Brochure - 14th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2021

Editor
S M Aminul Islam
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MESSAGE
FARIHA JANNAT MIM
Festival Director
14th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2021
2020 has been hard for everyone everywhere. The world is going through a crisis never experienced
before. We are living life with the uncertainty of living the next day and seeing our close ones leave. In this
continuous process of grief and suffocation, I believe, the only way of our mental survival and a little more
hope is through art. Since cinema is the ultimate mixture of all art existing, we have decided to do our part
this year.
I am honored to have the opportunity to announce that the ‘14th International Children’s Film Festival
Bangladesh’ is going to take place from 30 January to 5 February 2021. More than 1300 films from 81
countries were submitted to our festival and 179 films from 37 countries have been selected for screening
this year. The submission amount indicates the circumference and impacts of this particular event
worldwide.
This situation is especially hard for the children. Thus, with safe and proper health maintenance, we are
welcoming children and people of all ages in our festival premises.
This year, to celebrate the golden jubilee of our Liberation War; we have a special international film
screening section titled ‘Films on Liberty’ and a discussion with the freedom fighters in person. The history
of our country defines our identity as a nation. We believe a filmmaker must know about themselves first
before knowing the world.
The arrangement and preparation for this festival has been dramatically challenging for the organizers due
to the current situation. I cordially give my heartfelt gratitude towards my co-director and coordinators for
their inhuman amount of dedication.
Hereby, I end my note with the hope of a healthy tomorrow. I hope in the next festivals Children’s Film
Society Bangladesh will be able to spread their activities in all the corners of this country and to all the
children of Bangladesh.
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Acknowledgements
14th fest - At a glance
Participating Countries
Events and Sessions
Guest Appearances
Workshop Instructors
Jury Board - Senior Sections
Jury Board - Child Sections
Logo Film
Festival Promo
Films on Liberty
International Film Section - Feature
International Film Section - Short
Child Filmmakers’ Section - International
Child Filmmakers’ Section - Bangladesh
Young Bangladeshi Filmmakers’ Section
Social Film Section
Teen Film Workshop 5.0
Previous Fest Photo Highlights
Previous Fest Award Winners
Festival - Behind the Scene
Festival Teams
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Information
Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Home Affairs
Bangladesh Film Censor Board
Department of Public Libraries
Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Bangladesh National Museum
Alliance Française de Dhaka
Asiatic Experiential Marketing Limited
Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited
Ahsan Printers, Dhaka
Hootum Bangladesh Limited
Moitree Press
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14th International Children’s
Film Festival Bangladesh 2021
Slogan
Objectives: To open a new world of cinema to the children of Bangladesh and to give
them an exposure to the culture and tradition of different countries through cinema.
One of the main goals of the festival is to give children a basic idea on film to create their
interest on the media and to understand its role to build awareness on different social
issues as well as a powerful media of learning through entertainment.
Number of
participating countries
37
Probable number
of audience countrywide
approximately
Number of child &
young delegates
66
Number of
screening at each
venue per day
179 100000 3
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37 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
Argentina
Armenia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Egypt
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Korea, Republic of
Netherlands
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Russian Federation
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
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EVENTS & SESSIONS
Saturday, January 30
1:30 PM Delegate Orientation
4 PM Inauguration Ceremony
Sunday, January 31
11 AM Workshop on Script Writing
Conducted by Sadia Khalid Reeti
6 PM Interactive Session with
Nishat Majumdar
Monday, February 1
11 AM Workshop on Production Design
Conducted by Ranjan Rabbani
6 PM Face to Face
with the Filmmaker Delegates
Wednesday, February 3
11 AM Workshop on Film Festival Circuit
Conducted by Abu Shahed Emon
6 PM Face to Face
with the Filmmaker Delegates
Thursday, February 4
11 AM Meet the Freedom Fighter
Mohammed Mashruqul Huq
Marufa Mashruq
Lieutenant Colonel Quzai Shajjad Ali Zahir
Friday, February 5
11 AM Certificate Giving Ceremony by the
President of Children’s Film Society Bangladesh
Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
5 PM Closing and Award Giving Ceremony
Tuesday, February 2
11 AM Workshop on Film Direction &
Cinematography
Conducted by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury &
Tahsin Rahman
6 PM Celebrity Adda
Shayan Chowdhury Arnob
Sunidhi Nayak
FESTIVAL VENUES
Shawkat Osman Hall
Central Public Library, Shahbagh
Sufia Kamal Auditorium
National Museum, Shahbagh
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
Shegunbagicha
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GUEST APPEARANCES
Dr. Muhammad Hasan
Mahmud, MP
Honorable Minister
Ministry of Information,
Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
K. M. Khalid, MP
Honourable State Minister
Ministry of Cultural Affairs,
Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP
Honourable State Minister, ICT Division
Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and
Information Technology,
Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.)
Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir
Bir Protik
Freedom Fighter
Marufa Mashruq
Freedom Fighter
Mohammed
Mashruqul Huq
Freedom Fighter
Nishat Majumdar
Mountaineer
Shayan
Chowdhury Arnob
Musician
Sunidhi Nayak
Musician

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
Abu Shahed Emon is a Bangladeshi film director, writer and editor. He
studied Psychology from University of Dhaka and was an exchange student in
Communication Studies at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Later he obtained a
diploma of Screen and Media from Sydney Film School and an advance diploma of
Screen and Media from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Afterwards he did
Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking from Korea National University of Arts. His
debut feature ‘Jalal’s Story’ became Bangladesh’s entry for the 88th Academy Award
consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film category. He also produced the first
anthology film of Bangladesh titled ‘Sincerely Yours’.
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury is a Filmmaker and one of the leading
directors of TVCs in Bangladesh. He owns the famous production house named ‘Half
Stop Down’. He is best known for his debut film ‘Aynabaji’ which was a big heat and
brought him the Best Film Award of Seattle South Asian Film Festival in 2016. He was
also awarded with the Meril-Prothom Alo Best Film Director Award in 2017.
Ranjan Rabbani is a Bangladeshi writer, art director and director. He studied
architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. His creativity
isn’t confined within architecture. Rather its horizon lies in different sectors of film.
He is best known for his work in The Clay Bird, Made in Bangladesh, Monpura and
Bishaash. Beside art direction he also writes for film and television.
Tahsin Rahman is an internationally renowned Bangladeshi cinematographer.
He is best known for his international short films and movies. His film ‘Mainkar Chipay’
has earned a lot of praises from viewers all over Bangladesh and beyond. His TV
series ‘Sydney Sleuthers’ has won Oniros Film Awards 2020 for Best Cinematography.

BOARD OF JURY
International Film Competition
Professor Haider Rizvi is an eminent cinema personality of
Bangladesh. He is a teacher of Cinema and Filmmaking at American
International University of Bangladesh and Independent University
Bangladesh. He also served in the University of Dhaka as a teacher of
Filmmaking for the time being. Haider Rizvi is an influencial teacher educating
and encouraging creative minds, who are the probable future of Bangladeshi
Cinema.
Akram Khan is a writer, filmmaker and film activist based in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. He is prominently known for directing Ghashphul: The Flower
of Grass (2015), which got official selection for 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film
Festival 2015. For his other film, Khacha: The Cage (2017), he received Meril
Prothom Alo Critic’s Choice Award (Film) for Best Director.
Sadia Khalid Reeti is a film activist, a critic and a scholar who
attended the 2019 Cannes Film Festival as a jury member for the International
Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci). She is the first Bangladeshi woman to
have earned this honor. Sadia served on the jury boards of several other
international festivals, namely, Italy’s Religion Today Film Festival, India’s Siliguri
International Short and Documentary Film Festival, Nepal’s Human Rights
Festival and so on. Sadia studied Screenwriting at the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) and worked in several production companies in Hollywood.

Young Bangladeshi Filmmakers’ Section
Piplu R Khan is a filmmaker born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. After making several television
advertisements, he found major success after directing the historical docudrama ‘Hasina: A
Daughter’s Tale’ in 2018. The directorial debut film was based on the life of Sheikh Hasina, Prime
Minister of Bangladesh. In his TVC making career, he has worked with some of the brands like
Grameenphone and Unilever in Bangladesh as well as in Mumbai, India.
Aung Rakhine is an aspiring filmmaker who initially started off as a cinematographer. Later,
he turned toward direction and made his breakthrough with a full length film in Chakma language,
‘Mwor Theng Gaari’ or ‘My Bicycle’ in 2015. The unbeatable director took the film to global platforms
and received Best Screenplay at the Silver Azkubat Ethnic Cinema Festival 2016 in Ufa, Russia. It also
received an honourable mention in the Cine Kurumin - International Indigenous Film Festival 2016,
Brazil.
