Marking the significance of the day, two prestigious organisations, Zahir Raihan Film Institute and the government-funded Graphic Arts Institute, have joined forces to organise a film festival titled “Matribhashar Chalachitra Utsab”, dedicated to distinctive mother languages.
Filmed in Duncan, B.C., on the traditional territory of the Cowichan people, The Great Salish Heist follows an Indigenous archaeologist determined to return sacred belongings to their home.