Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has
\nstarted the process of selecting films with transparency and utmost
\nprofessionalism for disbursement of government grants.<\/p>\n
In this regard, PowerPoint presentation of the proposed films before the
\nscript selection committee of the full-length feature films for grant has
\nbegun for the first time.<\/p>\n
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat
\ninaugurated the selection process at his ministry’s conference room at the
\nSecretariat here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
PowerPoint presentation of initially selected 45 films out of 195 full-length
\nfeature films applied for grant in FY 2023-24 has begun.<\/p>\n
On this day, the script selection committee members secretly assigned marks
\nto the films separately after watching the PowerPoint presentation. At this
\ntime, the members of the film grant committee were also present as observers.<\/p>\n
The state minister said government grant films will be selected with
\ntransparency and utmost professionalism.<\/p>\n
The government wants to ensure more professionalism in the production of
\ngovernment-funded films, he added.<\/p>\n
Arafat further said the government is sincere to ensure that the grants for
\nfilm production are provided through a transparent and accountable process.<\/p>\n
The government also wants to ensure that efficient and experienced people in
\nthe field of film can be involved in the selection process for grants, he
\nmentioned.<\/p>\n
On the basis of various international standards, the members of the selection
\ncommittee are giving marks separately on the proposals of the applied films,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Later, by averaging the marks of all the members, the applications with the
\nhighest marks will be considered for grant, the state minister said, adding:
\n“Such steps have been taken to ensure maximum impartiality and transparency.”<\/p>\n
Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s Senior Secretary Md. Humayun Kabir
\nKhandaker, its Joint Secretary Md. Kawser Ahammed, Deputy Secretary Md Saiful
\nIslam, Film Director Md Mushfikur Rahman Guljar, Actresses Falguni Hamid and
\nAfsana Mimi, full-length film grant committee member and DU Television, Film
\nand Photography Department Professor Dr. Abu Jafar Md. Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan,
\nmember of script selection committee of full-length films grant and Dhaka
\nUniversity (DU) Television, Film and Photography Department Assistant Prof
\nReffat Ferdous, DU Theatre and Performance Department Prof and Actress Wahida
\nMollick Jolly, Stamford University Film and Media Department Associate Prof
\nand Film Director Matin Rahman, Bangladesh Film Directors Association
\nPresident and Film Director Kazi Hayat, Film Director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
\nwere present during the presentation of the films.<\/p>\n
To encourage talent and creativity in the film industry and to uphold the
\nlongstanding culture of Bangladesh, the government disburses grants in
\nproducing films on the country’s independence and Liberation War and on
\nhumanitarian values on the basis of government grant disbursement policy in
\nfilm production, 2020 (amended) with a view to providing government’s
\nassistance in film production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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