Bijon Imtiaz is the first Bangladeshi Film Production graduate from the reputed Film, Television
and Theatre Dept. of University of California, LA. ‘Matir Projar Deshe’ is the first full length movie
directed by him. It had its World Premiere at 42nd Seattle International Film Festival and won the
Best Film award in South Asian International Film Festival held in Chicago, USA. He is also an active
documentary filmmaker along with his fiction works. His documentary ‘Beyond the Waves’ won the
Colors of Asia competition at Tokyo Docs and was featured at NHK world’s Inside Lens documentary
series.
Social Competition Section
Muneruzzaman Shajib is an aspiring Filmmaker. He made his first short film ‘The Tennis
Ball’ at the age of eighteen and later worked as an assistant director in a few Television Drama and
TVCs. Under their own production house Friday Films, Shajib has recently directed three TVCs and
made several documentaries and audio-visuals for different organizations. He was the Festival
Coordinator of the International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh for three years. After earning all
this experience in the field, he is keen to start making his own films in the coming days.
Rayeed Morshed has successfully run two Film Festivals as a Festival Director. Currently
he is the Festival Programmer of Children’s Film Society Bangladesh. Being born in a family of
filmmakers, Rayeed has grown up seeing the film and media industry very closely. He worked on
several films of the renowned filmmaker Morshedul Islam, including the national award-winning film
‘Anil Bagchir Ekdeen’. Rayeed wishes to make his own film in future.
Mohammed Touqir Islam
Mohammed Touqir Islam was born in 1994 in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He completed his
undergraduation in cinema from Asian School of Media Studies, India. He began from his own
production house named ‘Footprint Film Production’. In his career he made eight short films and
many commercial documentaries and ad films. ‘Gol O Jog’ and ‘Aina’ are two of his most popular
films. He has received numbers of national and international film awards. Shaik has conducted
many filmmaking workshops and at present he is shooting for his first web series.

BOARD OF JURY
Child Filmmakers’ Sections
(Bangladesh and International)
Adreeta Ibnat Khan, born in 2005, is currently a student at Birshreshtha Noor
Mohammad Public College. She is a young film enthusiast. She has been involved with the
Children’s Film Society Bangladesh (CFS) since 2015, and successfully volunteered in the
International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh organized by CFS. She worked as a child
artist in the critically acclaimed film ‘Ghashful’, the government granted film ‘Nakshikanthar
Jamin’ and performed in several television fictions. Her interest varies in singing and
performing art. She also enjoys contemporary and classic literature.
Afrida Mehzabin is a typical teenager who not only just listens to emo bands but
also loves to create art. As she believes that visual art can create an impact on global
socialization. Most of the time, you’ll find her watching animated films. She is very passionate
about filmmaking specially when it comes to animated films. Afrida won the Best Film Award
in the Child Filmmakers’ Section in the 12th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
2019.
Dewan Abdullah Fahad is a young film enthusiast and an ad maker. He’s
currently studying computer science and engineering. His interest for cinema has lead
him to join CFS. He likes to watch films, short films, video contents from many genre and
is passionate about making videos. He is experienced in writing scripts while observing
everyday life of people from diverse background and getting inspired from it. Abdullah
doesn’t believe that expensive gadgets make a good film. Rather he tries to focus on the
quality of the content, how people can relate to it.
Mahib Mahatasim, a student of University of Dhaka, has been working with CFS for
a long time as a video editor. He likes to edit and create new stuffs from old and new clips.
He likes to watch tons of films and is a huge film enthusiast. He is passionate about making
animation films and creating new editing styles. Mahib likes to play guitar in free time and
read books. He firmly believes that a smooth story, cinematography and editing can bring
a movie to life and you don’t need expensive gears to make a great film. He also attended
Asian Pacific Children Convention held at Fukuoka, Japan in 2012 as a Junior Ambassador
from Bangladesh.
Farhanoor Imtiaz Turjjo, is a film enthusiast, and considers himself a film analyst.
His affection for cinema made him join CFS where he is volunteering as a videographer in
the documentation team. Farhanoor seeks to learn technical and professional skills. He
is interested in feature films and hopes to make one someday. Farhanoor’s passion for
filmmaking is remarkable.

LOGO FILM
Bangladesh | 2021 | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Musical | English | International Premiere | 45 sec
Director
Asif Ul Islam
Story & Screenplay
Asif Ul Islam
Edit & Visual Effects
Asif Ul Islam
Production Designer
Mong Shonie
Synopsis in English
The goal of modernization since the Industrial
Revolution was to make our lives easier and more
sustainable. But, we had no idea about its real
consequences. In this film, two children capture
the beauty of their homeland that is fading in the
hustle and bustle of urbanization in the wake of
this so-called modernization.
Synopsis in Bengali
িশিবব থেক আধুিনকীকরেণর ল িছেলা আমােদর
জীবনেক সহজ ও টকসই করা। িক, এর কৃ ত মূল
সেক আমােদর কােনা ধারণা িছল না। এই িফে, দুইিট
িশ এই তথাকিথত আধুিনকীকরেণর মাড়েক নগরায়েনর
িভেড় হািরেয় যাওয়া তােদর মাতৃ ভূ িমর অপপ সৗযেক
তােদর কনা শিেত তু েল ধেরেছ।
Background Score
Nafiz Niaz Khan Nabeen
Animation
Afrida Mehzabin
Cinematographer
Isfar Mostakim
Assistant Directors
Tarek Hasan
Tashfiq Rahman
Production Manager
Raisul Islam Imon
Asif Ul Islam has a fascination for film making since his
childhood. He made his debut film, ‘Paper’s Dream’, a stop
motion animation which was officially selected in the 7th
International Children’s Film Festival, Bangladesh. He has
been volunteering at Children’s Film Society Bangladesh since
2013. Now he is a film activist and studying at the University of
Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Leading Casts
Turna Tanchangya
Himaloy Tanchangya
Special Thanks
David O’dwyer
Ranta Kumar Tanchangya
Bivayon Chakma
The team behind the making of the logo film consists of young
passionate filmmakers who want to explore the amazing world
of cinema. This logo film titled ‘Paharika’ is their first project. It
is the resolution of their continuous hard work. They shoot this
film in the hilly region of Bangladesh, hundreds of feet above
the sea-level. During their shoot, they struggled a lot because
of the height. But the good part is, they also had the chance to
experience the life of the indigenous people.
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INTO THE KINGDOM
OF PUPPETS
Bangladesh | 2021 | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Fantasy | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 30 sec
FESTIVAL PROMO
Director
Samia Hasan
Story & Screenplay
Samia Hasan
Editor
Samia Hasan
Assistant Director
Hafija Sultana Jui
Producer
Children’s Film Society
Bangladesh
Original Title
হািমলেনর কাা
Synopsis in English
Playing its famous flute, the pied piper of Hamelin,
apparently who is a kangaroo, hails for the ‘14th
International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
2021’. Awestruck by the melody, all the puppets
from the whole kingdom join it. Rabbits, elephants,
bears, camels, birds, monsters, and even humans
come together at this festival, an environment
surrounded by hills, with the sole purpose of
enjoying films.
Synopsis in Bengali
হািমলেনর বাঁিশওয়ালা কাা তার িচরেচনা বাঁিশ বাজােত
বাজােত ‘১৪তম আজািতক িশ চলি উৎসব
বাংলােদশ ২০২১’ এর উেেশ যাা কের। বাঁিশর
সুের মমু হেয় রােজর সম পুতু লসদায় িপছু নয়
তার। খরেগাশ, হািত, ভাুক, উট, পািখ, রাস এবং
মানুষসহ সকল জািতর ািণই আসেছ এই পাহাড়েঘরা
জগেত চলি উপেভাগ করেত।
Cinematographer
Samia Hasan
Animation
Samia Hasan
Casting Director
Samia Hasan
Leading Casts
Piper Kangaroo
Mother Elephant
Baby Elephant
Samia Hasan is a young film enthusiast.
Cinematography, stop motion, and editing are
her personal favourite topics. As she is eager to
improve her skills, she is constantly working on
short personal projects focusing on specific fields
at a time.
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FILMS ON
LIBERTY
This year, we are celebrating the Golden
Jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh.
To celebrate this precious occasion, we
have a new non-competitive segment in our
festival by the name Films on Liberty.
