‘The Difficult Bride’ heads to London Film Festival after Venice and Toronto

Rubaiyat Hossain’s “The Difficult Bride” has been selected for the 70th BFI London Film Festival, following its selection at the Venice and Toronto international film festivals.

The line-up for this year’s festival was announced yesterday. The festival will be held from October 7 to 18.

Ten films will compete for the Best Film Award. Alongside Bangladesh’s “The Difficult Bride”, the competition line-up includes Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” from Japan, Sergei Loznitsa’s “Imperium” from Ukraine, Carol Morley’s “7 Miles Out” from the UK, Lili Horvát’s “My Notes on Mars” from Hungary, Benjamin Naishtat’s “Glaxo” from Argentina, Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s “Act 3” from Ireland, Giovanni Tortorici’s “Kettice” from Italy, Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s “The Idiots” from Poland, and May el-Toukhy’s “Women Unknown” from Denmark.

BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson said, “We are proud to welcome both established and emerging filmmakers to the same platform at the 70th edition of the festival. This year’s competition features a remarkable range of diverse filmmaking styles and a fascinating collection of stories.”

Rubaiyat Hossain has described “The Difficult Bride” as a psychological horror film. The story is set around Dhaka’s traditional Mayfair Beauty Parlour.

"The Difficult Bride" follows Zaineen, a young bride-to-be who arrives to prepare for her wedding. As the day unfolds, she becomes entangled in an increasingly unsettling world where beauty, the body, faith, memory and fear collide.

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