– The award-winning film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival
Entertainment Desk: “Encounters on the Milky Way” was screened at the cineplex hall of Bangladesh National Museum on February 7. Directed by swiss director Jürg Neuenschwander, the documentary shows three cattle breeders from Mali and Burkina Faso during their trip to Switzerland where they meet with two dairy farmers from the Swiss Lake District and a cheese manufacturer in the Berne’s Oberland. Back in their homeland, they tell their friends and neighbors about their experiences.
The award-winning film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.
The screening was organized by Female Communication, and after the screening a Q/A session was held where director Jürg Neuenschwander and managing director of the FemComb Nargis Akter answered questions by the audience.
Before the screening the director reminiscenced about his previous work experience in Bangladesh. He made a film called “Rashida- no time for a chat” which is about how people can pull themselves out of poverty with micro credits. The film premiered in Dhaka in 1995.
In 2004 he revisited Rashida and filmed the TV film “the Rasheda trust” which was about the development of Rashida’s business and her family.
He has been planning a theatre documentary about the whole 30 year collaboration between him and Rashida. The director came to Bangladesh for the fifth time this year to shoot parts of this upcoming documentary and left the country on February 11.