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AMAR BONDHU RASHED
Bangladesh | 2010 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Adventure, History | Bengali | 100 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Morshedul Islam
Story
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Script & Screenplay
Morshedul Islam
Barkat Ullah Maruf
Editor
Ratan Paul
Producer
Faridur Reza Sagar
Original Title
আমার বু রােশদ
Synopsis in English
This a story of a boy named Ibu during Bangladesh
Liberation War in 1971. He lives in a small town.
The main character Rashed suddenly appears
at his school. Rashed, the name was given by
the class teacher at the first day of school. In
1971, when other students are not conscious
about the liberation movement, Rashed, aware
of the matters, motivates everyone regarding the
movement. One day, Pakistani army attacks the
town and Rashed observes the battle. He and his
friends start to help the Mukti Bahini.
Synopsis in Bengali
ছিবেত দখা যায়, একােরর উাল িদনেলা যখন ছাট
ছাট ছেলরা বুঝেত পারেছ না, রাজনীিতসেচতন রােশদ
তখন িঠক তার মেতা কের সটা সবাইেক বুিঝেয় িদে।
একসময় পািকািন সনাবািহনী দশিটর ওপর ঝাঁিপেয়
পেড় এবং একিদন এই ছাট শহেরও তারা এেস হািজর
হয়। াধীনতা সংােমর েত মুিবািহনীেক সাহায
করার জন এিগেয় আেস স। সে কেয়কজন বু । যখন
সুখযুে বী হেয় যায় তােদর পিরিচত একজন
মুিেযাা, রােশদ ও তার বু রা তােক মু কের িনেয়
আেস িনিত মৃতু র হাত থেক। িক যুের ডামােডােল
রােশদ ও তার বু েদর একসময় িবি হেয় যেত হয়।
রােশদ আরও গভীরভােব জিড়েয় পেড় যুে।
Cinematographer
L. Apu Rozario
Leading Casts
Chowdhury Zawata Afnan
Rayan Ibtesham Chowdhury
Refayat Zinnat
Morshedul Islam was born in Dhaka,
Bangladesh on December 1, 1958. He made
his film making debut in 1984 with the short
film ‘Agami’ while he was a student. ‘Dipu
Number Two’ was his first children’s film. The
film, released in 1996, was acclaimed by the
audience, particularly by the young people.
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BUTTER TOAST
India | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Hindi | South Asian Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Ojaswwee Sharma
Story
Ojaswwee Sharma
Script & Screenplay
Ojaswwee Sharma
Raman Deep Singh
Editor
Bhasker Pandey
Producer
Pinaka Mediaworks
Cinematographer
Ojaswwee Sharma
Leading Casts
Raman Deep Singh
Mahekdeep Singh
Tagline
Don’t waste food.
Synopsis in English
‘Butter Toast’ is a sweet short take on the essence
and importance of food. India has teeming millions
who go hungry to bed. It’s time to save every bit of
food and share with the ones who cannot afford
a proper meal in order to build a nation where
everyone is privy to proper food and nutrition!
Synopsis in Original Language
बटर टोट भोजन क महा और महव पर एक छोटा सा
भाव है। भारत म लाख लोग ह जो िबतर पर भूखे
रहते ह। यह हर उस भोजन को सहेजने और उन लोग के
साथ साझा करने का समय है, जो एक ऐसे रा के िनमाण
के िलए उिचत भोजन नह कर सकते, जहां हर कोई
उिचत भोजन और पोषण के िलए िनजी है!
Synopsis in Bengali
খােদর মৗিলকতা এবং সেক িনিমত শটিফ
‘বাটার টা’। ভারেত ল ল মানুষ ু ধাত অবায়
রািযাপন কের। সুতরাং, এখন সময় হেয়েছ খাবার অপচয়
না কের সংরণ করার এবং সই সব অসহায় ু ধাত
মানুষেদর সােথ ভাগ কের নওয়ার। কারণ, সু জািত
গঠেন সকল নাগিরেকর পুিকর খাদ িনিত করা
আবশক।
Logline
Butter Toast is a sweet short take on the essence
and importance of food.
Ojaswwee Sharma deftly knits social issues into fiction narratives. Right
from the highly acclaimed award-winning feature-documentary ‘Admitted’,
short documentaries ‘SCARS: After A 100 Years Of Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre’ and ‘Samarpan’, to short narratives ‘Chaurassi’, ‘Zubaan’, ‘The
Last Date’, and many more. Ojaswwee’s films have successfully cemented
their footprints to more than thirty-one prestigious Film Festivals across
the globe.
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CONNECTED
United States | 2018 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama, Sci-Fi | English | International Premiere | 12 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Christopher Satola
Story
Christopher Satola
Script & Screenplay
Christopher Satola
Editor
Christopher Satola
Synopsis in English
In a near-future world, humanity has been
deprived of the closeness of each other through
technological advancements in communication.
The sound of a human voice has become almost
forgotten, the touch of one’s beloved has almost
extinct, and direct interactions almost forbidden. At
this age, a small boy named Timmy, full of curiosity,
begins a journey to learn about the world that
surrounds him.
Synopsis in Bengali
অদূর ভিবষেত যাগােযাগ ে যুিগত অগিতর
কারেণ, মানবসভতার পারিরক সক যন মৃতায়।
হািরেয় গেছ মনুষের সুর, িবলু হেয়েছ িয়জেনর
েহর শ এবং িনিষ হেয়েছ ত যাগােযাগ। এই
সমেয়ই কৗতূ হেল পিরপূণ একিট ছা ছেল, িটিম, তােক
িঘের থাকা জগতেক জানেত বিরেয় পেড় এক িবয়কর
অিভযােন।
Producer
Mark Vinzant
Cinematographer
Christopher Satola
Leading Casts
Ethan Suess
Janelle Pearson
Leandra Ryan
Michael Hennessy
Coty Nicoson
William Castrogiovanni
Bradley Bundlie
Christopher Satola worked as a junior director and animation
cinematographer for an Emmy Award-winning producer. He recently directed
a VR Cinematic Experience for the 20th Century Fox. Christopher was awarded
Beijing Film Academy Award, selected four times at Cannes Court Métrage of
the Cannes Film Festival, and received distribution including a package with
George Lucas’s THX 1138.
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KURMAGHAR
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 16 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Avinash Shejwal
Editor
Abhijeet Patil
Producer
Vaibhaw Kadam
Cinematographer
Abhijeet Patil
Leading Casts
Pranjal Suradkar
Pooja Gaikwad
Tagline
A truth of the 21st century.
Synopsis in English
‘Kurmaghar’ is a hut made outside of a village
where women and young girls reside during
their menstruation days. This hut is also known
as ‘Gaokor’ and ‘Khopadi’. The story of this film
is based on a fourteen-year-old girl, who is a
young bride and has no idea about menstruation
or ‘Kurmaghar’. Hence, the girl is terrified and
confused. Here, you will see how she suffers, how
scary the nights are in the hut during their period
days and what she went through.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘কু রমাঘর’ হল ােমর বাইের বানােনা একিট কু ঁেড়ঘর
যখােন নারী এবং িকেশারীরা তােদর মািসক এর সময়
অবান কের। এই কু ঁেড়ঘরিটেক ‘গাওকর’ এবং ‘খাপািড’
ও বলা হয়। এই ৈদঘ চলিিট চৗ বছর বয়েসর
এক িকেশারীেক ক কের, যার ঋতু াব বা ‘কু রমাঘর’
সেক কােনা ধারণাই নই। ফেল ভাবতই, স
আতিত এবং িবা হেয় পেড়। চলিিটেত দশক
অনুভব করেত পারেবন সই িকেশারীর দুেভাগ, কু ঁেড়ঘের
কাটােনা রাতেলার ভয়াবহতা এবং দুিবষহ যণার সােথ
একাতা।
Logline
A girl in her first menstruation. What problems did
she face during her period in that hut?
Avinash Shejwal was born on April 3, 1989. He completed
his Master’s in Business Administration. He also completed
a Master’s in Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Performing Arts.
He was a member of the Bosco Martis Choreography Team.
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SHOROT ‘71
Bangladesh | 2000 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, History | Bengali | 35 min
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Morshedul Islam
Story
Giasuddin Selim
Script & Screenplay
Giasuddin Selim
Editor
Ratan Kumar Barman
Producer
Bangladesh Shishu Academy
Cinematographer
L. Apu Rozario
Original Title
শরৎ ’৭১
Synopsis in English
During the liberation war of 1971, the people of
the country are anxiously passing their days under
the dreadful pressure and fear of the militaries
of Pakistan. One of the owners of the holdings in
Dhaka is under arrest by the militaries. Days pass
by but no one is able to know whether he is yet
alive or not. The youngest son of the family teaches
his pet bird “Joy Bangla” as a symbolic fight against
the barbaric force. One day, the eldest son flees
away and joins the freedom fighters as well. On the
other hand, his mournful mother and his younger
brother pass their days in Dhaka with the toughest
uncertainty.
