Television selected to be sent to Oscars

Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS), like every year, formed a committee earlier this month to nominate a film from Bangladesh to compete in the Foreign Language films in the 86th Academy Awards — known better as the Oscars.A nine-member committee sat with the two films submitted — Mostofa Sarwarr Faooki’s “Television” and Redoan Rony’s “Chorabali”, and nominated the latter to be sent to the Oscars committee for selection in the Foreign Films category.The announcement was made in a BFFS press release on Saturday.