Bengali Film Festival of Dallas returns for its ninth year this weekend at the Angelika Film Center & Café. It will be three days full of Bengali cinema, language and culture.
The festival was founded in 2016 and is the only Bengali language film festival in North America. It was created as a nonprofit cultural initiative dedicated to promote Bengali films from Bangladesh and India. During the festival’s eight-year run, a hundred films have been screened.
This year’s festival will feature eight films, which include short films and feature films. On Friday, short film Fused will be playing along with the feature film Utshob at 8 p.m.
Then on Saturday there will be four films playing, including the short film Monihara and feature film Onibrito (Unveiled) at 1:30 p.m. At 8 p.m., the short film My Comrade and feature film Sharthopor will be shown.
The last day of the film festival will feature the short film The Sweetness of Air and feature film Korpur at 5 p.m.
July 31 through August 2 at the Angelika Film Center & Café, 5321 E Mockingbird Lane, Dallas. Tickets are $15. srijonerhut.com.