Synopsis in Bengali
মুিযুের াপেটর উপর িনিমত এই চলিে দখা
যায়, জািমলুেরর ছাট ছেল তপু তােদর পাষা ময়না
পািখেক ‘জয় বাংলা’ বুিল শখােনার জন বারবার চা
কের যাে। একিদন পািখিটেক িনেয় তপু রাায় বর হেল
পাকেসনােদর সােথ তার দখা হেয় যায়। একজন সনা
ময়নােক দেশ িনেয় যাবার কথা বেল, সসময় হানাদার
বািহনীর সামেনই ময়না পািখিট তার শখা বুিল ‘জয় বাংলা’
বলেত থােক।
Leading Casts
Rahmat Ali
Monowara Begum
Wahida Mollick Jolly
Banna Mirza
Rayeed Morshed
Morshedul Islam was born in Dhaka,
Bangladesh on December 1, 1958. He made
his film making debut in 1984 with the short
film ‘Agami’ while he was a student. ‘Dipu
Number Two’ was his first children’s film. The
film, released in 1996, was acclaimed by the
audience, particularly by the young people.
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THE BARBERSHOP
Bangladesh | 2009 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | History | Bengali | 15 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Tareque Masud
Catherine Masud
Story
Tareque Masud
Script & Screenplay
Tareque Masud
Editor
Catherine Masud
Producer
Audiovision
RMMRU
Original Title
নরসুর
Synopsis in English
The year is 1971. Pakistan Army soldiers led by
a local collaborator raid the home of a freedom
fighter. However, the young man they seek flees
through the narrow alleyways of Old Dhaka. He
stumbles upon a barbershop and decides to get a
shave to disguise himself. Meanwhile, his mother
takes his wounded father, injured during the army
raid, to a nearby pharmacy. The Hindu doctor
hesitantly takes them in as he is also a target. At
the barbershop, the young man soon realizes that
he has put himself in a much bigger danger.
Synopsis in Bengali
১৯৭১ সাল। ানীয় এক রাজাকােরর সহায়তায় পািকািন
বািহনী একজন মুিেযাার বাসা আমণ কের। তণ
যুবকিট ঢাকার অিলগিল িদেয় পািলেয় যেত সম হয়।
হঠাৎ স একিট সলুেনর সামেন উপিত হয় এবং
পাকিবিহনীর হাত থেক িনেজেক বাঁচােত ছেবশ ধারেণর
উেেশ সলুেনর ভতর ঢােক। এিদেক যুবকিটর মা
পাকবািহনীর আমেণ আহত তার বাবােক একিট িনকট
ফােমিসেত িনেয় যান। সখােন কমরত িহু িচিকৎসক
িনেজ সেেহর তািলকায় থাকায় থেম ইতত করেলও
শষ পয তােদরেক ভতের ঢাকার আান জানায়।
এিদেক সলুেন অবানরত যুবকিট উপলি করেত পাের
য, স িনেজেক এক ভয়ংকর িবপেদর মােঝ এেনেছ।
Cinematographer
Mishuk Munier
Leading Casts
Anwar Hossain
Sultana Rebu
Thomas Baroi
Tareque Masud was born in the village of Nurpur on December 6, 1956. He was
educated in a Bangladeshi madrassa or Muslim school. Following Bangladesh’s
independence in 1971, Masud became part of the film society movement and
earned a master’s degree in history from the University of Dhaka. He died in a
horrific car accident in 2011.
Catherine Masud is an American-born filmmaker, who spent over 20 years living
and working in Bangladesh. Together with her husband-filmmaking partner,
Tareque Masud, she made numerous shorts, documentarie, and features, many
of which were both nationally and internationally awarded and shown around the
world.
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INTERNATIONAL
FILM COMPETITION
FEATURE FILMS
International Panorama takes the
children to the world of world cinema.
Obviously, all films in this section help
children know the different cultures of
the world. It is believed, these films will
play a vital role to shape the children’s
minds to be a competent member of
the global village. This year more than
13 films have been selected in this
section.
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A TEENAGER’S DIARY
Hong Kong | 2020 | HD | 1.25:1 (5:4) | Color | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Chinese | 90 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Li Bin
Story
Li Bin
Script & Screenplay
Li Bin
Editor
Li Bin
Producer
Miao Yu
Cinematographer
Song Lei
Leading Casts
Ji Hao
Huang Ziqi
Huang Yuanyang
Miao Ruoxi
Original Title
少 年 日 記
Synopsis in English
Lu Ang, a 14-year-old ideal student, comes from
a middle-class family. His parents are too busy at
work and do not have any time for him. So there
is a lack of communication and companionship
between them. Yu Ming, a 15-year-old weak
student, comes from a single-parent family. His
father thinks that punching and kicking is the
best way to educate him. The two students have
different troubles but similar loneliness. One
day, Lu Ang and Yu Ming saves Zheng Wanhe, a
transfer student, from a campus violence incident.
They become friends and together join the school
chorus team. Soon, they unite to fight their life
struggles together as well.
Synopsis in Original Language
壹 次 校 園 暴 力 事 件 , 路 昂 和 余 銘 救 下 了 轉 校 生 鄭 晚
禾 , 兩 人 因 此 建 立 友 誼 並 壹 起 加 入 校 合 唱 團 。 然 而 ,
他 們 彼 此 的 家 庭 卻 危 機 四 伏 , 父 母 正 欲 離 婚 , 奶 奶 遭
遇 保 健 品 詐 騙 , 妹 妹 遭 到 戀 童 癖 的 襲 擊 … 兩 人 在 經
歷 了 離 別 和 死 亡 後 對 人 生 有 了 新 的 認 知 。
Synopsis in Bengali
১৪ বছর বয়সী আদশ ছা লু অং একিট মধিব
পিরবােরর ছেল। তার বাবা-মা তােদর িনেজেদর কােজ
অত ব। তাই তােদর মেধ যাগােযাগ ও সাহচেযর
অভাব িবদমান। অপরিদেক, ১৫ বছর বয়সী দুবল ছা ইউ
িমং এর অিভভাবক কবল তার বাবা-ই, িযিন মেন কেরন
হার করাই িশার সেবাম উপায়। লু অং ও ইউ িমং
এর সমসা িভ হেলও তােদর িনঃসতা একই। একিদন,
লু অং এবং ইয়ু িমং কাােসর একিট সিহংসতার ঘটনা
হেত কাােস বদিল িশাথী জাং ওয়ািনেক বাঁচায়। তারা
িতনজন বু হেয় ওেঠ এবং ু েলর সংগীতদেল যাগ দয়।
ধীের ধীের জীবনযুে লড়াইেয়র উেেশও তারা ঐকব
হয়।
Li Bin graduated from the Central Academy of
Drama. He placed first in the Orson Welles Film
Talent Program. Li Bin was in the International
Jury of the SFTF Film Festival and his academic
assignments were selected in many international
film exhibitions. ‘A Teenager’s Diary’ is his first
feature film after graduation.
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BIHAAN-TUNE OF FAITH
India | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | Rajbongshi | International Premiere | 76 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Saurabh Saha
Story
Saurabh Saha
Script & Screenplay
Raunaq Das
Editor
Dipak Mandal
Producer
Saurabh Saha
Original Title
িবহান-িটউন অফ ফইথ
Synopsis in English
Koyel, an eighteen-year-old girl, a resident of a
village in North Bengal prepares to get married
while her friend Kanai gets heartbroken at
this news. A naturally affluent player of flute,
Kanai stops at his rhythm and asks her about this
crucial decision. While she narrates the whole
story, he gets jealous of her would-be husband. He
becomes puzzled to take the right decision.
Synopsis in Bengali
উরবের একিট ােমর বািসা, আঠােরা বছেরর
কােয়েলর িবেয়র িতর সংবােদ তার বু কানাইেয়র
দয়ভ হয়। সহজাতভােবই দ বাঁিশওয়ালা কানাই তার
ছ হািরেয় ফেল। স কােয়েলর কােছ তার এ িসাের
কিফয়ত চায়। ঘটনা নেত নেত স কােয়েলর হবু
জামাইেয়র িত ঈষািত হয়। সিঠক িসা হেণ কানাই
িবা হেয় পেড়।
Cinematographer
Ayan Banerjee
Leading Casts
Tushar Chowdhury
Miranda Das
Saurabh Saha, born in India in 1990, is an
independent film director. A person from
middle-class cultural family background, he
was born in Assam. Later, he graduated from
North Bengal University.
