Acclaimed filmmaker Amitabh Reza Chowdhury-directed feature film ‘Rickshaw Girl’ was screened at European Independent Film Festival on Sunday April 10 in the virtual edition held from April 8 to 10 in Paris, France, said a press release.
The film ‘Rickshaw Girl’ revolves around Naima, a painter of traditional motifs, and her struggles. It is based on Mitali Perkins’ 2007 best-selling novel Rickshaw Girl, which was chosen by New York Public Library as one of the best 100 children’s books in the past 100 years.
The festival will open its Bangladesh chapter soon. International Academy of Film and Media will be in charge of the chapter. The festival hosted a special screening of the film as Amitabh Reza Chowdhury is an alumnus of the IAFM, said the organisation’s executive director Bibesh Roy.
The IAFM press coordinator Anarya Murshid said, ‘European Independent Film Festival is an important film festival for independent filmmakers. It was the first time that a Bangladeshi film was screened at the festival. Alumni of the IAFM can submit a certain number of films to this festival without having to pay an entry fee.’
Bangladesh-born American writer Sharbari Z Ahmed, who has earned plaudits as a screenwriter for ABC’s TV show ‘Quantico,’ has written the screenplay for the film.
‘Rickshaw Girl’ is Reza’s second feature film, which stars Novera Rahman, Naresh Bhuiyan, Allen Shubhro Gomes, Momena Chowdhury, Champa and others.
