Rainbow Film Society is a non-profit and voluntary socio-cultural organisation, devoted to visual arts and films. The aim and objective of the Society is to advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of arts, particularly the art of film and allied visual techniques. The Rainbow Film Society promotes the study and appreciation of cinema by means of lectures, discussions, and exhibitions.  Rainbow Film Society was inaugurated on 16th December 1991 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Since then we have established ourselves as one of the leading film societies in UK. Rainbow was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 30th April 1999. Later that year we registered as Charity in UK.

Our regular activities include: 1. Monthly film screenings, 2. Organising regular workshops and seminars on specific film genre and practical film-making courses,  3. Publication of a journal on film and film related information, titled “FADE-IN”,  4. Organising regular film festivals, 5. Networking with other festivals.  Apart from our regular film screening activities, in 1993 we organised the Children’s International Film Festival at Dame Colet House in East London. In May 2000 we have started an annual project “Bangladesh Film Festival,” which is the only film festival in the UK exclusively dedicated to Bangladeshi cinema. In last seven year we have successfully organised this festival for seven times. Screened across East London, the festival provides a rare opportunity for the large local Bangladeshi community to be in touch with classical and contemporary entertainment from their home country, whilst also allowing people from other backgrounds to discover Bangladeshi cinema.  The festival is supported by Film London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and many more organisations. Mr. Derek Malcolm, renowned film critic of The Guardian, is the chair of the festival committee. The director of the festival is Mr Mostafa Kamal, a trained film maker and visual media instructor.  After successfully hosting the “Bangladesh Film Festival,” for seven consecutive years and gaining invaluable experience in organising such activities on an international level we are now ready to embark upon a new project encompassing other Asian countries in addition to Bangladesh. Accordingly, from last year we have decided to hold the Film Festival under the new name of “Rainbow Film Festival” where films from different Asian countries like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Japan etc. will be screened. Through this festival we aim to bring the different communities together, contribute in understanding each others culture and heritage, enhancing the community-cohesion in today’s multicultural British society.

Registered charity in UK no. 1081512
Montefiore Centre, Hanbury Street. London E1 5HZ
Tel: 020 7392 2008 
Mobile : 07956 924 246
E-mail: RainbowFS@aol.com

web: http://www.rainbowfilmsociety.com