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JACKIE AND OOPJEN
Netherlands | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Drama, Fantasy | Dutch | South Asian Premiere | 90 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Annemarie van de Mond
Script & Screenplay
Myranda Jongeling
Producer
Column Film
Chantal van der Horst
Synopsis in English
Jackie, a 12-year-old girl, has made Amsterdam’s
Rijksmuseum her second home since her mother
works there. While Jackie’s wandering around
the museum after hours, Oopjen Coppit (from
Rembrandt’s famous painting) suddenly appears in
front of her; she is looking for her long lost sister.
Jackie is used to solving other people’s problems,
so she decides to take her home.
Synopsis in Bengali
বােরা বছর বয়সী জািকর মা আমারডােমর
রাইিমউিজয়ােম কাজ কেরন। তাই এই িমউিজয়ামিটেক
জািক বািনেয় ফেলেছ তার িতীয় বাড়ী। িতিদেনর মেতা
সিদনও িমউিজয়ােম আপনমেন ঘুের বড়ািল জািক।
হঠাৎ তার সামেন উপিত হয় ওপইেয়ন কপিপট
(িরমাের িবখাত িচ থেক); স তার দীঘকাল আেগ
হািরেয় যাওয়া বােনর সান করেছ। সকেলর সমসা
সমাধােন অভ জািক তাই ওপইেয়নেক বািড়েত িনেয়
যাওয়ার িসা নয়।
Leading Casts
Frouke Verheijde
Sarah Bannier
Karina Smulders
Saar van Aken
Bert Hana
Jaap Spijkers
Leny Breederveld
Jochen Otten
Annemarie van de Mond, born in Haaksbergen in 1962, attended
Drama school in Maastricht from where she graduated in 1989.
After her academic career, she worked for many years as an
assistant director and script supervisor in many Dutch films and
TV series. She also worked on various international productions
including films with Wes Anderson and Joel Schumacher.
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METAMORPHOSIS
IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Drama, Thriller | English | South Asian Premiere | 76 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Javad Daraei
Story
Javad Daraei
Script & Screenplay
Javad Daraei
Editor
Javad Daraei
Producer
Mehdi koohzadeh
Synopsis in English
Shadi is a young village girl, who once used to
live with her family. Her parents were accused of
murdering a girl from the village and the villagers
end up murdering her parents as revenge. Her
uncle then adopts her, and now, Shadi must live
life in misery as a penalty for her parents’ deed.
Synopsis in Original Language
شادی دختر بچه ای است که پدرو مادرش متهم به قتل دختر
بچه ای در روستا شده اند و اهالی ده به قصد انتقام پدر و
مادر را می کشند وعمویش سرپرستی اورا به عهده میگیرد
و شادی مجبور میشود با مشکلاتی که اهالی ده برای انها
ایجاد کرده اند روبرو شود
Synopsis in Bengali
ছা এক ােমর ছা এক মেয় - শািদ বসবাস কের
তার পিরবার িনেয়। হঠাৎ একিদন তার বাবা-মােক ােমর
মানুষ এক মেয়র খুেনর অপরােধ অিভযু কের। এমনিক,
ােমর মানুেষরা সই হতার িতেশাধ িনেত শষ পয
মাণ ছাড়াই শািদর বাবা-মােক মের ফেল। পরবিতেত
শািদর চাচা তার দািয় নয় এবং তাঁর কােছ িনেয় রােখন।
িক ােমর মানুেষর একিট ভু েলর জন য শািদর জীবন
ওলটপালট হেয় গল, তার িক কােনা সমাধান হেব?
Cinematographer
Javad Daraei
Leading Casts
Sarina Yousefi
Fariba Talebi
Saeed Ahmadi
Fariba Torkashvand
Farahnaz Manafizaher
Rhamat Sekar Khand
Foujan Ahmadi
Mahshid Khosravi
Iman Saraf
Arezou Balalidehkordi
Mohammad Eghlimi
Amir abas Ghazaei
Avin Koohzadeh
Javed Daraei is an aspiring filmmaker. He
was born in Khorramabad in 1992. Darei was
interested in filmmaking from a very early age.
He completed his studies at the University of
Tehran.
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OCEAN BEHIND THE WINDOW
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Persian | International Premiere | 92 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Babak Nabizazadeh
Story
Babak Nabizazadeh
Script & Screenplay
Babak Nabizazadeh
Editor
Babak Nabizazadeh
Producer
Seyed Jalal Chavoshian
Original Title
Naruphon Punphairoj
Synopsis in English
On a small and remote island, people live under
immense hardship. Borhan, an adolescent
inhabitant of that island, makes an interesting
decision to help out his family. He forms a group
and organizes a carnival, where they perform
traditional music and theatre for the tourists. Soon
their life on the island flourishes as more tourists
start to come. However, an unexpected obstacle
lies on their way ahead.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট ছাট ও দূরবতী ীেপ মানুষ খুব কে িদন কাটায়।
ীেপর এক অিধবাসী- িকেশার বারহান তার পিরবাের
সলতা আনার এবং তার ীপেক পিরিচিত দােনর জন
একিট চমৎকার িসা নয়। িকছু মানুষ জাগাড় কের স
একিট উৎসব আেয়াজন কের, যখােন তারা পযটকেদর
সামেন িনজ লাকসংৃ িত তু েল ধের। যার ফেল তােদর
জীবন অগিতর িদেক এেগােত থােক এবং তােদর ীপ
পযটকেদর িভেড় পূণ হেত থােক। িক, তারা জােন না য
এক অভ ভিবষৎ তােদর িদেক ধেয় আসেছ।
Cinematographer
Babak Nabizazadeh
Production Company
Institute for the Intellectual
Development of Children & Young
Adults, KANOON
Leading Casts
Mohammad Azadi
Hadiseh Karami
Babak Nabizazadeh was born in Tehran on November 5, 1975.
He began his artistic career in 1996, after obtaining a BA in Theater
and Dramatic Literature same year. Some of his short films have
been awarded in national and international festivals. ‘The Ocean
behind the Window’ is his first feature film.
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PEARL OF THE DESERT
India | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary | English | International Premiere | 82 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Pushpendra Singh
Story
Pushpendra Singh
Script & Screenplay
Pushpendra Singh
Reema Kaur
Editor
Pushpendra Singh
Synopsis in English
Moti Kahn, a twelve year old Indian boy, is a
naturally gifted singer. He loves singing the
Manganiyar songs, a big part of which has
been the long-time tradition of artist-hereditary
patron relationship. But Moti finds singing for
their patrons humiliating as they are still treated
lowly. He aspires to earn respect from the world
through music. And so, he sets on a journey to the
bigger world. Will he be able to keep the spirit of
Manganiyars?
Synopsis in Bengali
ভারেতর রাজােনর বার বছেরর মিত খুব ভােলা গান গায়।
িবেশষ কের মাািনয়ার গান গাইেত স খুব ভালবােস, যা
তার িনজ সংৃ িতর ব পুরেনা এবং পূণ অংশ। িক
তার সংৃ িতর পৃেপাষকেদর সােথ িনচু ও অসানজনক
ববহার মিতর কােছ অপমানজনক মেন হয়। তার -
সংগীেতর মাধেম িববাসীর সান অজন করার। স িক
পারেব তার এই যাায় সফল হেয় মাািনয়ার সংগীেতর
মম অু রাখেত?
Producer
Heejung Oh - Seesaw Pictures
Cinematographer
Ravi Kiran Ayyagari
Sound Engineer
Ajit Singh Rathore
Production Manager
Marudhar Arts, India
Pushpendra Singh studied at the Film and Television Institute of
India in Pune, where he is now a visiting faculty member. He was
also at the 2011 Berlin Talent Campus. Singh began his career as
an actor under the theatre guru Barry John in Delhi and played the
lead role in ‘Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniya’ (The Man’s Woman
and others).
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TAJ MAHAL
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Marathi | South Asian Premiere | 96 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Niyaz Mujawar
Story
Niyaz Mujawar
Script & Screenplay
Niyaz Mujawar
Editor
Sanket Kulkarni
Producer
Dr. Kulbhushan Yashwantrao Mangale
Dr. Manoj Balkrushana Kadam
Cinematographer
Hari Nair
Leading Casts
Sanjay Khapre
Shashank Shende
Vijay Nikam
Kiran Khoje
Arpita Ghogardare
Vinayak Potda
Namdeo Murkute
Original Title
Tajmal
Tagline
Supreme sacrifice lies within.
