The second edition of the intra-department audiovisual competition of the Department of Television, Film and Photography (TFP) at the University of Dhaka—titled TFP Creative Excellence Awards 2025—will be held on 3 February, 2026, marking the department’s 14th founding anniversary.

This year’s competition received 129 submissions, from which 41 works have been nominated across 19 categories. A total of 26 films will be screened during the event, followed by an award-giving ceremony.

The nominated film screenings will begin at 11:00 am at the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium, Social Sciences Building, University of Dhaka. The award-giving ceremony will commence at 4:00 pm on the same day.

Professor Mamun Ahmed, pro-vice chancellor (academic) of the University of Dhaka, will attend the event as the chief guest, while Professor Taiabur Rahman, acting dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Dhaka, will be present as the special guest.

Awards will be presented by a distinguished jury board comprising professionals from the television and film industry. The jury members include filmmaker Rezwan Shahriar Sumit; Shankha Dasgupta; director and producer Arifur Rahman; cinematographer Barkat Hossain Polash; film critic and screenwriter Sadia Khalid Reeti; art director Ranjan Rabbani; sound designer Nahid Masud; director and editor Saleh Sobhan Auneem; costume designer Edila Farid Turin; documentary filmmaker Elizabeth D Costa; photographers Nasir Mahmud, Shafiqul Alam, and Shafiqul Alam Kiron; and journalists Zayadul Ahsan Pintu and Mir Masruruzzaman.