harappa will be inaugurated today at 5:00pm at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi.
A good number of artwork including pottery, light shades, wall panels, terracotta, crockery and tubs will be displayed in the exhibition. The artwork will also be put on sale and price varies from, Taka 50 to Taka 15,000.
‘As Bangladesh has a rich tradition of pottery, terracotta and other clay made artwork, it is our duty to save the potters of the country,’ said Sudipta Mallick, one of the directors of Harappa to New Age.
The exhibition will remain open to all from 3:00pm to 8:00pm till
May 8.
NATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL
Govt plans to include dance in
national curriculum
Cultural correspondent
The government of Bangladesh is considering including dance in the national education curriculum, said education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, in the closing ceremony of the 4th national dance festival at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Baghica on Wednesday.
The weeklong dance festival was arranged by the Bangladesh Dance Artistes’ Association as a part of the celebration of World Dance Day. The education minister Nurul Islam was present as chief guest while Rashed Khan Menon MP, also president of parliament affairs committee on education and M Hamid, president of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation were present as special guests in the ceremony. Noted dance artiste Laila Hasan presided over the programme.
‘I agree with the demand of the inclusion of dance in the curriculum, but we have to take necessary steps for that,’ said Nurul Islam Nahid. He further said that dance is an important art medium that has its own language.
The organisers honoured noted dance artiste Amanul Haque with the lifetime achievement award. Shaju Ahmed, general secretary of the organisation handed over a memorandum to the education minister during the ceremony.
In the second part of the programme, fifteen Bangladeshi dance groups and one dance troupe from India called Dancers’ Guild delighted the audience by presenting dance numbers.
In the ceremony, Jagoo Art Centre reproduced a dance production of the legendary dance artiste of the country Gauhar Jamil. Among the dance numbers, the performances of Sadia Islam Mou of Tridhara and Munmoon Ahmed with 20 other children of the organisation Rewaz enthralled the audience. The members of Nataraj, Nrityadara, Katthak, Nritya Natyam and Nrityangan performed among others. Alongside, dance troupes from different parts of the country also took part on the day.
The Indian dance group Dancers’ Guild presented a dance drama titled ‘Jajnaseni’ based on the Mahabharata that delighted the audience.
Actor Sean Penn files
for divorce
BBC
Sean Penn, who won this year’s best actor Oscar, has filed for divorce from his actress wife Robin Wright Penn.
The couple, who married in 1996, first began divorce proceedings in December 2007, with Wright Penn, 43, citing irreconcilable differences.
But the pair called off divorce plans and reconciled four months later.
The Hollywood couple are seeking joint custody of their two children Dylan Francis, 18, and Hopper Jack, 15. Penn, 48, was previously married to Madonna.
Penn won his second best actor Oscar in February for his role as gay activist Harvey Milk in the eponymous Milk - but eyebrows were raised when he omitted to thank his wife in his acceptance speech.
The star has been nominated for a best actor Oscar five times, winning his first Academy Award in 2004 for his role in Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River.
He has also been acclaimed for his work as a director, with credits including The Indian Runner and 2001’s The Pledge, in which his wife starred opposite Jack Nicholson.
Tehran proposes for CIFEJ HQ
Tehran Times
Iran proposed for the CIFEJ (the Centre International du Film pours l’Enfance et la Jeuneusse) headquarters in Tehran.
When Iran’s Education Ministry agreed to the idea, Iran proposed to host
the CIFEJ HQ, and the request was discussed during the CIFEJ Board Meeting held in Tehran, Mohsen Chini-forushan said on Monday.
Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) director Chiniforushan added that Iran and Germany both proposed their requests at the CIFEG board meeting in Johnsonburg last year, and the members will decide on the best proposal at the 2009 CIFEJ General Assembly in Taiwan running from June 30 to July 4. The Taiwan’s Fubon Cultural and Educational Foundation will be hosting the meeting.
AROUND THE TOWN
May Day programme
Organised by Nagarik Natya Sampradaya
Time: 10:00am
Venue: Central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka
Rabindra Drama Festival
Organised by Prangone Mor
From May 1 to May 7
Chaturanga
By Hrithik (India)
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: National Theatre Hall
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Segun Bagicha, Dhaka
Exhibitions
A Grand Group Art Exhibition
By 107 Reputed Bangladeshi Artists
Time: 10:00am to 8:00pm
Date: April 11 to May 12
Saju Art Gallery
DCC North Super Market,
Gulshan 2, Dhaka
Dual Ceramic and Terracotta Exhibition
By Ratan Sarker and Biswajit Pal
Time: 11:00pm to 8pm
Date: May 1 to May 12
Venue: Gallery Kaya
House 20, Road 16,
Sector 4, Uttara, Dhaka
Ceramic and Terracotta
By Harappa
Inauguration: 5:00pm
Date: May 1 to May 8
Venue: Drik Gallery
House 58, Road 15/A (New),
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Dual Art Exhibition
Sense of being nonsense
By Faiza and Destagir
Time: from 3:00pm to 8:00pm
Date: from April 30 to May 6
Venue: Drik Gallery
House 58, Road 15/A (New),
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Theatre
Shapna Banga Manush
By Rangana Natya Goshthi
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium
Bangladesh Mahila Samity
Bailey Road,
Dhaka
Che’r Cycle
By Bangla Theatre
Time: 7:00pm
Date: May 1
Venue: Experimental Theatre Hall
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka
Film Show at Star Cineplex
Monpura
Rambo 4
Forbidden Kingdom
Akash Chhoya Bhalobasa
Venue: Basundhara City Shopping Mall
Panthapath, Dhaka
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