Synopsis in English
A poor farmer decides to sacrifice his prized goat
named Tajmal (Taj Mahal) to his family deity, for the
wellbeing of his son, but his only son Baal wants to
protect Tajmal no matter what happens to his life.
Furthermore, the crescent and star mark on the
neck of Tajmal makes it a favourite animal to sell or
to sacrifice. Now Baal must protect his animal goat
friend Tajmal – not only from his family but also
from two village thieves and a butcher– whose evil
eyes are set on Tajmal – as Bakri Eid (the festival
where goats are sacrificed for the feast) is coming.
Logline
A father has to choose between his only son and
the goat that his son dearly loves.
Synopsis in Original Language
भीमा कोनाडे (42) हा एक गरीब शेतकरी असून
स्वतःच्या बाळ (१०) नावाच्या मुलाच्या सुदृढ आणि
सुंदर भवितव्यासाठी , बाळचा जीव की प्राण असलेल्या
बोकडाचा ताजमालचा त्याच्या कुलदैवतेसाठी बळी
देऊ इच्छितो , पण बाळ कोणत्याही परिस्थितीत
ताजमालचा बळी देऊ इच्छित नाहीये आणि त्यासाठी
तो स्वतःच्या कुटुंबाच्या तसेच गावातल्या भुरट्या
चोरांच्या विरुद्ध एकटा उभा ठाकतो.
Synopsis in Bengali
ছেলর কলােনর জন এক গরীব কৃ ষক তার ছাগল
‘তাজমহল’ক দবীর নােম বিল িদেত চান। িক তার
ছেল তাজমহলেক খুব ভােলাবােস। স য কেরই হাক
তাজমহলেক রা করেব। অনিদেক, তাজমহেলর ঘােড়
তারা ও অধচের দােগর কারেণ ছাগলিটর িবিমূলও
অেনক বিশ। তাই ছেলিটর এখন তাজমহলেক তার
পিরবার ছাড়াও বাঁচােত হেব ােমর দুই চার আর এক
কসাই এর হাত থেক।
Niyaz Mujawar was born in the village of Southern Maharashtra’s
Solapur District. After completing his graduation in mathematics,
Mujawar moved to Pune city to pursue a legal career. Three years
later, he left Pune to join the adjacent Film and Television Institute
of India (FTII), where he completed his screenwriting course.
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TEAM MARCO
United States | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy, Drama | English | International Premiere | 92 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Julio Vincent Gambuto
Script & Screenplay
Julio Vincent Gambuto
B.R. Uzun
Producer
Samuel Sandweiss
Cinematographer
Powell Robinson
Leading Casts
Owen Vaccaro
Louis Cancelmi
Anthony Patellis
Anastasia Ganias-Gellin
Synopsis in English
11-year-old Marco is obsessed with his electronics.
He is always surrounded by his iPad, Xbox, VR
headset and hardly leaves the house. But when
his grandmother dies and his grandfather moves
in, Marco’s life turns upside-down and he is forced
to go play outside. ‘Nonno’ (Grandpa) introduces
him to ‘bocce’ - the world’s oldest game and to the
neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play
daily at the local court. With sport, laughter, and
love, Marco finds a connection with people in real
life and rounds up a team of neighborhood kids to
take on his grandfather and his pals. Who will win
now?
Synopsis in Bengali
১১ বছর বয়সী মােকা তার ইেলিনক িডভাইসেলার িত
আস। স সবদা তার আইপাড, এব, িভআর
হডেসট িনেয় ব থােক। বাইেরর জগত িনেয় তার কােনা
আহ নই। িক যখন তার দাদী মারা যায় এবং তার
দাদা তােদর সােথ থাকেত আেস তখন মােকার জীবন
পাে যায় এবং স বাইের খলেত বাধ হয়। দাদা ‘নো’
তােক ‘বাকস’- িবের াচীনতম খলার এর সােথ পিরচয়
কিরেয় দয়। খলাধুলা, হািস এবং ভালবাসার মাধেম
মােকা বাব জীবেনর অন বিেদর সােথ একিট সংেযাগ
খুঁেজ পায়। তার দাদা এবং তার বু বাবেদর সােথ খলায়
নােম মােকা ও তার িতেবশী বাােদর দল। ক িজতেব
এখন?
Logline
A tech-obsessed pre-teen and his old-school
grandfather form an unlikely friendship when they
ditch the electronics and take up ‘bocce’ with a
team of colorful local players.
Julio Vincent Gambuto is a filmmaker and content creator. He has
written and produced film and television content for Nickelodeon,
PBS, E! Entertainment, and James Franco’s Rabbit Bandini. He
graduated from Harvard University.
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THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN
Netherlands | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Thriller | Dutch | South Asian Premiere | 90 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Jonathan Elbers
Script & Screenplay
Jeroen Margry
Producer
Casper Eskes
Niek Tieunissen
Wim Boven
Cinematographer
Thijmen Doornik
Leading Casts
Sem Hulsmann
Faye Kimmijser
Narek Awanesyan
Jeroen van Koningsbrugge
Jelka van Houten
Maan de Steenwinkel
Roeland Fernhout
Original Title
De Club Van Lelijke Kinderen
Synopsis in English
“Keep it clean!” - the slogan of the new president
permeated the orderly streets. It was to be taken
literally and that included one’s looks. Such an
unsightly child was Paul, who’s large jug ears
were very apparent in class photos. One day, the
president took these “ugly” children on a trip. Soon,
they realized that the president’s real intentions
were to hide them away. Somehow Paul escapes.
On the run, with the help of Sarah, one of the
“pretty” children, he starts an underground club to
fight against the president. The movement soon
grows bigger and quickly turns into a revolution.
Synopsis in Bengali
সব রাাজুেড় নতু ন রাপিতর াগান- “পিরতা বজায়
রাখুন”। াগানিটেক আিরক অেথই সবাই িনেয়িছেলা,
এমনিক িনেজেদর চহারার েও। পল নােমর একিট
িশ িছেলা িঠক তার উলেটা, যার কান দখেত জেগর মত।
একিদন রাপিত এই “অসুর” বাােদর িনেয় এক
সফের যান। হঠাৎই তারা বুঝেত পাের রাপিতর মূল
উেশ এই বাােদর লুিকেয় রাখা। পল সখান থেক
পািলেয় যায়। পালােনার পর সারা নােমর আেরক বু েক
িনেয়, য কী না “সুর” বাােদর তািলকার অভু ,
রাপিতর িবে লড়াইেয়র জন একিট দল গেড়
তােল পল। আোলনিট েমই বড় হেয় ওেঠ এবং তই
িবেব পিরণত হয়।
Jonathan Elbers graduated from the Dutch Film Academy in
2012. Starting from his first films, he shows a returning interest
in creating fantasy worlds. He creates them in a vivid way, using
comedy elements and always referring to the world we live in.
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THE FIXIES VS. CRABOTS
Russian Federation | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | English | 85 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Vasiliy Bedoshvili
Story
Vasiliy Bedoshvili
Oleg Uzhinov
Ivan Pshonkin
Script & Screenplay
Vasiliy Bedoshvili
Oleg Uzhinov
Ivan Pshonkin
Editor
Vasiliy Bedoshvili
Oleg Uzhinov
Ivan Pshonkin
Synopsis in English
Fixies are kind little creatures who live inside
machines and appliances and take care of the
equipments. The Fixies hide from people. But there
are only a few lucky people in the world who can
communicate with them. In Professor Eugenius’s
laboratory, there is a school for fixies, and only
Thomas and his friend Kate know about it. One
day, some elusive creatures appear there. They spy
on the Fixies and threaten their privacy. Who are
these strange robots, what do they need, and who
is controling them?
Synopsis in Bengali
িফিরা হে দয়ালু ছাট ছাট াণী যারা মিশন এবং
যপািতেলার অভের থােক এবং সরামিলর য
নয়। িফিরা মানুেষর কাছ থেক লুিকেয় থােক। গাটা
পৃিথবীেত কবল কেয়ক জন ভাগবান মানুষ রেয়েছন যারা
তােদর সােথ যাগােযাগ করেত পােরন। েফসর
ইউিজিনয়ােসর পরীাগাের িফিেদর ু ল রেয়েছ এবং
কবল থমাস এবং তার বু কট স সেক জােন।
একিদন, রহসময় িকছু াণী সখােন উপিত হয়। তারা
িফিেদর উপর গােয়ািগির কের এবং তােদর
গাপনীয়তােক মিকর মুেখ ফেল দয়। এই অু ত
রাবটিল কারা, তােদর উেশ কী এবং কই বা তােদর
িনয়ণ করেছ?
