Tareque and Catherine Masud's much acclaimed film "Matir Moina" is going to be screened by the New York State Writers Institute in USA, on March 11, says a press release.
The film will be shown as part of screening of world classics that also include films by Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa.
In January this year, "Matir Moina" was also included in a televised series of world classics on major Australian channel SBS. Along with "Matir Moina", SBS, which is celebrating its 30th year in broadcasting, is showing a number of renowned filmd, including Istvan Szabo's "Mephisto", Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander", Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" and Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo". The series opened with Akira Kurosawa's epic "Ran".
In 2008, "Matir Moina" was aired on US channel Turner Classic Movies as part of a series of Cannes award-winning films in commemoration of the 60th year of the film festival. "Matir Moina" aka "The Clay Bird" premiered in Cannes in 2002.