Bangladeshi film ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ to open RIFFK 2022

As the 26th International Film Festival 2022 came to an end on March 25, Friday, the next stage has opened up for all the film buffs with the Regional International Film Festival of Kerala (RIFFK) which is scheduled to be held from 1st April to 5th in Kochi, Kerala. The Bangladeshi film ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ directed by Abdullah Mohammad Saad is selected as the opening film of RIFFK 2022.

“The Opening Film of RIFFK Kochi is Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s Rehana Maryam Noor, a microcosmic exploration of Bangladeshi society, through the eyes of Rehana, a single mother & an assistant professor at a medical college whose life changes when she witnesses an incident involving her student, as she resists the strictures of the patriarchal society that she lives in to seek justice & retribution. It was the first Bangladeshi film to screen in the Un Certain Regard section at the Festival de Cannes, and also the Bangladeshi entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards,” an announcement made by the officials of the film festival via the IFFK official Facebook handle read.

‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ was released in the year 2021 and told the struggling life of a 37-year-old Rehana who is a teacher at a private medical college. The director Abdullah Mohammad Saad who handled the writing section and editing section of the film bagged the Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the film was selected as the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
Meanwhile, RIFFK will pay homage to the late legendary actress KPAC Lalitha by screening Jayaraj Nair’s directorial film ‘Shantham’ on the fourth day of the film festival.
Saritha, Savitha, and Kavitha theatres in Kochi will be where the films selected for the festival will be screened.