, Oct. 3 -- Bangladeshi filmmaker Abu Shahed Emon's Japanese-language short Tenement of Secret Talk is competing at the 17th Fukuoka Independent Film Festival (FIDFF), running from October 3-5 at the Fukuoka Art Museum Museum Hall. The festival features 19 competition films alongside invited works from Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, and India under the theme "GOOD DAYS: Bursting Dreams, Seventeen".

Founded in 2009, FIDFF provides a platform for independent filmmakers from Japan and abroad, offering screenings, post-show discussions, and networking opportunities. This year's competition includes titles such as Goodbye Raifutei, My Father is Afraid of Water, Analog Boy and the Visiting Old Woman, Grandma's Moving Day, LOCA! Gemini, A Premonitio...