One of Muntasir’s films is also set to screen at the festival. The Talent Campus typically draws film students from a wide range of countries, including Iran, the United States, France, Indonesia, Turkey, Italy, Russia, China and Japan. The programme pairs them with experienced international mentors for masterclasses, seminars and hands-on sessions aimed at strengthening both technical skill and artistic perspective.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has released his own list of standout films from the 21st century, offering a typically blunt and unpredictable take on modern cinema. Appearing on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast”, the “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill” director named his personal picks for numbers 11 to 20, with the top 10 to be revealed later.

Hugh Jackman has confirmed his relationship with singer and Broadway actor Sutton Foster, making it Instagram official months after the pair first sparked dating rumours. The Hollywood star shared a post on Wednesday praising Foster’s performance at a New York jazz venue, marking his first public acknowledgement of their romance since his divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness.

After a long break from the silver screen, actor Apu Biswas appears to be preparing for her return — and industry whispers suggest she may headline not one but two films opposite Ador Azad.

Warner Music had sued Suno last year, along with Sony Music, Universal Music and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). They claimed that Suno used copyrighted songs to train its AI models without permission.

Popular small-screen actor Niloy Alamgir has become a father. On Thursday (27 November) night, his wife Tasnuva Tabassum Hridi gave birth to a baby girl, marking the couple’s first child.

At a time when album releases have largely faded and initiatives for children’s content have dwindled even further, architect, filmmaker, lyricist and composer Enamul Karim Nirjhar once again positions himself against the tide.

Musician Bappa Mazumder confirmed the news to The Daily Star.

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has issued a statement congratulating photographer Amir Hamja, whose powerful image has been featured in TIME’s ‘100 Photos of the Year’. His photograph, depicting the funeral prayers of Didarul Islam, was selected for its emotional depth and global impact.

The first time you watch it, it feels like a love story with a quirky adventure at the start. But the more your own life begins to scatter into contradictions and compromises, the more Imtiaz Ali’s world starts sounding familiar.

Curated by Tanzim Wahab and inaugurated at Bengal Shilpalay, the exhibition was deeply responsive to the venue’s raw architectural setting. The works engaged with the space’s unfinished textures, amplifying the tension between delicacy and solidity that runs through Nupur’s practice.

South African–American actor Arnold Vosloo, known worldwide for his unforgettable turn as Imhotep in 1999’s “The Mummy”, has joined the shoot of Vijay Deverakonda’s next period drama with director Rahul Sankrityan.

Model and actor Rafah Nanjeba Torsa, who rose to prominence after winning Miss World Bangladesh in 2019 and later represented the country on the international Miss World stage, has signed on for a new feature film titled “Mati”. The film is written and directed by Syed Shamsher Tarif.

For the first time, popular actor Mosharraf Karim will be seen playing the role of a stand-up comedian, earning his livelihood by making people laugh. He will take on this fresh and unconventional character in the Chorki Original film “Dimlight”, directed by Saraf Ahmed Zibon and produced under the banner of Chabial.

Channel i is set to return with the 12th edition of its annual Band Fest on December 1, continuing a tradition that began nearly a decade ago under the vision of legendary musician Ayub Bachchu. Initiated by Channel i, the festival was created to celebrate and promote Bangladeshi band music, a dream long championed by Bachchu.

Written by Badruzzaman Alamgir and directed by Imran Khan, the production delivers a taut, haunting meditation on memory, loss and the long, bruising weight of waiting.

A century after his birth, Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident Professor Munier Choudhury’s voice still cuts through Bangladesh’s cultural and political history — sharp, principled and defiantly humane.

Popular Bangladeshi actor Ilias Kanchan, who has been undergoing treatment in London for a brain tumour, is gradually recovering and is now able to speak.

“Omimangshito”, Raihan Rafi’s long-delayed web film based on the mysterious murder of a journalist couple, is finally set for release this December on OTT platform iScreen.

After waiting more than three years, viewers can finally return to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where Eleven and her bike-riding friends’ adventures unfold.