23rd Rainbow Film Festival London 2022
Sunday 29th May to Sunday 5th June 2022
23rd Rainbow Film Festival will take place from 29th May to 5th June 2022 across East London. There will be many programmes including the inauguration ceremony at Genesis Cinema and Mile End Road on Sunday 29th May 2022. From Monday 30th May to Saturday 4th June there will be two screenings every day at The Brady Arts Centre (from 4.00 pm to 8.30 pm) at the Theatre Hall. There will be a “Film Corner” at the side hall of Brady Arts Centre where short film screening, seminars and Q/A sessions will take place. Professional filmmakers including directors, cameramen, editors, film journalists will present and will have one to one meeting if required. (Monday to Saturday 4.00 pm to 8.30 pm) A “one day film making” course will take place at Brady Arts Centre on Saturday noon “Women’s Film Conference” will take place on Saturday 5th June 2022 at Brady Arts Centre. The festival will officially close and announce this year’s awards on Sunday 5th June 2022 at Rich Mix Centre in Bethnal Green Road.
Official selection : 23rd Rainbow Film Festival 2022 Feature films
| No | Title | Country | Director | Duration | Language |
| 1 | Ajob Karkhana (Song of the Soul) | Bangladesh | Shabnam ferdousi | 109min. | Bangla |
| 2 | Bhoka | India | Rajeeb Mohanty | 120 min | Odia |
| 3 | Bishwoshunduri | Bangladesh | Chayanika Chowdhury | 136min. | Bangla |
| 4 | Dhaka Dream | Bangladesh | Proshoon Rahmaan | 100min. | Bangla |
| 5 | Jibon Khatar Proti Patay | India | Dipak Sanyal | 108 min | Bangla |
| 6 | Kalbela | Bangladesh | Saidul Anam Tutul | 105min. | Bangla |
| 7 | Kalkokkho | India | Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti | 125 min | Bangla |
| 8 | Mayar Jonjal | Bangladesh /India | Indranil Roy Chowdhury | 101 min | Bangla |
| 9 | MidiumSpice | India | Mohit Takalkar | 138 min | Marathi |
| 10 | Mukhosh | India | Birsa Dasgupta | 114min | Bangla |
| 11 | Seventh String | India | BaharulIslam | 105 min | Assamese |
| 12 | Shemkhor | India | Aimee Baruah | 93 min | Dimasa |
| 13 | Strah (Fear) | Bulgaria | Ivaylo Hristov | 101min. | Bulgarian |
| 14 | Tangra Blues | India | Supriyo Sen | 123 min | Bangla |
| 15 | The Newspaper | Srilanka | Sarath Kothalawala/ Kumara Thirimadura | 103 min | Sinhala |
| 16 | The Portraits | India | Dr Bijukumar Damadaran | 89 min | Malaylam |
| 17 | The Tales of Chandrabati | Bangladesh | N. Rashed Chowdhury | 104min. | Bangla |
| 18 | Yangzhen’s Journey | China | Chengxu Lan | 95min. | Chinese |
23rd Rainbow Film Festival 2022 Short and documentary
| No | Title | Country | Director | Duration | Language |
| 1 | 54/The Blind Turtle and The Endless Sea | Greece | Isabella Margara | 13min. | Greece |
| 2 | Antemanha | France | Amirul Arham | 83min | Frence, Germany |
| 3 | Bakpak | Philippines | Carlos C. Dala I | 8 min | Tagalog |
| 4 | Banalata | Bangladesh | Evan Monawar | 18 min | Bangla |
| 5 | Byaheng (A night jolurney) | Philippines | Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio | 15min | Tagalog |
| 6 | Breathing Is A Gift | Bangladesh | Md. Al Hasib Khan Ananda | 11min. | Bangla |
| 7 | Color black | India | Sushant Kaushik | 30 min | Hindi |
| 8 | DeepExpress | Philippines | Luisito Lagdameo Ignacia | 13min | Tagalog |
| 9 | Dhimal | India | Asis Chakraborty | 28 min | Bangla |
| 10 | Dhor (Headless) | Bangladesh | Aka Reza Ghalib | 25min. | Bangla |
| 11 | Dhushor Godhuli | India | Priadarchi Banerjee | 25 min | Bangla |
| 12 | Faranak | Iran | Mehrnoush Alia | 17min. | Iranian |
| 13 | Hadlok | Philippines | Ralston G Jover | 24 min | Hiligaynon |
| 14 | Halt | Bangladesh | Gaushey Alexander | 85min. | Bangla |
| 15 | Husna | India | Ankit Sharma | 12 min | Hindi |
| 16 | In persuit of light | India | Amit Rai | 35 min | Hindi /Marathi |
| 17 | Moji (online) | India | Vicky Malhotra | 46 min | Hindi / Kashmiri |
| 18 | Serial Écolo (Ecomaniak) | France | Nadejda Petrenko | 10min. | French |
| 19 | Selena
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Switzerland, Argentina | Guillermo Barrionuevo | 15min. | Swiss |
| 20 | Some Moments In Stagnancy | India | Ayan Adhikary | 7min | Bangla |
| 21 | Tėtušis (Daddy) | Lithuania | Justas Ramanauskas | 15min. | Lithuanian |
| 22 | The Break of Life | Bangladesh | Mahfuzz Nazim Mapple | 4min. | Bangla |
| 23 | The Girl | Bangladesh | Kishor Mahmood | 8min. | Bangla |
| 24 | Under Construction | Bangladesh | Azizul Hakim | 8min. | Bangla |
| 25 | Vasan | India | Sharif Siraj | 7 min | Bangla |
| 26 | Zharange (The Heiress) | Armenia | Evelina Barsegian | 28min. | Armenian |
23rd Rainbow Film Festival jury members :
Rainbow Film Festival Committee
2022
Key members and trustees
Derek Malcolm
Chair, Festival Committee
Mostafa Kamal
Festival Director
Jayasree Kabir
Director
Shamima Ferdous
Director
Kabirul Islam Khan
Director
Film Festival Committee members
Abu Musa Hasan
Anwarul Kabir
Bulbul Hasan
Diptee Anupam
Farida Kamal
Ferdous Khan
Imran Khan
Maher Ahmed
Nadia Lodhi Wahhab
Nilufar Hasan
Sadeq Ahmed Chowdhury
Samir Kamal
Selina Khan
Shahnej Begum Moni
Sriti Azad
Syed Jobair Ahmed
Syed Makib Ahmed
Syed Saima Ahmed
Programmer and representatives
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal
Programmer, Bangladesh Reprenestative
Debanik Kundu
India Representative
Zohre Zamani
Iran Representative
23rd Rainbow Film Festival is supported by
