Bangladesh selects “Glow of the Firefly” as foreign Oscar entrySeptember 26, 2014 - 18:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bangladesh’s Oscar selection committee has chosen director Khalid Mohammed Mithu’s “Glow of the Firefly” (‘Jonakir Alo’) as the country’s contender in the Academy Awards foreign language category, Variety said. September 24 was the local cut off date for entries and “Firefly” was the only film submitted. The film is about a woman whose idea of adopting a child is met with opposition from her conservative in-laws. Her outlook on life changes when she meets an avant-garde artist. Bidya Sinha Saha Mim and Gazi Rakayet star. Leading Bangladesh production house Impress Telefilm produced. “Firefly” won best director at the Brasov International Film Festival, Romania, earlier this month. This is Bangladesh’s 10th entry in the category since it began submitting in 2002. The country has yet to secure a nomination. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |