A four-day mobile filmmaking workshop jointly organized by the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIMFF) and Science Film Festival comes to an end on December 31, 2022.

The workshop was held on December 23, 24, 30, and 31 at the Permanent Campus of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), and the Goethe Institute Bangladesh is a subsidiary institution of the workshop. Apart from film production materials, the free workshop also includes transportation and food for trainees and teacher representatives.

The workshop is attended by a total of 20 students from the JAAGO Foundation, Rayer Bazar School, and KK Foundation studying in classes VI to XII. After hands-on training, students produced films on the theme “Equal Rights in Science” at this girls-only event.

Four films produced by the students were premiered on the last day. Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) Advisor Mohammad Shazzad Hossain and Instructor Zahid Gogon were present at the premiere. On the last day of the 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, certificates will be given out.

Syeda Sadia Mehjabin, DIMFF’s advisor, gave a vote of thanks at the end of the four-day workshop. After the main program, a cultural segment was held by the school students. The social affairs team of DIMFF organized the workshop.

The 9th edition of the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival 2023 (DIMFF 2023) is going to be held on March 3 and 4, 2023. DIMFF is a unique platform to showcase the creativity of young filmmakers.

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival started its journey in 2015 with the motto “New Generation, New Technology, and New Communication.” This event is to encourage filmmaking through mobile phones.

For details visit: https://dimff.net/

The film submissions for the 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, DIMFF2023 are officially closed. The entire team of DIMFF 2023 worked together as one to make this festival happen during this unsolicited pandemic.

This festival aims to uphold and showcase hundreds of mobile films submitted by many amazing filmmakers. The sole purpose of this festival is to promote mobile film making in a broader spectrum. To normalize making film with new tools and technology, such as; mobile phones.

The festival includes three different categories: Independent, Competition, and One-minute film category. Keeping some specifications in mind all three categories are open for all. Independent Category calls for both international and national submissions, where the best film will be receiving the “DIMFF Best Film   award. For the “Cinemascope Best Film   award, the university students worldwide have to compete under the Competition Category. In the One-minute Film Category students from grade 1 to 12 can submit exactly one-minute-long films including the title and credit lines. The winner of this category will be receiving the “ULAB Young Filmmaker   award. The longest film in the Competition Category is ten minutes long.

The submissions started on 3rd April, 2022 and ended on 28th October, 2022. Since then, we have received 159 films under different categories from 25 different countries, such as; India, Iran, The United States, China, Australia, Peru, Tunisia, Chile. The art of filmmaking transcended all the boundaries between us and brought us together. We appreciate all the love and support that we have got from all around the world.

To express her immense gratitude for the overwhelming success and the received support for the festival, the festival director of DIMFF 2023, Md. Sambitul Islam said, ”We started taking submissions from the 3rd of April and so far we have received 163 films from 25 countries.  I think, We first started as a club within the university in 2015 and now we have reached to an international level. We are overwhelmed with the support we have received. Hope your support will remain constant within the coming years too.

To break the stigma that one needs studio worthy equipment to make a good film, DIMFF (Dhaka International Film Festival) started its journey back in 2015. New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, our main goal is to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

For more information, please visit our website: (https://dimff.net)

The 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival- DIMFF2023 has made the remarkable feat of exceeding  100 film submissions.

In this year’s installment, participants can submit films in 5 different categories including Vertical Film and MoJo Storytelling. With the tradition of focusing on a particular cultural heritage element as its festival theme, DIMFF has chosen “Bioscope” as this year’s theme.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, 2023 – DIMFF2023, is all set for its ninth term, with many dedicated team members working passionately. The film submissions are open till September. The selected films will be screened during the festival’s opening and closing sessions. DIMFF is a platform for young filmmakers for their creative expression.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.  

The 9th DIMFF 2023 film submission has started, so submit your film by 24th September 2022. The 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on February 3 & 4, 2023.  

For further information, please visit: filmfreeway.com/DIMFF

To know more, please visit the website: www.dimff.net.

On the 23rd of this April, Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival DIMFF’23 arranged the masterclass of their ninth installment. The masterclass was conducted through the online platform zoom.

Every year, DIMFF organizes several masterclasses with the aim of introducing students from schools, colleges and universities interested in filmmaking to various branches of the vast world of film. In this, domestic and international filmmakers and experts participated in direct discussions with the students and presented their views on films and shared bits of their own filmmaking journey.

Film producer and director Mr. Abid Mallick conducted the masterclass titled ‘Nirmatar Bahurup: Directing Artists’. He discusses in detail about the art of communication for getting the perfect work from the artists in accordance with the character of the story.

He said, “the main job of a director is to fully utilize an artist’s potential. The more work he can put in, the better the results will be”. Besides, he also included the importance of paying proper attention to mental health.

He further added, “if the producer wants the actors to give their best then that environment has to be ensured. Never disturb their attention in any way. It should be kept in mind that they are human beings like us, not robots”. A question and answer session was organized shortly after where the participants interacted with the expert and asked various questions related to the film and the production.

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has been held every year since 2015 with the slogan “New generation, new technology, new communication”. The deadline for submission of films in five different categories for the 9th season is 24 September 2022.

An inter- university workshop for aspiring media professionals titled “MediaDo” “ was organized by the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival- DIMFF2023 at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in the capital, last Saturday. This workshop aimed to teach participants about media relations through the experiences of skilled industry specialists.

The session was conducted by Mohammad Arif, Assistant Director of Planning at Asiatic Mindshare Ltd.Ltd., and Md. Ehsun-Uz-Zaman, Assistant Media Director of Operation and Partnership  at Asiatic Mindshare Ltd. This workshop was designed to cater to would-be media professionals with a keen interest in public relations and mass media

Undergraduate students from all over Dhaka are attending the workshop. DIMFF’s Public Relations manager, Nuzhat Fairuz Nobonie, and External Affairs manager, Ha-mim Shafiq Hussain, arranged this workshop. 

The speakers emphasized the importance of planning and omnipresence of a media campaign for a brand. The workshop concluded with an interactive Q and A session between the guest speakers and participants.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, 2023 – DIMFF2023, is all set for its ninth term, with a bunch of dedicated team members working passionately. The film submissions are open till September. The selected films will be screened at the festival’s opening and closing sessions. DIMFF is a platform for young filmmakers for their creative expression.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.  

The 9th DIMFF 2023 film submission has started, so submit your film by 24th September 2022. The 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on March 3 & 4, 2023.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival- DIMFF2023 wrapped a four-day workshop on “DIY: Mobile Filmmaking” on Saturday at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in the capital. The goal of this workshop was to introduce school children to the principles of visual content creation, as well as the prospects and opportunities that come with mobile filmmaking.

Ten Badshah Faisal Institute students from grades 6 to 10 attended the workshop. The session was organized by DIMFF’s social affairs manager, Rayhan Kabir Shuvro, Creative Manager Mahmudul Hasan Sajib, Content manager Hossain Ahmed Hasibul Hoque, Submission manager Sibasish Bagchi Anik, and Public Relations manager Nuzhat Fairuz Nobonie. It was led by DIMFF’s instructor, Zahid Gogon.

The participating students were divided into groups, and they made two one-minute films solely using mobile phones. “Moshari” was directed by filmmaker, Rashid Mohammad Naziat and “Switch” was directed by filmmaker, Ahmed Zakaria Tamim. 

Their films were also entered in DIMFF 2023’s competition. Following the training, the young students are now prepared to compete in international competitions.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, 2023 – DIMFF2023, is all set for its ninth term, with a bunch of dedicated team members working passionately. The film submissions are open till September. The selected films will be screened on the festival’s opening and closing sessions. DIMFF is a platform for young filmmakers for their creative expression.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.  

The 9th DIMFF 2023 film submission has started, so submit your film by 24th September 2022. The 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on March 3 & 4, 2023.  

This Saturday, Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival – DIMFF2023 organized  a film screening and discussion session titled “Behind the lens” at the auditorium of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). With the aim to inspire young filmmakers in the country, the session was a success where two talented filmmakers shared their views, tips and tricks with the young mobile filmmakers.

The event started with the welcome speech by the gracious host Alavi Abrar. Mohammad Farhad Hossain Fahad, director of ‘Interval’ and Anupam Hore, director of ‘The Conundrum’ were present in the event. 

A screening session was arranged by DIMFF2023 where both ‘Interval’ and ‘The Conundrum’ were screened. After the screening, a special discussion session with the filmmakers happened where both of the filmmakers shared their journey of making the films. They also shared several aspects of filmmaking techniques starting from writing to post production with the audience.

“It is very important that storytellers take the story on a personal level and tell the story they themselves relate to for making a good film” said Anupam Hore. On the other hand, Mohammad Farhad Hossain Fahad advised young filmmakers to give emphasis on exploring new journeys through life and be their crazy selves in order to be a filmmaker.

Behind the lens was broadcasted live through Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. Young filmmakers from all over Dhaka attended this event while filmmakers around the world from different countries attended through social media. A brief question and answer session was arranged where the aspiring filmmakers from the audience got a chance to interact with both the directors directly.

Ticket lottery announcement was done by the host in the event where two lucky winners got ticket vouchers from STAR Cineplex. After that, honorable advisors of DIMFF2023, Mohammad Shazzad Hossain, Abdul Kabil Khan, and Syeda Sadia Mehjabin gave the token of honor to both the directors and the event ended with a Vote of thanks by Syeda Sadia Mehjabin.

With the motto – ‘New generation, New tools, New communication’ and a bunch of dedicated team members working passionately, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, 2023 – DIMFF2023, is all set for its ninth term. DIMFF is a platform for young filmmakers for their creative expression.

The film submissions are open till 24th of September,2022. The 9th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on March 3 & 4, 2023. 

Mr. Mahiuddin Sarkar, the editor of Dhaka Post signed the contract paper on their behalf and Mr. Sambitul Islam, the festival director of DIMFF signed the contract on behalf of DIMFF23.

Dhaka post’s business development manager, Mr. H M Golam Murtaza, Head of Entertainment Mr. Rabiul Islam Jibon and multimedia journalist Mr.Rabiul were present while the signing of the contract of this glorious collaborative bond.

Since 2015, Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has been successfully arranging a mobile phone film festival every year with the motto,’New Generation, New Technology, New Communication’.

Recently World Universities with Real Impact (WURI) published their rankings where ‘Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival’ secured the 25th position in the Entrepreneurial Spirit category.

Last date of film submission in DIMFF’23 is 24th September, 2022. In this year’s event, alongside vertical film and MOJO stories, participants are offered 5 different categories in total to submit their films and be a part of Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival.

Film exhibition and discussion program ‘Behind the Lens’ was organized like every year with the slogan of new generation, new technology, new communication. Film exhibition and discussion program ‘Behind the Lens’ was held under the initiative of DIMF.

The event was held on the virtual platform Zoom on Saturday (April 16) at 3 pm. ‘Behind the Lens’ is a regular event of DIMFF where films made by domestic and international filmmakers are discussed and the story behind the production is discussed.

Sohail Shahriar and Iqbal Mahmud, makers of ‘Circle of Circles’ and Akhil Vijaya, maker of ‘The Day’ were the guests in the first episode of the show. Two films were made on mobile phones and screened at the eighth and seventh editions of DIMFF.

In the event, the makers presented the story of their mobile film making to the audience. Discusses their filmmaking journey and challenges through the use of mobile phones.

Iqbal Mahmud said, if a new person wants to make a film, starting work is the main obstacle. Once a work is started it will end one day or the other.

Akhil Vijaya in his speech said about DIMFF, Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival is one of the best festivals for mobile filmmakers. It is a great honor for me to speak about my film in front of you today. Then in the question and answer session, the participants asked the filmmakers various questions related to the film.

The last date for submission of films in five different categories for this year’s 9th edition is 24th September 2022. Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has been held every year since 2015.

Masterclass of the ninth edition of Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival ‘DIMFF-2023’ was held yesterday (April 23). The masterclass was organized on the virtual platform Zoom on Saturday (April 23).

Every year, DIMFF organizes masterclasses to introduce students from schools, colleges and universities interested in film to various branches of the vast world of film. In this, domestic and international filmmakers and experts participated in direct discussions with the students and presented their views and experiences on films.

The Masterclass titled Bahruop of the Maker: Directing Artists was conducted by film producer and director Abid Mallick. Discusses in detail how to get the perfect work from the artists in accordance with the character of the story.

He said, the main job of a director is to fully exploit the artist’s potential. The more work he can put in, the better the results will be. Besides, he asked to pay proper attention to mental health.

He further said that if the producer wants the actor to give his best then that environment has to be ensured. Do not disturb his attention in any way. Also, it should be remembered that he is a human being like us, not a robot. A question and answer session was then organized where the participants asked various questions related to the film and the production.

It should be noted that Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has been held every year since 2015 with the slogan of new generation, new technology, new communication. The deadline for submission of films in five different categories for the 9th season is 24 September 2022.

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has been held every year since 2015 with the slogan ‘New Generation, New Technology, New Communication’. Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) and Bangladesh Film Archive jointly celebrated the National Film Day at Bangladesh Film Archive’s auditorium.

Last Saturday (April 2) at 3 pm, the day was celebrated through a colorful arrangement in the auditorium of Bangladesh Film Archive.

Director General of Bangladesh Film Archive Md. Nizamul Kabir was present as the chief guest in the event alongside DIMFF advisors Muhammad Sajjad Hussain and Abdul Qabil Khan, filmmaker Mahadi Hasan, members of DIMFF and other advisors.

At the beginning of the program, Muhammad Sajjad Hossain discussed the importance of modern technology in film production and how mobile filmmaking during the pandemic had a major impact. He sheds light on the fact that it has created a new field of possibilities. He also highlighted the struggle and success story of 9 years long journey of DIMFF in his speech.

Director General of Bangladesh Film Archive Md. Nizamul Kabir thanked and praised DIMFF authorities and organizing members for successfully organizing this festival on mobile films in Bangladesh every year.

A discussion session on ‘Role of Art and Technology in Modern Filmmaking’ moderated by Abdul Kabeel Khan was organized with the guests. The official program of submission of films for the 9th season of Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival began during the celebration of this glorious day.

Submissions can be done on www.filmfreeway.com from Sunday (April 3) to September 24, 2022. Participants can submit films in a total of 5 different categories including Vertical Film and Mojo Story this year.

Note: National Film Day is celebrated in Bangladesh every year on April 3 to commemorate the contribution of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the film industry of Bangladesh. This year, keeping in mind the beginning of Ramzan, DIMFF celebrated the day a day earlier.

Shumsul Islam Shuvo

As a child, films always fascinated me. I always wondered how the director tells a visual story with a limited time. I used to think you could only make films with expensive equipment but when I heard about the Dhaka International Mobile Film festival and watched the films people submitted from around the world, my perception of filmmaking has completely changed. You can tell a story using one device you carry with you most of the time. Moreover, mobile cameras are getting more and more powerful with time. Therefore, it makes sense to use this device to tell- Your Story.

This led me to join the Dhaka International Mobile film festival (DIMFF) to learn more about mobile filmmaking and what goes behind that lens from action to cut. My journey with DIMFF started last year. As a PR manager, I have seen DIMFF very closely. DIMFF is a tireless work of many teams. DIMFF is not just a mobile film festival, it is an organization that runs under a defined organizational structure. Throughout the festival year, it selects campus ambassadors from various educational institutions to spare the mobile filmmaking knowledge. The campus ambassadors arrange their own workshop or movie screening session for their institution and DIMFF’s whole team helps them throughout the process. In addition to that, DIMFF has Online Mobile Filmmaking Workshops just to cater the students from different schools and colleges. Through these workshops, they learn about the magic of filmmaking using their smartphones.

CINE’TA is another initiative taken by DIMFF where film directors, different crew members and film industry experts share their knowledge. It is a golden opportunity for any film enthusiast to learn many things about filmmaking which will help them in their filmmaking journey. Then there are masterclasses also for in-depth learning about the craft of storytelling, managing production, sourcing producers or establishing networking. World-renowned filmmakers conduct these masterclasses. DIMFF organizes Behind the Lens sessions too where the filmmaker talks about his/her film career and their filmmaking process behind the camera.

DIMFF believes that we are committed to society as well. From that ideology, DIMFF collaborates with Initiative für Neue Bildung (IFNB) as a Partner for Change and ensures an online mobile filmmaking course to Barishal Nook’s ten participants. This is not all. DIMFF arranges CSDT filmmaking workshops in two terms with the Munda community in Koyra and Shyamnagar, Shatkhira. These workshops focus on climate change and its aftermath in the Munda community’s life where the participants tried to capture the climate change-related problems they are facing as a community. In Koyra, DIMFF’s advisor Mohammad Shazzad Hossain coordinated the workshop. Also in Shyamnagar, assistant professor Abdul Kader and senior lecturer Muhammad Aminuzzaman acted as the coordinators of the workshop. In both places, DIMFF’s advisor Dr. Abdul Kabil Khan and Executive advisor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin were the facilitators.

DIMFF is a unique place where people from all over the world can express themselves artistically. With the help of your mobile device, the creative passion in your heart can enable you to visually tell your story to the world. “New Generation, New Tools, New Communication with this moto DIMFF is giving the young filmmakers the opportunity to start their movie-making journey. Be a part of the community and bring the change.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has held a six-day CDST Filmmaking Workshop with Munda Community in Shyamnagar, Satkhira which started on Sunday 23rd January 2022. This mobile filmmaking workshop solely focused on climate change and its aftermath in Munda’s life. Total 10 participants from the Munda Community joined the workshop.

Global warming is real and rapid climate change is the effect of it. Participants have tried their best to cover different problem areas and how those create a long-term effect in the Munda community. In those diverge topics they talk about the tiger widow, child marriage, culture and language, job crisis and alternative solutions and sufferings of displacements. Through their stories, they display the sufferings and sacrifices the Munda community bears, the threat of child marriage overshadows the happiness of the conjugal lives and the importance of keeping their heritage intact.

The intensive mobile filmmaking workshop, the first of its kind in Shyamnagar, provided the opportunity for participants from the Munda community to understand and appreciate the process of telling their stories with a smartphone. Besides that, through this workshop, they have gathered the basic knowledge of filmmaking, which will help them find their voice on a broader scale. At the closing event, each participant has showcased their films in front of the audience. And those films vividly display their everyday lives- struggles for survival fighting against nature.

The Closing Ceremony of the ‘CDST Filmmaking Workshop with Munda Community, Shyamnagar 2022 is held on Friday, 28th January 2022, at 3:30 pm. ULAB MSJ Department Head Dr Jude William Genilo sent a Thank You speech to the participants, and so did the project researcher Angelos Theocharis from Durham University. The program started with a brief introduction to the research project and was followed by screening participants projects. At the event UP Chairman of Burighoalini, Bhobotosh Kumar Mondol, founder of Initiative for Coastal Development, Asikuzzaman Asik, founder of PROGOTI Ashek-e- Elahi were grace the event.

The “Community Digital Storytelling and Delta Futures in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam project is organized by Dr. Angelos Theocharis and funded by the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub and the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University. The present workshops were conducted in collaboration with the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF), the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), and PROGOTI (People’s Research on Grassroots Ownership & Traditional Initiative).

From DIMFF, advisor Dr Abdul Kabil Khan and executive advisor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin were the facilitators and Assistant professor Abdul Kader and Senior Lecturer Muhammad Aminuzzaman from ULAB were the coordinators of the workshop. From PROGOTI, Ashek-e- Elahi acted as the coordinator from the local side.

The 8th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF 2022) has organized a masterclass on 20th December 2021 at 4 PM for film enthusiasts and independent filmmakers. The masterclass was titled ‘Smartphone Filmmaking Theory and Practice . It was held on the online platform Zoom.

The masterclass was conducted by Senior Lecturer in Film and Television and Research at the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) Dr. Max Schleser. Dr Schleser is also the screening director of the International Mobile Screening & Smartphone Film Festival.

In this masterclass, Dr. Schleser talked about the diverse approach towards smartphone filmmaking and gave an overview of the international mobile films audience. He said, ‘It doesn’t matter if you are 16 or 60, smartphone filmmaking can help solve lots of problems in this world . According to him there are few things that are key to mobile filmmaking, ‘More personal and more authentic films are surfacing and that’s because of smartphone filmmaking, there is a greater access to storytelling, more community engagement strategies and smartphone filmmaking is the global phenomenon with festivals in Asia and Africa he added.

97 people attended the masterclass while 121 registered. Young and aspiring filmmakers actively participated in this session. This masterclass desires to offer that knowledge to upcoming filmmakers looking forward to starting their mobile filmmaking journey. This masterclass is a part of DIMFF’s ongoing Masterclass sessions.

With the motto- New Generation, New tools, New Communication, Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) started its journey back in 2015. The 8th edition of this festival will be held on 25 February, 2022.

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) won the Social Science Silver Award for 2021 in the Wharton–Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education Awards; otherwise known as the “Oscars of Education.   The ULAB entry is the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF), which is an outreach program of the Media Studies and Journalism Department. The DIMFF inspires and sparks creativity in storytelling from people with limited income or resources. It encourages filmmakers to harness the immense possibilities of disseminating authentic narratives; supporting communities to tell their own stories, using their own voices. The DIMFF has an executive body and a core team of volunteers who work year-round to ensure the festival’s success.

The Social Science Gold Award went to Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) for its ambitious international programme to generate and transmit new knowledge about the concept of Planetary Wellbeing. The Bronze Award, meanwhile, was given to Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (Switzerland) for its Virtual Reality (VR) immersive experimental learning: virtual housekeeping.

The Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards and Conference is a global competition and conference which encourages educators everywhere to spot problems that prevent optimal learning and/or pedagogical outcomes, and find creative, innovative solutions to these problems. By doing so    by reimagining the way education is conceived of and conducted    all participants have the chance to bring forth a vibrant, dynamic generation of highly educated, highly employable, highly motivated problem-solvers. For 2021, the Awards and Conference was held from 6 to 10 December. More than 1100 projects competed for awards in over twenty-five categories. The overall winner for the Best Sustainability and Best Online Program will be announced on 10 December. The judging criteria included: Project Approach, Project Engagement, Project Impact, Scalability and Competitor Comparison/Uniqueness.

‘Behind the Lens is an online event organised by DIMFF (Dhaka International Film Festival). This event screens, discusses and appreciates national and international filmmakers’s films and their filmmaking journey. In the last chapter, we had Jay Sharma, an Indian filmmaker and director, as the mediator. He showcased his directorial excellence- “So Sicily”.

The second episode of “Behind the Lens was held on 22nd of October, Friday at 4:00 PM. This time around, we had Andrew Robb, an Australian renowned film director. He screened one of his recent works, “Odd One Out” for the audience. This film has been acknowledged by many renowned film festivals.

The event started off with an introduction to DIMFF 2022, followed by a screening session. “Odd One Out was a seven minutes long film that had been shot on a smartphone during lockdown at Sunshine, Melbourne. Using a lost and lonely doll as a metaphorical character, the film aims to describe many discoveries in the journey of its life. After the screening session the floor was open to the audience for the Q/A session. Andrew Robb shared his experience with the audience and answered the questions.

The hour-long event was hosted by Fatin Anjum. 141 people registered online to attend the screening and discussion session. Mr Andrew was overwhelmed by the active participation of the audience and their curiosity regarding his filmmaking style and the future of mobile film.

This program is a fairly new addition to DIMFF’s regular activities focusing on the apparent need to talk about the mobile films showcased in various festivals. Participants will have first-hand experience talking to the selected film directors and learning a lot from their filmmaking journey. DIMFF encourages everyone to understand the basics of step-by-step film production. Through this film screening, the participants will watch the film first. Then the filmmaker will explain pre-production, production, post-production, details about the movie like- framing, lighting, colors, device usage. But most importantly, they will discuss their storytelling method.

To break the stigma that one needs studio worthy equipment to make a good film, DIMFF (Dhaka International Film Festival) started its journey back in 2015. New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, DIMFF is inspiring people to create films using mobile phones.

The late submissions for the 8th DIMFF 2022 are open for film submission till 28th October 2021. The final festival event of DIMFF 2022 will be held on February 25 & 26, 2022.

To submit your film, please visit: https://filmfreeway.com/DIMFF

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.dimff.net

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) organized the much anticipated Cine Carnival event on 26 November 2021; in collaboration with its PR partner PR4U, photography partner Shutter Bugs, media partner The Ulabian, broadcast media partner ULABTV. Following the COVID-19 guidelines, the event took place at ULAB Permanent Campus, Dhaka.

The Cine Carnival is an opportunity for young filmmakers to showcase their talent in filmmaking. Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) creates this unique place for the upcoming artist to exhibit their films, which are exclusively shot on mobile phones, ignoring what kind of mobile devices the filmmakers are using.

The event started at 3:00 pm with the host Yasin Mohammad Zisan welcoming the respective guests and introducing the Cine Carnival event and its purpose. The Head of the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, ULAB, Professor Dr. Jude William Genilo, initiated the event with a welcoming speech. In his speech, he welcomed everyone to this wonderful event and said that “Students are given real-life problems to solve and you have to figure out how to solve that problem. In the case of media studies and journalism students, this has something to do with enabling the resources to create their own stories and this is how the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival came about. It helps to create your own stories through the help of a mobile phone. DIMFF has reached a certain level that now it is recognized around the world .

Afterwards, the Chief Guest of the event Priota Ifterkar, the owner of the title “Flag Girl”, was given the stage to make her address to the audience. She said, “I love showing my country to people all around the world who do not know much about Bangladesh. I think the phone was the best device for me. Cameras are heavy and moments can be beautifully captured through the phone .

Subsequently, a film screening session was held where the young filmmakers displayed their talents through their mobile films. The event ended with a Q/A session where the audience asked their most pressing questions about filmmaking. There were arrangements for the entertainment of the guests too such as cosplaying(BD Cosplayers), music, games etc.

This event is designed as a part of DIMFF’s Online Filmmaking course’s activity for DIMFF members and especially for campus ambassadors and young filmmakers. This event will give them a firsthand experience to talk to the selected young filmmakers and learn a lot from their journey of filmmaking through DIMFF’s Online Filmmaking Course. DIMFF encourages everyone to understand the basics of step-by-step film production and builds a bridge that connects mobile filmmakers to the world of filmmaking.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has held a five-day CDST Filmmaking Workshop with Munda Community in Koyra, Khulna which started on Sunday 6th November 2021. This mobile filmmaking workshop solely focused on climate change and its aftermath in Munda’s life. Total 8 participants from the Munda Community joined the workshop.

Global warming is real and rapid climate change is the effect of it. Participants have tried their best to cover different problem areas and how those create a long-term effect in the Munda community. In those diverge topics they talk about the salinity in the water, health and safety, culture and language, job crisis that leads to displacement. Through their stories, they display the mundane life of Munda woman, her concern for not providing enough nutrition to her family. River erosion is taking away their ancestral land and religion as well.

The intensive mobile filmmaking workshop, the first of its kind in Koyra, provided the opportunity for participants from the Munda community to “understand and appreciate the process of telling their stories with a smartphone. Besides that, through this workshop, they have gathered the basic knowledge of filmmaking, which will help them find their voice on a broader scale. At the closing event, each participant has showcased their films in front of the audience. And those films vividly display their everyday lives- struggles for survival fighting against nature.

The Closing Ceremony of the ‘CDST Filmmaking Workshop with Munda Community, Koyra 2021 is held on Thursday, 11th November 2021, at 3:30 pm. ULAB MSJ Department Head Dr Jude William Genilo sent a Thank You speech to the participants, and so did the project researcher Angelos Theocharis from Durham University. The program started with a brief introduction to the research project and was followed by screening participants projects. Local school teachers, social workers, journalists and renowned public figures also grace the event.

The “Community Digital Storytelling and Delta Futures in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam project is funded by the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub and the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University. The workshop were conducted in collaboration with the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF), the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), and the Initiative for Coastal Development (ICD). From DIMFF, advisor Dr Abdul Kabil Khan and executive advisor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin were the facilitators and DIMFF’s advisor Mohammad Shazzad Hossain was the coordination of the workshop. From ICD, Asikuzzaman Asik acted as the coordination from the local side.

The film submissions for the 8th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, DIMFF2022 are officially closed. The entire team of DIMFF 2022 worked together as one to make this festival happen during this unsolicited pandemic.

This festival aims to uphold and showcase hundreds of mobile films submitted by many amazing filmmakers. The sole purpose of this festival is to promote mobile film making in a broader spectrum. To normalise making film with new tools and technology, such as; mobile phones.

The festival includes three different categories: Independent, Competition, and One-minute film category. Keeping some specifications in mind all three categories are open for all. Independent Category calls for both international and national submissions, where the best film will be receiving the “DIMFF Best Film   award. For the “Cinemascope Best Film   award, the university students worldwide have to compete under the Competition Category. In the One-minute Film Category students from grade 1 to 12 can submit exactly one-minute-long films including the title and credit lines. The winner of this category will be receiving the “ULAB Young Filmmaker   award. The longest film in the Competition Category is ten minutes long.

The submissions started on 3rd April, 2021 and ended on 28th October, 2021. Since then, we have received 153 films under different categories from 31 different countries, such as; India, Iran, The United States, China, Australia, Peru, Tunisia, Chile. The art of filmmaking transcended all the boundaries between us and brought us together. We appreciate all the love and support that we have got from all around the world.

To express her immense gratitude for the overwhelming success and the received support for the festival, the festival director of DIMFF 2022, Zerin Tasnim Tahsin Prova said, ”We started taking submissions from the 3rd of April and so far we have received 153 films from 31 countries. As the first female festival director, for me and DIMFF 2022, this is a huge success, I think. We first started as a club within the university in 2015 and now we have reached to an international level. We are overwhelmed with the support we have received. Hope your support will remain constant with with in the coming years too.

To break the stigma that one needs studio worthy equipment to make a good film, DIMFF (Dhaka International Film Festival) started its journey back in 2015. New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, our main goal is to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

For more information, please visit our website: (https://dimff.net)

The voyage of the upcoming 8th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, DIMFF 2022, has begun with excitement. Advisors to Executives began working nearly every day strategizing how to get this festival moving during this unwelcomed pandemic.

DIMFF is rejoicing with happy feelings over its film entries for DIMFF 2022.   100 Films from Different Countries   revealed DIMFF submission manager Latullah Mumen Tajkir also added, “We have reached 100+ submissions in a short period, which is a proud moment for us  .

It gives us great pleasure and pride to address that we have received over 100 films submissions from 31 countries to date. We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from thousands of individuals all over the world. We hope to receive more film submissions in the future.

There are three categories in the festival: Independent, Competitions, and One-minute film category. All the categories are open for everyone under some specifications. Anyone from anywhere globally can submit the film to the Independent Category, where the best film will be receiving the “DIMFF Best Film   award. For the “Cinemascope Best Film   award, the university students worldwide have to compete under the Competition Category. The One-minute Film Category is for children in grades 1 through 12, and the winning film will receive the “ULAB Young Filmmaker   award. The longest film in the Competition Category is ten minutes long. On the other hand, in the One Minute Film category, the length must be exactly one minute, including the title and credit line. For Independent Category, film length can be from one minute to full feature-length.

Film submission will be accepted until September 23rd, 2021.

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) has arranged three days-long discussion sessions on “Exploring Personal Cinema: Relevance, Possibilities, and Vigilance” from an open and theoretical perspective. There were three prestigious speakers for each episode. This entire event was conducted on the online platform, Zoom at 7:00 pm.

On the first day, September 2nd, Mahmudul Hossain, a film critic, and writer, discussed personal filmmaking’s lexical and practical context. According to Mahmudul Hossain, personal filmmaking is usually conducted by one man with private funds. This art style is opening new windows for those filmmakers who are not interested in making traditional generic films. They moreover prefer to express emotions and other aspects of life through their movies. Throughout the discussion, Mahmudul Hossain showcased a few of the films of Jonas Mekus, Lithuanian -American filmmaker, Humaira Bilkis Dhaka-based independent filmmaker, and Agnès Varda, a French filmmaker.

September 4th, in the 2nd episode, the Independent filmmaker Debashish Das constructed the idea: what motivates the filmmakers to create personal cinema and why? Debashish Das explained that personal filmmaking could be an example of home craft video to accelerate the current situation of cinema. Moreover, the narrative style of personal cinema is unique from regular cinemas since it has a different aura.

Manzare Hassin, a prominent documentary filmmaker and teacher, was the last speaker at this three-day event. On September 6th, he started his discussion by saying, ‘Personal cinema is the cinema of the filmmakers’. Moreover, according to him, “Personal cinema is the most humane project.” With its quantitative style, personal cinema unconditionally and unashamedly represents society, said Manzare Hassin.

Each day of the three-day event concluded with a question and answer session. Every session was very interactive, where the participants raised questions and shared their thoughts with much enthusiasm and a keen interest in ‘exploring personal cinema’. Some prominent independent filmmakers, film critics, and media personalities were also present at this event.

On September 6th, at the end of this three-day event, Mohammad Shazzad Hossain, advisor Dhaka International mobile film Festival 2022 and asst. professor at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, ULAB, read out the declaration jointly composed by the documentary filmmaker and teacher Manzare Hassin Murad, Mahmudul Hossain, film critic and writer, independent filmmaker Debashish Das. The event ends with the Vote of Thanks from Dr. Kabil Khan, asst. professor at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, ULAB.

‘Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking, Filmmaking for everyone’ is an online course that guides the new generation to express their ideas and creativity through mobile devices. Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) is an outreach program of the Media Studies and Journalism department of ULAB, conducting this e-learning course. The course design is for young school and college-going students from grade VI to XII to give them a complete understanding and first-hand experience on making films using smartphones.

Before the coronavirus outbreak, DIMFF, throughout their festival calendar, used to conduct a One-Minute Mobile Filmmaking Workshop at their campus. However, keeping DIMFF’s commitment towards the younger filmmakers, DIMFF has taken this platform from offline to online in the pandemic state. Previously, DIMFF has conducted two sessions of this filmmaking course in the Summer 2020 semester and Fall 2020 semester. Each of these sessions was eight weeks long.

This time, the filmmaking course will be for two weeks, i.e., every Friday and Saturday starting from July 23rd 2021. Dr Kabil Khan, the advisor of DIMFF, says, “This time, we are offering two slots so that we can engage with participants in a more meaningful way, keeping the student-faculty ratio in mind.” Timings are morning 11 am to 12:30 pm and in the afternoon from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. This course has four units and provides students with a realistic approach for mobile filmmaking on iPhone/Android smartphones. After completing this course, the students will earn a certificate from the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and submit their films to any international film festival.

DIMFF is partnering with Initiative fur Neue Buildung (IFNB) for this online filmmaking course. DIMFF collaborated with IFNB as a Partner for Change. DIMFF will ensure ten learners’ participation and engagement from Barishal Nook through this partnership. IFBN’s Country Representative Ehsan Kabir states, “We do have an opportunity to build aspiration for a generation during a time of crisis and that too, cannot be done without united approach hence as a team we believe in partnering for change and coming up with innovative solutions for the community.”

Thirty-four students have been selected from forty-one registered participants for this course who are all set to start the classes on July 23rd 2021.

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival promises to bring an exciting new activity for its members, campus ambassadors, and film enthusiasts from around the world so that they can connect on one platform. In this year’s work plan, DIMFF proposes to add something exciting that will mitigate the quench for knowledge while providing entertainment.

‘Behind the Lens  , film screening and discussion event, kick-starts with Jai Sharma’s ‘So Sicily   screening. At the closing event of DIMFF 2021, this film has been screened under the screening category as a finalist. ‘So Sicily   has also been screened at the 10th International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, California.

This program is the newest addition to DIMFF’s regular activities focusing on the apparent need to talk about those mobile films showcased in various festivals. Participants will have first-hand experience talking to the selected film directors and learning a lot from their filmmaking journey. DIMFF encourages everyone to understand the basics of step-by-step film production. Through this film screening, the participants will watch the film first. Then the filmmaker will explain pre-production, production, post-production, details about the movie like- framing, lighting, colors, device usage. But most importantly, they will discuss their storytelling method.

Jai Sharma started his journey 17 years back as an assistant director and has assisted Mr Wes Anderson in The Darjeeling Limited then continued his work in movies such as Delhi- 6, 3 Idiots, PK, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Dil Dhadakne Do, Bombay Talkies, Lust Stories, Ferrari Ki Sawaari, and many others. He has also co-produced/associate produced several short-length films, which have gone to festivals globally.

This session was held on Friday, 16th July 2021, at 4:00 pm on the online platform Google meet. 147 participants have registered for this workshop and 71 of them showed up in the session.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

The 8th DIMFF 2022   is open for film submission till 23rd September 2021. The final festival event of DIMFF will be held on February 25 & 26, 2022.

ULAB’s Media Studies and Journalism department organizes the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) that confirms the rank of 28th in the Entrepreneurial Spirit category of WURI.

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has entered the coveted Global Top 100 Innovative Universities in the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking for 2021.

The WURI ranking comprises the global top hundred and top fifty in each of these areas: Industrial Application, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Integrity; Student Mobility and Openness for Exchange and Collaboration; and Crisis Management.

ULAB ranks 27th in Crisis Management, 28th in the Entrepreneurial Spirit, and 39th in Ethics and Integrity.

Moon Hwy-Chang, the WURI Founding Director, Project Leader and Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University, officially cited this world-standing of ULAB at a virtual ceremony in Seoul on Thursday. ‘ULAB is the only Bangladeshi university to place within the top 100 universities this year,’ Prof Hwy-Chang said.

WURI is the first global innovative university ranking designed to stimulate and evaluate universities’ flexible and innovative efforts to foster a workforce that meets the demand from industry and society.

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival 2022 (DIMFF-2022) is all set for its eighth term with a bunch of dedicated team members working passionately on their respective teams. The film submissions are open till 23rd September 2021. The selected films will be screened at the festival’s opening and closing sessions on 25 & 26 February,2022.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

To know more, please visit the website: (www.dimff.net)

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival- DIMFF2022 has organized a masterclass for independent filmmakers and film enthusiasts on 30th April 2021, Friday at 3 pm. This masterclass took place on the online platform Google Meet. For the first time Dhaka Tribune was the Media Partner for this event.

The masterclass on ‘Art of Indie: Formula to Fail   conducted by the renowned writer-director and cinematographer, Mr. Kamar Ahmad Simon. This fantastic session was carried out from a class lecture to a very interactive and informative one where the young, aspiring filmmakers actively participated.

As an indie filmmaker, one often faces many challenges in various aspects. From pre-production to distribution and showcasing it at different festivals are very crucial. There is a significant gap in the film industry in terms of sharing and empowering students with guidance. This masterclass focused on those facts where the expert shared views and prepared the rising filmmakers for the challenges they might face.

The discussion in the masterclass started with a brief description of independent filmmaking in Bangladesh. Then the guest shared his film experiences, challenges, and achievements with the participants. According to him, independent films are for those who do not have any financial or device support. Furthermore, he suggested the young filmmakers should ‘listen   more, which is the core of value and to approach something, ‘preconception   would not avail. He beautifully concluded his speech by saying, ‘Independent film is destined to fail if you are not ready to fail  .

The Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, 2022 – DIMFF2022, is all set for its eighth term, with a bunch of dedicated team members working passionately on their respective teams. The film submissions are open till September. The selected films will be screened on the festival’s opening and closing sessions. DIMFF is a platform for young filmmakers for their creative expression.

New generation, New tools, New communication – with this motto, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

The 8th DIMFF 2022   film submission has started, so submit your film by 23rd September 2021. The 8th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on February 25 & 26, 2022.

To know more, please visit the website: (www.dimff.net)

Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) 2022 announces its open-call and welcomes film submission for the 8th season from April 3, 2021. Like the previous year, there are three categories: Independent, Competition and One-Minute Film.

Every year on April 3, jubilantly Bangladesh observes The National Film Day. For the past seven years, DIMFF starts their film submission for the forthcoming festival on this very day to pay homage to the film industry. This year keeping the tradition, on April 3, 2021, Saturday at 11 am DIMFF arranges the launching ceremony that takes place on the digital platform, Google Meet, in view of the deteriorating situation of the ongoing pandemic. The event incorporated a Panel Discussion on “Understanding Motivations To Use Mobile Filmmaking in The Mainstream Film Industry”. Two eminent Bangladeshi film experts, Critic and Screenplay writer Sadia Khalid Reeti and Director and Screenplay writer Anam Biswas, were present to discuss this topic.

