Full-length film grant committee has been reformed with a new 10 members. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday. The committee will be chaired by the advisor of the ministry.
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 states a Full-length Film Grant Committee has been reformed to ensure transparency and utmost professionalism in the selection process for government-granted films.