The Dhaka phase of the 6th Hill Film Festival will take place in Dhaka from January 2–4, 2025, featuring film screenings and discussions across two venues: DrikPath Bhobon and SHALA Neighbourhood Art Space. The program includes 55 films from 15 countries, organized into competition categories such as Feature Fiction, Short Fiction, Documentary, Student, Vlog, and Experimental.
In addition to the competition, curated sections include Indigenous Mirror by Santua Tripura, Whispers from the Next Door by Fazle Hasan Shishir, and HFF Retrospective by Adit Dewan. Films are grouped under themes such as Feminine Focus, Indigenous World, and Freedom and Existence.
The festival will also host panel discussions, including:
- Film Financing and Distribution: Strategies, Challenges, and New Initiatives
- Making Own Narratives: Perspectives of Indigenous Artists
- Indigenous Issues: Where Are We in Bangladesh?
The festival will conclude with a closing ceremony at DrikPath Bhobon on January 4, 2025. The Dhaka phase marks the final segment of the 6th Hill Film Festival, following the Rangamati phase held in December.
| DATE | DRIKPATH BHOBON | SHALA NEIGHBOURHOOD ART SPACE |
| January 2 | 11am-1pm Feature Fiction: Competition Water Lillies l Chanho Lee l 119 Minutes | 11am-1:15pm World Theatre Project Film & Indigenous Mirror Fly | Carlos Gomez Mira | 30 mins Space Station Village | Yi-Feng Kao | 13 mins | Short Fiction Competition HFF Retrospective Budung Badang | Kolin Chakma | 6 mins | Chakma Masshya Kum | Sunil Kumar Tanchangya | 16 mins | Tanhangya Special Screening Dear Mother l SK Shuvo l 68 Minutes l Mro |
| January 2 | 3pm- 5pm Indigenous Mirror and HFF Retrospective The Scarf | Shuvashis Sinha | 10 mins l Indigenous Mirror Chandobi | Nayan Chakma | 23 mins | Indigenous Mirror Paitawdi | Sajib Tripura | 48 mins | HFF Retrospective Andolot Pohr | Faiz Zahir | 35 mins | HFF Retrospective | 3pm-5pm Documentary: Non-competition In Their Own Time | Sourya Dipta | 113 mins |
| January 2 | 6pm-8:30pm Feature Fiction: Competition Mountain Wagtail | Begaly Nargozuev | 140 mins | 5pm-6.30pm Praxis: Film and Visual ArtsTalk Film Financing and Distribution: Strategies, Challenges and New Initiatives |
| January 2 | 7pm-9pm Feminine Focus The Story of Monsters and Captive Women | Partha Sen Gupta | 8 mins | Short Fiction Competition Journey of Mind | Prodipto Saha | 15 mins | Short Fiction Competition Sondesh | Humaira Snighdha | 10 mins | Short Fiction Competition Somonnoy | Jayanta Kumar Kundu | 25 mins | Short Doc Non-competition Spider Zan | Maryam Khodabakhsh | 13 mins | Short Fiction Non-competition | |
| January 3 | 3pm-5pm Indigenous Mirror Ubogeet: The Unsung Tale and Song | Santua Tripura, Nidhi Chakma | Bangladesh | 35 mins| Chakma Student Category: Competition Machine City | Noor E Alam Taimur | 5 mins Sound Of Silence | Shoumik Bakshi Dipto, Irfanul Haque, Sanjida Sorna Pial Sarker | 11 mins Tips | Tasnova Tabassum Atoshi | 14 mins Student Category: Non-competition Jay Jay Din | Ahsabul Yamin Riyad | 39 mins Unseen Pravarana | Dipta Dip | Vlog 9 mins | 3pm-5pm Experimental Competition Dhaka Diary | Shahran Morshed | 1 min Mama | Nadia Nazar | 3 mins 21… | Hitesh Liya | 20 mins Documentary Wild Coast Warriors | Nick Chevallier, Leigh Wood, Guido Zanghi, Warren Smart | 78 mins | Feature Doc Competition |
| January 3 | 5:15p -6:45pm 6th Hill Film Festival Talk Making own Narratives: Perspectives of Indigenous Artists | 5:30 pm-7pm Documentary Phee Houba | NG Shilpi | 15 mins | Vlog Karkas | Kondor Shekari | 13 mins | Short Doc Competition Matir Maya | Philip Gain | 30 mins | Indigenous Mirror Khumi Ai Awnmai Rita | Suvashis Chakma Ittukgula | 32 mins | HFF Retrospective |
| January 3 | 7pm-9pm Indigenous Mirror Burasa | Jacob Tripura | 20 mins | Tripura, India Laitiam | Lapdiang Syiem | 15 mins | Meghalaya, India Lady of the Lake | Haobam Paban Kumar | 71 mins | Manipur, India | 7:15pm-9pm Feature Fiction: Non-competition Impermanent Resident | Tuan Huu Nguyen | 107 mins |
| January 4 | 11am-1pm Short Fiction: Competition Vas Mar | Nima Tabandeh | 19 mins | Short Fiction Competition Brother’s Horn | 19 mins | Short Fiction Competition A Snail Without Shell | Mohin Rakhaine | 15 mins | Short Fiction Competition Raven | Zayed Siddiki | 30 mins | Short Fiction Competition Short Fiction: Non-competition Untongue | Kazi Md Golam Rabbani | 14 mins Ten Mins in a Week | Abir Ferdous Ayon | 9 mins The Dancing Sparrow | Sujalo Chakma | 10 mins | 11am-1pm Shorts Hidden Gajanas | Janne Vuorela | 28 mins On a Boat | Heso | 33 mins Let Me Put It This Way | Damla Ersan | 19 mins Chicken Broth Soup | Deniz Buyukkirli | 18 mins The Red Market | Ramiro Leal, Christopher Matthew Spencer | 9 mins Ya Hanouni | Iyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib | 3 mins |
| January 4 | 2pm-3:10pm Whispers From the Next Door The Open Door | Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk | 15 mins Wheels on the Bus | Surya Shahi | 16 mins A Train Crosses the Desert | Rahul Aijaz | 20 mins A Lullaby for Yellow Roses | Rahul Roye | 18 mins | |
| January 4 | 3:20pm-4:50pm 6th Hill Film Festival Talk Indigenous Issue: Where are we in Bangladesh? | 3pm-5pm Short Fiction: Non-competition Dushar Pandulipy | Mamun Sobhani | 5 mins Helium Monkey Balloon | Golam Muntakim | 30 mins Feature Doc Competition Ichamoti | Habibur Rahman | 60 mins |
| January 4 | 5pm-7pm Indigenous Mirror: Nature and Life in the CHT Doprujhiri | Asma Beethi | 29 mins | Short Doc Competition When Buddha Returns | Iqbal Hasan Khan | 30 mins Not Only the Ants’ Story | Adit Dewan | 55 mins | 5pm-7pm Feature Fiction: Non-competition Bitter Coffee | Soner Sert | 91 mins |
| January 4 | 7:30pm-8pm Closing Ceremony |