Bangladesh National Film Award

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film award national award

The Bangladesh National Film Award is the highest state-sponsored honor in Bangladeshi cinema, annually recognizing outstanding achievements in various categories of film.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
National Film Awards (Bangladesh)	12
Bangladesh National Film Awards ceremony	3
Bangladesh National Film Awards	2
National Film Award (Bangladesh)	2
Bangladesh National Film Award canonical	1
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor	1
Bangladesh National Film Awards era	1
Bangladesh National Film Awards system	1
Bangladeshi film awards	1
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7730172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bangladesh National Film Award
Context triple: [Zahir Raihan, awardReceived, Bangladesh National Film Award]

A. National Film Award for Best Film (Bangladesh)
The National Film Award for Best Film (Bangladesh) is the country’s highest state honor given annually to recognize the most outstanding Bangladeshi feature film of the year.
B. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual Bangladeshi government honor recognizing outstanding achievement in film direction in the country’s cinema industry.
C. National Film Award for Best Actress (Bangladesh)
The National Film Award for Best Actress (Bangladesh) is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually by the government to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in Bangladeshi cinema.
D. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually to recognize outstanding original storytelling in cinema.
E. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually to recognize outstanding achievement in screenwriting dialogue.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bangladesh National Film Award
Target entity description: The Bangladesh National Film Award is the highest state-sponsored honor in Bangladeshi cinema, annually recognizing outstanding achievements in various categories of film.

A. National Film Award for Best Film (Bangladesh)
The National Film Award for Best Film (Bangladesh) is the country’s highest state honor given annually to recognize the most outstanding Bangladeshi feature film of the year.
B. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual Bangladeshi government honor recognizing outstanding achievement in film direction in the country’s cinema industry.
C. National Film Award for Best Actress (Bangladesh)
The National Film Award for Best Actress (Bangladesh) is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually by the government to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in Bangladeshi cinema.
D. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually to recognize outstanding original storytelling in cinema.
E. Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue is a prestigious Bangladeshi film honor presented annually to recognize outstanding achievement in screenwriting dialogue.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film award ⓘ national award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Film Awards (Bangladesh) ⓘ linked to: Bangladesh National Film Award
awardFor	artistic excellence in film ⓘ outstanding achievements in Bangladeshi cinema ⓘ technical excellence in film ⓘ
categoryIncludes	Best Actor ⓘ Best Actress ⓘ Best Art Direction ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Art Direction Best Child Artist ⓘ Best Choreography ⓘ Best Cinematography ⓘ Best Costume Design ⓘ Best Dialogue ⓘ Best Director ⓘ Best Documentary Film ⓘ Best Editing ⓘ Best Film ⓘ Best Lyricist ⓘ Best Makeup ⓘ Best Music Director ⓘ Best Playback Singer (Female) ⓘ Best Playback Singer (Male) ⓘ Best Screenplay ⓘ Best Short Film ⓘ Best Sound Recording ⓘ Best Special Effects ⓘ Best Story ⓘ Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	Dhaka ⓘ
country	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
field	cinema of Bangladesh ⓘ
firstAwarded	1975 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasSpecialAwardType	lifetime achievement award ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
industry	Bangladeshi film industry ⓘ
language	Bengali ⓘ
nature	state-sponsored honor ⓘ
presentedBy	Government of Bangladesh ⓘ Ministry of Information (Bangladesh) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh)
region	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
scope	documentary films ⓘ feature films ⓘ non-feature films ⓘ short films ⓘ
selectionBody	national film award jury (Bangladesh) ⓘ
selectionProcess	jury selection ⓘ
significance	highest state-sponsored film award in Bangladesh ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Government of Bangladesh ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

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