‘JK 1971’ wins Best Film award at Rainbow Film Festival

June 9, 2023

Entertainment Desk :
The 24th Rainbow International Film Festival awarded Bangladeshi movie ‘JK 1971’ Best Film in the Feature Film
category. The festival began on May 28
at East London’s Genesis Cinema Hall and ended on June 4, said a press release.
Another Bangladeshi movie ‘Sataao’ received a Rainbow Film Society Special Mention while the short film ‘Tulika’ got the Best Film award in the Short and Documentary category at the fest.
45 films from different countries like Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and China were screened at the fest. Five Bangladeshi films ‘Beauty Circus’, ‘Sataao’, ‘Damal’ and ‘Paap Punyo’ were showcased.
Robert Phillips, Jayashree Kabir, Pulak Gupta, Syed Anas Pasha, Zaki Rejoana, Sadek Ahmed Chowdhury, Syed Muqib Ahmed and Nadia Ali were on the jury board for this year’s festival.
The first edition of the festival was held in London in 2000, organised by the Rainbow Film Society.