Rubaiyat Hossain’s ‘The Difficult Bride’ wins WCF grant

Entertainment Desk :
Acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker, Rubaiyat Hossain, received a grant
of 50,000 Euros (BDT 53lacs) from
the 37th World Cinema Fund for her upcoming movie titled ‘The Difficult Bride,’ said a press release.
A total of 11 movies received grant out of the 176 from 51 countries those were submitted to this edition of Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund.
Aside from Bangladesh, movies from Argentina, Peru, Colombia and other countries were selected by
the esteemed judges.
Rubaiyat Hossain’s ‘The Difficult Bride’ was selected under the Production Funding Category.
The director expressed her joy about winning the highly competitive fund. She informed that she drew inspiration from an installation photography from Habiba Nowrose. She informed the film is in early financing stage right now. “It will take another
6 to 8 months to complete it.”
According to the director, ‘The Difficult Bride’ is going to revolve around the psychological journey of
a bride-to-be under pressure. The story takes a turn towards the supernatural, as the bride goes to the beauty parlour. In addition to Rubaiyat’s ‘The Difficult Bride,’ movies from Argentina, Venezuela and Central African Republic got fundings under Production Funding category. World Cinema Fund provides grants for films in other categories as well. Rubaiyat Hossain’s latest film ‘Shimu’ premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and was successfully released theatrically in many countries including France, Japan and Portugal. Earlier the director made two more feature films titled ‘Meherjan’ and ‘Under Construction.’