| Tofael: The Tea Stall Boy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Minhazur Rahman Nayan |
| Produced by | Minhazur Rahman Nayan |
| Written by | Minhazur Rahman Nayan |
| Screenplay by | Minhazur Rahman Nayan |
| Starring | Tofael Alam Rafique Natabar |
| Cinematography | Shahriar Fahad |
| Edited by | Apu Monwar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Swadhinata Home Box |
Release date | |
Running time | 1 minute 57 second [5] [6] |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | 5000 BDT |
Tofael: The Tea Stall Boy is a 2013 Bangladeshi short film produced, written and directed by Minhazur Rahman Nayan. The short film was premiered on January 15, 2013 and is based upon an incident involving a Tofael Alam, an honest, innocent tea stall boy.
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma). The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country as well as its most densely-populated, to the exclusion of small island nations and city-states. Dhaka is its capital and largest city, followed by Chittagong, which has the country's largest port. Bangladesh forms the largest and easternmost part of the Bengal region. Bangladeshis include people from a range of ethnic groups and religions. Bengalis, who speak the official Bengali language, make up 98% of the population. The politically dominant Bengali Muslims make the nation the world's third largest Muslim-majority country. Islam is the official religion of Bangladesh.
Contents
Since its release, the short has been shown at several film festivals. The film's shooting was begun and completed at 15 September 2012. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 2013, the Vagrant Film Festival, Belarus and Free Spirit Film Festival, [6] [7] India in which it received Audience Award. [8] In 2014, the film was invited to participate in Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival [9] showing at Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States [10] and TOFF - The Online Film Festival. [11] In 2015, the fim was selected for selection in Pink City International Short Film Festival, India. [12] In 2016 finalist at CreActive International Open Film Festival (IOFF), Bangladesh. [13]
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. Its major economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire.
The Orpheum Theater is an old movie house in Flagstaff, Arizona, originally named the Majestic Opera House. The building was constructed in 1911. It was rebuilt and expanded in 1917, and renamed the Orpheum. The theater closed in 1999. Three years later, in 2002, it reopened as a concert venue. It is owned by Chris Scully and Charles Smith.
Flagstaff is a city in and the county seat of Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2015, the city's estimated population was 70,320. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has an estimated population of 139,097. The city is named after a ponderosa pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876.
