Highways of Life’ takes top prize in 8th Liberation DocFest

outh Asia’s first virtual film festival, the "8th Liberation DocFest Bangladesh-2020" concluded on Saturday having drawn a great response from film lovers at home and abroad by providing a breathing space for all amid novel coronavirus pandemic, reports UNB.

The five-day festival, annually organised by the Liberation War Museum, wrapped up with a concluding and award-giving ceremony via Zoom.

The closing ceremony was attended in virtual space by legendary thespian and former cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor MP, liberation war affairs ministry secretary Aminul Islam Khan, International Theatre Institute (ITI) president and noted theatre personality Ramendu Majumdar, cultural personality and Dhaka DocLab chairman Nasiruddin Yusuf Bacchu, media partner United News of Bangladesh’s director Nahar Khan, festival director Tareq Ahmed and Liberation War Museum Trustee Mofidul Hoque along with participating filmmakers, jury board members and the organisers.