Producer
Georgy Vasiliev
Ilya Popov
Sergey Sarkisov
Cinematographer
Vasiliy Bedoshvili
Oleg Uzhinov
Ivan Pshonkin
Vasiliy Bedoshvili, after graduating from Georgian Polytechnical
Institute, started working in studios, Georgia-Film and Pilot. He
made his debut as a director in 1989. Since 2009, he has been
working at the Aeroplane Studio. Vasily has developed and directed
more than thirty episodes of the animated series ‘The Fixies.’
33

THE FLUTE
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Musical | Hindi | South Asian Premiere | 109 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Hari Viswanath
Story
Augusto
Script & Screenplay
Hari Viswanath
Original Title
बांसुरी
Synopsis in English
The story of an eight-year-old boy, along with his
mother and grandfather, who finds what is running
in his blood, gets inspired and struggles to excel
like his father who lives abroad. But the truth is like
son, like father!
Synopsis in Bengali
আট বছেরর এক ছা ছেল, তার মা আর নানার গ, য
একিদন খুঁেজ পায় তার রের খাঁজ। বাসী বাবার
অনুেরণায় িনেজর যাগতা বাড়ােত মােঠ নােম। িক সত
বাবার কােছও যা, ছেলর কােছও তাই।
Editor
Sreekar Prasad
Producer
Mou Roychoudhury
Cinematographer
Grzegorz Hartfiel
Music Director
Debojyothi Mishra
Leading Casts
Rituparna Sengupta
Anurag Kashyap
Master Ankan Mallick
Master Deepro Sen
Hari Viswanath is an international award-winning director. His
debut film ‘Radio Set’ won the Best Film Audience Award at Busan
International Film Festival 2015, South Korea, and 10 official
Selections. His Short film ‘Monitor’ was also selected in the Indian
Panorama Section at IFFI Goa 2018. He was the Jury member of
the Indian Panorama section of International Film.
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THE SECRET OF A
TWO-HEADED DRAGON
Czech Republic | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy, Musical | Czech | Bangladesh Premiere | 99 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Dušan Rapoš
Story
Petr Šiška
Dušan Rapoš
Script & Screenplay
Petr Šiška
Dušan Rapoš
Editor
Dušan Milko
Producer
Petarda Production a.s.
Cinematographer
Ján Ďuriš
Leading Casts
Karel Gott
Kamila Magálová
Zuzana Žáková
Jakub Jablonský
Kateřina Brožová
Miroslav Šimůnek
Zuzana Maurery
Ján Koleník
Miro Noga
Original Title
Když draka bolí hlava
Tagline
The idea of our fairy tale is applicable to a number
of locations around the world.
Synopsis in English
Barbara and Thomas are spending the holidays
with their grandparents in the blacksmith’s shop
‘Under the Dragon Rock’, where the unusual
helper, the two-headed dragon, Smokey, works
flat out. The children discover an old map in the
dragon’s cave. Smokey, whose one head speaks
Czech and the other Slovak, begins to tell a story.
Synopsis in Original Language
Barborka s Tomíkem tráví prázdniny u babičky a
dědy v kovárně pod Dračí skálou, kde ze všech sil
pracuje i netradiční pomocník dvouhlavý dráček
Čmoudík. Jednou, když se děti chystají přespat v
jeskyni společně s dráčkem, objeví na zdi jeskyně
starou mapu a Čmoudík, jehož jedna hlava mluví
česky a druhá slovensky, začíná vyprávět napínavý
příběh o vzniku království Draka, velké lásce
princezny Adélky a prince Janka, o letité kletbě a
strašlivém Drakovi, o zlém skřítkovi Blivajzovi, ale i
o tajemství Pomněnkové louky a ztraceném dračím
vejci.
Synopsis in Bengali
বারবারা এবং থমাস ‘আার দ াগন রক’ নােমর একিট
দাকােন তােদর দাদা-দাদীর সােথ ছুিট কাটােত এেসেছ।
দাকােন সাহাযকারী িহসােব রেয়েছ একিট অুত াণী,
দুই-মাথাওয়ালা একিট াগন। ািক নােমর এই াগনিট
িতিদন কেঠার পিরম কের। একিদন বারবারা এবং
থমাস ািকর হায় অেনক পুেরােনা একিট মানিচ
আিবার কের। ািক, যার এক মাথা চক এবং অন
মাথা াভাক ভাষায় কথা বেল, তখন একিট াচীন গ
বলেত কের।
Logline
Would you like to know dragons’ Christmas
celebration, or the secret behind a dragon’s tooth
which hasn’t been cleaned for 100 years, or the
cause of the dragon’s headache?
Dušan Rapoš is a film director, screenwriter, composer, and producer. He is
known to the European cultural public as a director and a screenwriter. He is
very popular among spectators. His family-friendly musical comedy ‘A Fountain
for Susan 3’ has won some of the highest prizes in international film festivals.
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TRIPLE TROUBLE
Poland | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Comedy, Drama | Polish | International Premiere | 87 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Marta Karwowska
Story
Marta Karwowska
Script & Screenplay
Marta Karwowska
Editor
Aleksandra Gowin
Producer
Agnieszka Dziedzic
Cinematographer
Jakub Burakiewicz
Leading Casts
Pola Król
Jakub
Bzowski
Mia Goti
Joanna Szczepkowska
Marta Malikowska
Sandra Korzeniak
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Tomasz Ziętek
Marcin Pempuś
Marta Juras
Andrzej Walden
Original Title
Tarapaty 2
Tagline
Julka and Olek try to find an art thief – but with
a new friend and helper, Felka, doubt seems to
invade their friendship…
Synopsis in English
For the first time in her, Julka life feels happy. She
has Olek, her one true friend, and her Aunt
who is taking care of her while her parents are
working abroad. When Aunt is falsely accused
of stealing only Claude Monet’s painting in Poland
and taken into custody, Julka has to find the real
thief. Normally she could count on Olek in such a
situation but he seems to be even more distracted
than usual, as he is trying to impress a newly met
girl, Felka. Felka is the complete opposite of Julka,
she is a happy twelve-year-old child from a loving
family, a true optimist, and a crazy trouble maker.
Marta Karwowska was born on November 24th, 1979 in Warsaw,
Poland. She is a director, a screenwriter, and a sociologist. She
graduated from the Directing Department of the Łódź Film School
and the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. During
her studies, she made over a dozen short films that are based on
her own scripts.
Synopsis in Bengali
জুলকা জীবেন থমবােরর মেতা বশ খুিশ। তার সােথ
আেছ তার একমা সিতকােরর বু ওেলক এবং তার
খালা, িযিন বাবা-মার অবতমােন তার খয়াল রাখেছন। িক
তার খালােক দ মােনর আঁকা একমা ছিব চু িরর জন
িমথাভােব দাষী সাব করা হয়। তাই জুলকােক এখন
আসল চার খুঁেজ বর করেত হেব। সাধারণত এমন
পিরিিতেত স ওেলেকর উপর ভরসা করা যেত পাের
িক বতমােন স বশ িবা। কননা ওেলক ফলকা
নােম একিট মেয়র সােথ নতু ন পিরিচত হেয়েছ এবং তার
মেনােযাগ আকষেণর চায় রেয়েছ। ফলকা হেলা জুলকার
সূণ িবপরীত, অত হপূণ পিরবার থেক আসা
সিতকােরর আশাবাদী এবং ঝােমলা পাকােনায় পারদশী
বােরা বছর বয়সী একিট িশ।
Logline
Julka and Olek have to solve the theft of a Claude
Monet’s painting.
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37
INTERNATIONAL
FILM COMPETITION
SHORT FILMS

3 MURS & UN TOIT
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Mathilde Dugardin
Orane Laffra
Hugo de Magalhaes
Wassim El Hammami
Story
Mathilde Dugardin
Orane Laffra
Hugo de Magalhaes
Wassim El Hammami
Script & Screenplay
Mathilde Dugardin
Orane Laffra
Hugo de Magalhaes
Wassim El Hammami
Synopsis in English
Ava, a young woman plunged in her dreams,
wanders in the heart of the mysterious dollhouse
from her childhood. The latter is now populated by
small mechanical mice, each more scheming than
the last. What welcome will these habitats give to
the newcomer?