The Dean of ULAB School of Social Science, Professor Dr. Jude William Genilo, initiated the event with a brief speech. In his speech, he said, “The mobile phone has become one mean little device in the art of storytelling. It is in this light that we are expecting better films for us to showcase in 2022.   Further he added, “Who knows, the mobile phone may even become part of mainstream filmmaking in the future and this is a topic that’ll be taken up today during the panel discussion.   Afterwards, the film experts, Critic and Screenplay writer Sadia Khalid Reeti and Director and Screenplay writer Anam Biswas were given the stage to give their opinion on the topic.

Director Anam Biswas stated in his inaugural speech that, “What I love about it is that those of us who want to make films can make a film whenever and wherever through this approach  . While Screenplay writer Sadia Khalid Reeti noted that, “Mobile film has seized its place in the most prestigious platforms, nowadays. So we must not trivialize mobile films.

Beraat Gokkus, the DIMFF Best Film Award winner 2021 was also present in the event. He thanked DIMFF by saying, “It was great to be a part of this festival because it was very professional. Honestly, when I applied my film, I was not expecting this kind of a serious festival. Because usually mobile film festivals are little and they are so new. Thank you for accepting my film and giving me the best film award.

Howon Kim, actor-director from Busan participated in 2019, said, “My film “Hi How are You   had a really great review from you guys last year, 2020. So I was really happy about it.

DIMFF replaced the name of Screening Category of ‘DIMFF Best Film Award  , which is now Independent Category. Filmmakers from all over the world can submit their film in this category. Only students from different universities can submit their films in the Competition category; this category’s best film will get the “Cinemascope Best Film   award. Moreover, DIMFF’s the “One-minute film   category is for the school-going students from class 1 to 12, and the best film from this category will receive the “ULAB Young Filmmaker   award. The independent category’s film can be of any duration. Competition category films length should be no longer than 10 minutes, and film under the “One Minute film   category has to be of one-minute length. For both the latter categories, duration includes title and credit line. Each participant can submit two films with compulsory English subtitles.

Lastly, Dr Abdul Kabil Khan, Advisor of DIMFF concluded the program with an expression of gratitude to all the attendees, ULAB and the organizing committee of DIMFF.

New generation, New tool, New communication    with this moto Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) commenced its journey back in 2015, mainly to inspire people to create films using mobile phones.

The 8th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) will be held on February 25 & 26, 2022.

To know more, please visit the website: (www.dimff.net)

7th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival    DIMFF 2021 finally announced the winners’ name at the closing ceremony on 27th February 2021 at Bashundhara City, STAR Cineplex.

The event’s main highlight was a new award from the screening category, which is “The Lost Pen” directed by Beraat Gokkus won the “DIMFF Best Film Award”.

Also, the One Minute Category Film “Agony” by Zarif Tashdeed from Bangladesh got the “ULAB Young Filmmaker Award”, and the Competition Category winner was “On Off”, directed by Kang Shingyu from the Republic of Korea won “Cinemascope Best Film Award  .

The “DIMFF Best Film Award   winner from screening category got 350USD prize money, 6 months subscription of video app Kinemaster and 3 days 4 nights Darjeeling Tour.

The “Cinemascope Best Film Award   winner from the competition category got 200USD prize money, 6 months subscription of video app Kinemaster and 2 days 3 nights tour at Lava Rishop.

The “ULAB Young Filmmaker Award   from one minute film category got 100USD prize money, 6 months subscription of video app Kinemaster and 2 days 3 nights Sajek Tour.

Chairman of Show Motion Limited, Mr Mahboob Rahman Ruhel gave his welcome speech and said, “It’s not technology, nor a device, but it’s your imagination. Don’t make a film just to watch, but make it to believe”.

Then DIMFF 2021 Best Three Campus Ambassadors received their certificates. Niaz Ibne Gulzar Tanmoy from Dhaka College, Md. Tofayel from Munshirhat Edrisia Habibia Islamia Alim Madrasah and Khandaker Iftekhar Ahmed from Notre Dame College were the best ambassadors.

This year we started taking Online Mobile Filmmaking Course during lockdown and had so many participants from different schools, grades and age groups.

FNF Bangladesh for Freedom with DIMFF had arranged a Theme based competition for them as well. Out of 62, 1 minute films, 3 of them have received KineMaster app’s 1 year free subscription. The 3 filmmakers who are going to receive the award are: Wasif Hossain the director of Beware of Scammers, Tanha Tanjim Naireet the director of Ice cream and Erin the director of Mira’s Dream.

The Country Representative of FNF Bangladesh, Najmul Hossain said,” I’m happy that lots of young children took part in the online e-learning course. Today I’m glad that a platform like DIMFF organizing courses like this  .

The most awaited screening of the closing ceremony took place with 17 Films out of the selected 36 films of DIMFF 2021.

The Chief Guest at the Closing Ceremony, eminent Filmmaker Kawser Chowdhury said, “Technology is now like a pen and paper. Filmmakers should take full advantage of it and use mobile phones professionally.”

Then the Head of Media Studies and Journalism Department, Prof. Jude William Genilo honoured the juries of DIMFF2021 Ratan Paul(Jury Chair) , Tanha Zafreen, Festival Director Rafi Ahmed and The Chief Guest Kawser Chowdhury with crests.

Besides that, all juries gave feedback and announced the DIMFF2021 winner’s name. Besides that, Festival Director Rafi Ahmed thanked everyone for coming here and enjoying this closing ceremony.

In the end, Adviser of DIMFF2021, Md. Abdul Kabil Khan gave the vote of thanks to the chief guest, juries, festival director, sponsors and partners, all people who relate with DIMFF.

Noon at 12 PM, 27 of February, 2021 The second masterclass of this event took place, which was by Mobile Filmmaker and Trainer Ayaz Khan from Pakistan discussed “Empowering Independent Filmmakers In The Age Of Mobile Media Production  , Zoom online platform. Md Abdul Kabil Khan, the executive advisor of DIMFF, moderated the class via Zoom, an online platform.

The much-awaited 7th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, DIMFF- 2021, finally raised its curtain on Friday, 26 February at Zoom online platform at 10:30 am.

“The philosophy of DIMFF relates to dramatizing telling stories and to make it successful to the public at a large reach, not just in a few hands’, was spoken by Professor Jude William Genilo, Dean and Head of Media Studies and Journalism department of ULAB.

Then “Introduction to DIMFF”- a promo video was screened for the audience to give a brief idea of the DIMFF.

“This time, we felt like it’s not just a zero budget film that we appreciate. But we also got the courage to organize the festival with a low budget too, which is our first online international festival, “said Festival Director Rafi Ahmed.

Later, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of ULAB, Prof. Shamsad Mortuza, shared his speech, “Now this is a demarcating platform, use your mobile phone to express yourself, so you have your voice and your own choice”.

Professor H M Jahirul Haque, Vice-Chancellor of ULAB, also gave his inauguration speech: “It’s a very proud moment that the festival has got 178 films and among them, 36 films are selected. Few will be screened tomorrow at STAR Cineplex. I acknowledge the contributions of the team of DIMFF, juries and all other members and inaugurate this festival.”

