National Film Award is given to encourage the production of films. In that regard the information ministry has asked for submissions of films for the National Film Award 2017 and 2018. A total of 74 films were submitted to compete in 28 categories.
In the two months, after the completion of seeing the pictures, the recommendation is to be sent to the information ministry about those who have gotten the best numbers. The time allotted by the ministry is nearing its end. Already the jury board members have finished seeing all the films.
According to Nizamul Kabir, vice chairman of censor board and jury board member of National Film Award, “We have watched all the movies that have been submitted. We are going to send the names of the films, actors and artistes who have gotten the most numbers. In this case we are going to send two names at a time, one is the highest number one and the other is the opposite. We want to finish all the procedures before Eid-ul-Fitr.
The 2017 and 2018 National Film Award has a functional jury board of 13 members. In the 13-member jury board, the Additional Secretary of the Information Ministry (Administration and Film) is acting as the President. The Managing Director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Joint Secretary (Film) of Information Ministry and Director General of Bangladesh Film Archive are in active roles.
