'Saturday Afternoon' to be released in US, Canada

After much debacle, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's "Saturday Afternoon" will be released across North America on March 10. The global distribution rights of the film has been acquired by Continental Entertainment Pte. Ltd. (CEPL) and is being released via Reliance Entertainment (RE).

CEPL is a Singapore based film marketing and distribution firm and RE is one of India's leading film and entertainment companies engaged in creation and distribution of content across Film, TV, Animation,Gaming and Digital platforms.

On January 24, the film had finally received a verbal clearance from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board, after being stuck in limbo for four long years. However, the film has yet to receive  the official clearance letter, which will let Farooki go about planning the theatrical release of the movie.

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Speaking on the North American release, Farooki said "I am glad the film is finally going to be seen by a wider audience. The movie is very important for people in my country to see, and I wished it would be released in Bangladesh first, but nevertheless I'm glad that it will be seen by people all over the world, starting with North America. I invite North American audiences to come and experience the film in theatres!"

The film is inspired by the gruesome terrorist attack in Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016, the 83-minute film was shot in one take.

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"Saturday Afternoon" earned a lot of appreciation internationally, in some of the biggest festivals across the world and stars Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Zahid Hasan, Mamunur Rashid and Parambrata Chatterjee, among others. Moreover, the film is a Bangladesh-Germany joint production, by Jaaz Multimedia, Chabial and and co-produced by Tandem Productions (Germany).