After all the speeches, out of thirty-six, seven films were screened at its first session of the day. The hosts took responses from audiences and guests about this festival screening.

The first featured screening was ended by the vote of thanks of DIMFF Adviser Mr Mohammad Shazzad Hossain to all guests, faculties, department, and everyone related to DIMFF 2021.

Noon at 3 pm, the second session DIMFF 2021 has started by screening 12 more films out of a total of 36 films, and audiences participated in a Q/A session immediately after screening. The session ended with Syeda Sadia Mehjabin, the executive advisor of DIMFF’s vote of thanks.

Around five o’clock, the second Screening session was ended by another vote of thanks by the Executive Adviser of DIMFF, Ms Syeda Sadia Mehjabin. In her speech, she thanked the sponsors and partners- “ProthomAlo.com” as associating partner, “ABC Radio 89.2 FM” as Radio Partner, “Beraboo Tourism Bangladesh” and “S. A. Khaleque Property Development Ltd” as Award Partners, “HowCow” as Event Partner, “BrainyZat” as Branding Partner. DIMFF 2021’s first international partner, “Kinemaster” as an official App Partner and “STAR Cineplex” as the venue Partner for the second time.

In the evening at 8 pm, 26 February 2021, the author-trainer, Dr Stephan Quinn from the United Kingdom, took the first masterclass of this event on “Unleash Your Creativity With A Smartphone”. Syeda Sadia Mehjabin, the executive advisor of DIMFF, moderated the class via Zoom, an online platform.

Tick Tock! Tick Tock! 12 of midnight and the whole world stepped into another new year. Yes, the world is facing the worst with fear and sorrow, but yet with celebrations started a new fresh year for something magical. Amidst this unspeakable reality, the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival has started their journey on this day with the Closing Ceremony of Online Mobile Filmmaking Course Fall 2020.

The Closing Ceremony of the Online Mobile Filmmaking Course was celebrated on the first day of New Year, Friday, 1st January 2021, at 4 pm on Zoom platform and was live from DIMFF Facebook official page. MSJ Department Head Dr Jude William Genilo inaugurated the program with a warm welcome speech. The program was started by screening DIMFF Documentary and participants   films. Md Shifatul Islam, from a2i and as a special guest Arifur Rahman, Independent Film and Documentary Maker spoke during the session.

This online course was carefully designed for students studying in sixth to twelfth or equivalent classes. The purpose of this program was to give a comprehensive idea about filmmaking using smartphones as well as to provide experience in using modern gadgets and software. In Fall 2020, more than one hundred students from different parts of Bangladesh had registered for this course, and among them, 66 students were selected according to course criteria. Finally, 24 participants could successfully complete the course by submitting their films. Even for their films and completing course in the online closing ceremony students got their E-certificates.

The Independent Filmmaker Arifur Rahman shared in the speech that, “Not just in Dhaka, this online course has reached to every root of Bangladesh and I’ll be glad to work with this future filmmakers.

Instructor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin and Members of DIMFF helped the students’ throughout the course to give them the basic filmmaking knowledge so that they can make their first film and share their stories to the world. In the end Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Journalism department, ULAB and Advisor of DIMFF, Mohammad Shazzad Hossain gave a vote of thanks. DIMFF is partnering with the Aspire to innovate in Bangladesh (a2i).

Third of April’ National Film Day’ Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival excitedly started its journey of the forthcoming festival DIMFF 2021. Advisors to Executives started spending their almost every day planning how to bring this festival online in this unwanted pandemic situation.

Rafi Ahmed, festival director, was laughing with astonishment and said, “Why me!” in a meeting with executives. That meant why during his time, this online occurrence happened as it is a massive achievement for any student to become the festival director of an international platform like DIMFF that shapes his dream career in the creative industry. But yet he said, “Dear Amigos, it’s online no problem, let’s bring the best ideas for this festival”. As a director, he kept motivating and encouraging his team every week by fulfilling his responsibilities.

With time, the whole team came up with many excellent ideas to make the best use of these uncertainties. Especially Mohammed Farhad Hossain Fahad, Submission Manager and Iatullah Mumen Tajkir, Creative Manager gave their best in DIMFF 2021. Farhad Hossain came with so many creative and exciting ideas, also used to guide the team and Tajkir spent his most time in creating posters-graphics works. Because of their hard works and other members of DIMFF 2021 were able to create contents, got social media influencer’s content and uploaded it on social media platforms.

DIMFF is happily celebrating with little joy for its film submissions in DIMFF 2021. “178 Films by 30 Countries, it’s less but unexpectedly a lot for this year” confirmed by DIMFF submission manager Mohammad Farhad Hossain Fahad. It is a joyful moment for us because even in this Covid-19 pandemic situation filmmakers did not stop, made their cinema and submitted in DIMFF 2021, and we highly appreciate these filmmakers.

Not only this, in the middle of the year DIMFF advisor Mohammad Shazzad Hossain, supervisor Dr Abdul Kabil Khan and instructor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin came up with the “Online Mobile Film Making Course”, which is a significant addition to DIMFF till now. In all corners of the country responded for this and DIMFF reached a considerable audience target. Besides this, DIMFF got 60 films from the summer 2020 session of this course and has arranged a second session in fall 2020.

Soon DIMFF 2021 is going to open the registration for the audience.

“Online Mobile Filmmaking Course” is organized by the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF), an outreach program of Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) department of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). In the 7th year of DIMFF’s journey on Friday, 23 October 2020 at 3 pm they have celebrated the opening ceremony of its second phase, which motive is to guide the new generation to express their ideas and creativity through mobile devices through this course.

DIMFF 21 takes a new step under the banner of “Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking, Filmmaking for Everyone,” an eight-week online course. This course shows the new generation- how to express their thoughts and creativity through mobile phones. This online course is designed carefully for students studying from Class 6 to 12 or equivalent classes. The purpose of this programme is to give a comprehensive idea about filmmaking using smartphones as well as to provide experience in using modern gadgets and software.

For the Fall 2020 semester among 110 registrations, 65 students were selected to do this online course. On Friday, the Advisor of DIMFF 21, Dr. Abdul Kabil Khan opened the Ceremony with his welcome note. Lecturer & Attached Officer, a2i Team Lead, Konnect ( Kishor Batayon) Md. Shefatul Islam gave the inauguration speech. DIMFF 21′ executive advisor and Online Mobile Filmmaking Course’ instructor Syeda Sadia Mehjabin ended the program with her vote of thanks.

For the Fall semester, DIMFF 21 is back with the Online Mobile Filmmaking Course, DIMFF 21 is partnering with the Bangladesh Govt’s project ‘Aspire to Innovate’s (a2i) digital platform ‘Kishor Batayon’.

“Online Mobile Filmmaking Course” is organized by the Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF), an outreach program of Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) department of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). In the 7th year of its journey DIMFF for the second time will guide the new generation to express their ideas and creativity through mobile devices through this course.

DIMFF took a new step under the banner of “Introd