‘The Wind That Shakes…’ to vie at Dhaka filmfest

Iranian movie ‘The Wind That Shakes the Sugar Canes’ is scheduled to vie at the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

The 21st edition of the event will host the film written and directed by Ebrahim Ashrafpour.

The film had its international premiere at the Greek Film Critics Association Award (PEKK) in Greece.

Ashrafpour’s debut has some intelligent references to some of the remarkable Iranian children’s films that revolve around the childhood passions and dreams, which soon fade away in the shadow of the life crises.

‘The Wind That Shakes the Sugar Canes’ portrays the destruction of children’s worlds when they are destined to grow up so quickly due to big issues of their parents’ lives.

In the course of forgetting a passionate love for football and struggling for his father’s release from prison, the main character of the film is led into the labyrinths of corruption and exploitation to witness how the innocent world and the big dreams have been fallen down.

Since 1977, the DIFF has been promoting a healthy culture in the film industry in Bangladesh with the main theme of “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society”.

Some 200 films from 60 countries compete at the DIFF in the following categories: Asian Competition Section, Retrospective, Bangladesh Panorama, Cinema of the World, Children’s Film, Short and Independent Film, Women Filmmakers Section, and Spiritual Films Section.

The festival’s website states the “DIFF is a bold expression of resistance against the decadence, vulgarity and cheap commercialism that pervades the mainstream Bangladesh film industry”.

The 2023 edition of the event will take place in the Bangladeshi capital from January 14 to 22.

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