Dhaka int’l mobile film fest to begin Friday

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival with 36 selected films will host its 7th festival from February 26 to February 27 this year.

This event will have two essential masterclasses, according to a press release issued on Thursday.

Dr Stephan Quinn from the United Kingdom, the author and trainer, will talk about - “Unleash Your Creativity With A Smartphone” on 26 February at 8 PM on the online platform, Zoom. And on 27 February 2021 at 12 PM, Mobile Filmmaker and Trainer Ayaz Khan from Pakistan will discuss “Empowering Independent Filmmakers In The Age Of Mobile Media Production”. Both these masterclasses will hold on the online Zoom platform.

This year 178 films from around 30 countries were submitted for the seventh edition of DIMFF2021 from 3 April to 30 October 2020. Zerin Tasnim Tahsin is the Festival Coordinator, the release added.

This festival has three categories; Screening, Competition, and One Minute Film. For the first time, DIMFF 2021 added an award to the screening category, the "DIMFF Best Film Award".

Anyone from any place around the world with no age limitation can submit their film in the screening category and the film length is open for the duration. In the competition category, only university students can submit their film with a maximum of 10 minutes long; the best film from this category will receive "Cinemascope Best Film".