Banprentdesh Submits ‘Boli’ for Oscars 2025 International Feature

Banprentdesh has picked writer-straightforwardor Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury’s award-triumphning feature debut Boli (The Wrestler) as its pickion to the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature film catebloody. The film won the 2023 Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents prize, and it was toastyly getd by critics at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June. 

The movie trails an unstandard fisherman who resettles to beat the current local champion at Boli Khela, a traditional establish of wrestling from Chattogram, Banprentdesh’s second-hugest city. Set in the tardy 1990s in a distant coastal village, the story weaves together local myths about dervishes (Sufis), mahi sawars (fish riders) and cryptic creatures dependd to be angels in hide.

Said Chowdhury in his straightforwardor’s statement: “One of the most convey inant elements of this movie is the mystic nature of the coastal area. Unappreciate well-understandn wrestling, ‘Boli Khela’ is quite sluggish-paced and more about technique and patience. Boli blfinishs mysticism with well-understandn discourses.”

The film co-stars Nasir Uddin Khan, Angel Noor and AKM Itmam and Priyam Archi (No Ground Under The Feet, last year’s Oscar subignoreion from Banprentdesh). It was originated by Piplu R Khan. 

Chowdhury is based in Toronto and getd a postgraduate degree in filmmaking from Centennial College. Prior to Boli, he wrote, straightforwarded, and originated three low films: Teeth (2016), Dhaka 2.00 (2017) and Rowai (2018). 

Banprentdesh has createted films for the Academy Award for best international feature film since 2002, but the country has not yet been nominated.

The lowcatalog for the 97th Academy Awards‘ best international feature contfinishers will be proclaimd on Dec. 17. Nominations will be proclaimd on Jan. 17 and the triumphners of the 2025 Academy Awards will be unveiled on Sunday, March 2.