The full-length film grant committee has been reformed with 10 new members, according to a gazette notification from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday. The committee will be chaired by the ministry's advisor.
The other members of the committee are-- Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Managing Director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), Dhaka University Theatre and Performance Studies Department Professor Abul Bashar Md. Ziaul Haque Bhuiyan, film director and producer Khan Sharifuddin Mohammed Akram (Akram Khan), filmmaker Nargis Akter, Rainbow Film Society President Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, filmmaker and editor Sameer Ahmed, and actor Zakia Bari Mamo.
Additional Secretary (Film) of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry will serve as the member secretary of the committee.
The notification says the Full-length Film Grant Committee has been reformed to ensure transparency and professionalism in choosing films for government funding.
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