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For the first time in New York, the New York Bangla Film Festival is being held

To promote Bangladeshi culture and cinema on an international stage, the first-ever New York Bangla Film Festival is set to take place in New York. The festival will be jointly organized by Priozon Films and Lemon Studio, with full collaboration from the American Bangladeshi Producers Association (ABPA). Films made in Bengali across three categories—short films, documentary films, and feature films—will be showcased at the festival. Awards will be presented to the best films in each category.

All Bangladeshi filmmakers and producers are invited to submit their finest works produced between 2023 and 2025 for the New York Bangla Film Festival. Films of any length may be submitted in MOV or MP4 format.

Submissions can be emailed to nybanglaff@gmail.com, or sent via a Google Drive link on WhatsApp. You may WhatsApp your film to ‪+1 (347) 545-7039‬ or ‪+1 (646) 248-4759‬. Media partners for the festival include Bangladesh’s popular Rtv and 52 TV, and from the United States, Channel 14 and The New York Editorial.