Rainbow Film Festival is a non-profit and voluntary socio-cultural organisation, devoted to visual arts and films. The aim and objective of the Society is to advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of arts, particularly the art of film and allied visual techniques. Our aim is to promotes the study and appreciation of cinema by means of lectures, discussions, and exhibitions.  

In May 2000 we have started an annual “Bangladesh Film Festival,” which is the only film festival in the UK and outside Bangladesh exclusively dedicated to Bangladeshi cinema. In last nine year we have successfully organised this festival for nine times. Screened across East London, the festival provides a rare opportunity for the large local Bangladeshi community to be in touch with classical and contemporary entertainment from their home country, whilst also allowing people from other backgrounds to discover Bangladeshi cinema.  The festival is supported by Film London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and many more organisations. Mr. Derek Malcolm, renowned film critic of The Guardian, is the chair of the festival committee. The director of the festival is Mr Mostafa Kamal, a trained film maker and visual media instructor.  After successfully hosting the “Bangladesh Film Festival,” for seven consecutive years and gaining invaluable experience in organising such activities on an international level, we have expand our Film Festival under the new name of “Rainbow Film Festival” where films from different Asian countries like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Japan etc. will be screened. Through this festival we aim to bring the different communities together, contribute in understanding each others culture and heritage, enhancing the community-cohesion in today’s multicultural British society.