Synopsis in Original Language
Plongée dans ses rêves, Ava erre à travers les
mystérieux murs de la maison de poupée de son
enfance. Cette dernière est désormais peuplée de
petites souris mécaniques, toutes plus intrigantes
les unes que les autres. Quel accueil ces habitats
donneront-ils au nouveau venu?
Synopsis in Bengali
গভীর ে িবেভার আভা তার শশেবর রহসময়
ডলহাউেসর মােঝ ঘুের বড়ায়। সই ডলহাউসিট এখন
খুেদ যািক ইঁদুর িদেয় ভের গেছ, যার িতিট একিটর
চেয় আেরকিট পাা িদেয় ধূত। এই বািসারা িকভােব
াগত জানােব নতু ন সদসেক?
Editor
Mathilde Dugardin
Producer
Carlos De Carvalho
Cinematographer
Mathilde Dugardin
Orane Laffra
Hugo de Magalhaes
Wassim El Hammami
Mathilde Dugardin, Orane Laffra, Hugo de
Magalhaes and Wassim El Hammami have
graduated from the Pôle 3D school, Roubaix,
France. In 2020, they co-directed the short film
‘3 Murs & Un Toit’. It is their first shortfilm as a
team.
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A TINY TALE
France | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Comedy, Fantasy | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 8 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Sylvain Cuvillier
Chloé Bourdic
Théophile Coursimault
Noémie Halberstam
Maŷlis Mosny
Zijing Ye
Story & Screenplay
Sylvain Cuvillier
Chloé Bourdic
Théophile Coursimault
Noémie Halberstam
Maŷlis Mosny
Zijing Ye
Editor
Théophile Coursimault
Original Title
Latitude Du Printemps
Synopsis in English
A dog is abandoned on the side of a road. Attached
to a lamppost, it stays alone until the day it meets
a young wannabe astronaut. The boy rescued the
dog and fed him and played with him. But the dog
broke that boy’s most valuable toy.
Synopsis in Original Language
Un chien vient de se faire abandonner sur le
bord de la route. Attaché à un lampadaire, il
reste seul jusqu’au jour où il fait la rencontre
d’un petit astronaute en herbe et d’une cycliste
professionnelle qui s’acharne à battre son record.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট কু কু রেক তার মািলক পিরতাগ কের। কু কু রিট একা
একা িকছুিদন লােপাের িনেচ িদনািতপাত কের এবং
একিদন এক ছেলর সােথ কু কু রিটর দখা হয়, য
নেভাচারী হেত উৎসুক। ছেলিট কু কু রিটেক খাবার দয়
এবং তার সােথ খেল। িক কু কু রিট ভু লবশত তার
সবেচেয় িয় খলনা ভে ফেল।
Producer
Philippe Meis
Cinematographer
Sylvain Cuvillier
Chloé Bourdic
Théophile Coursimault
Noémie Halberstam
Maŷlis Mosny
Zijing Ye
Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile
Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis
Mosny and Zijing Ye a group of filmmakers, who
graduated together from the Rubika Animation
School in Valenciennes, France with a Master’s in
Digital Direction. In 2020, they co-directed the short
film ‘A Tiny Tale’.
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ADOPTION
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy | French | South Asian Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Mathilde Vollekindt
Baptiste Reszel
Kim-Chi Segard
Story
Mathilde Vollekindt
Kim-Chi Segard
Script & Screenplay
Mathilde Vollekindt
Kim-Chi Segard
Editor
Mathilde Vollekindt
Producer
Carlos De Carvalho
Synopsis in English
During leisure time, three children discuss the
ups and downs of adoption. Each of them shares
stories of their foster parents. One of them is from
Cuba, one from South Africa, and the other from
Vietnam. The question arises whether or not they
have seen their biological parents before.
Synopsis in Original Language
Pendant les loisirs, trois enfants discutent des
hauts et des bas de l’adoption. Chacun d’eux
partage les histoires de ses propres parents
d’accueil. L’un d’eux vient de Cuba, un d’Afrique du
Sud et l’autre du Vietnam. La question se pose de
savoir s’ils ont déjà vu leurs parents biologiques ou
non.
Synopsis in Bengali
অবসের িতনজন ছা বাা িমেল আেলাচনা করেত থােক
দক নওয়া সান হেয় নতু ন পিরবাের আসার পর তােদর
সুখ-দুঃেখর ৃিতেলা। তারা েতেক তােদর পালক
বাবা-মা ও পিরবােরর কথা বেল। তারা একজন িকউবান,
একজন দিণ আিকান ও অনজন িভেয়তনামীয়। কথার
মােঝ ট কের তারা পেছ যায় সই ে - তারা িক
দেখেছ তােদর জদাতা বাবা-মা’ক?
Cinematographer
Mathilde Vollekindt
Baptiste Reszel
Kim-Chi Segard
Leading Casts
Mathilde Vollekindt
Baptiste Reszel
Kim-Chi Segard
Mathilde Vollekindt, Baptiste Reszel and Kim-
Chi Segard are three graduate students from the
Pôle 3D School in Roubaix, France. They are very
passionate about making films and animations.
They co-directed the short animated film,
‘Adoption’.
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ANOTHER HAKUNA MATATA
Indonesia | 2018 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Color | Drama, Romance | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
M. Rizal Hanun
Story
M. Rizal Hanun
Script & Screenplay
M. Rizal Hanun
Editor
M. Rizal Hanun
Producer
M. Rizal Hanun
Cinematographer
Andri Firmansyah
Leading Casts
Widya Nur Multika
Rival Saepurohman
Original Title
Hari Yang Menyenangkan
Synopsis in English
One day while crying, Widya forces Oni, her autistic
brother, to leave their house at the edge of the
railroad tracks. There they have fun by breaking
coins, in the midst of the sad situation that was
happening at their house.
Synopsis in Original Language
Suatu hari sambil menangis, Widya mengajak
paksa Oni – kakaknya yang autis – pergi dari rumah
menuju pinggir rel kereta api. Disana mereka
bersenang-senang dengan merusak uang koin.
Hal tersebut mereka lakukan bersamaan dengan
keadaan yang menyedihkan yang sedang terjadi di
rumah.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিদন উইিদয়া নােমর এক ছাট মেয় তার নরত
অিটিক ছাট ভাইেক বাধ কের ঘেরর বাইের িনেয়
আেস৷ তারপর তারা যায় রললাইেনর ধাের। সখােন তারা
আনের সােথ কেয়ন ভাার খলা খলেত থােক। এভােব
তােদর বািড়র িবষ পিরেবশ তারা িকছুেনর জন ভু েল
থােক।
Logline
A younger brother forces his autistic brother to
have fun for a while.
M. Rizal Hanun born in Surabaya on December 7,
1998. He is a director, a scriptwriter, and an editor
who started making short films from senior high
school. His love for film brought him to continue his
film studies at the Film and Television Faculty - IKJ till
now. Filmmaking is like a journey to him.
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AUDIENCE LAUGH
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Mohammad Namdar
Story
Marjan Homayoun
Script & Screenplay
Marjan Homayoun
Editor
Mohammad Namdar
Tagline
Always keep faith
Synopsis in English
A little girl whose mother is in hospital thinks she
has extraordinary power. She thinks she can cure
her mother. She becomes really hopeful. But her
sinister sister tricked her with something. What
could that be? Will she be able to cure her mother?
Synopsis in Bengali
ছা একিট মেয়র মা খুব অসু। মেয়িট মেন কের তার
সুপার পাওয়ার আেছ এবং এই সুপার পাওয়ার িদেয়
হাসপাতােল ভিত মােক স সু কের ফলেত পারেব। িক
তার ে জল ঢেল দয় তার দুু বান। কী এমন কের
তার বান? স িক পারেব তার মােক সু কের তু লেত?
Logline
A little girl is searching for hope to keep her
mother alive.
Producer
Marjan Homayoun
Cinematographer
Mohammad Namdar
Leading Casts
Reza Najafi
Baran Samoudian
Mehrnoush Masoudian
Mahshad Rasekhi
Mohammad Namdar was born in 1981 in Tehran.
He graduated in Cinematography from the Art
University of Tehran. He shot several TV series and
made some documentaries and advertisements.
He was the Director Of Cinematography of three
movies in the last four years.
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AUTUMN WINDS, SPRING
WINDS AND TWO DOVES
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 10 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Sadegh Javadi
Story
Sadegh Javadi
Script & Screenplay
Sadegh Javadi
Synopsis in English
A bride-to-be is waiting for her groom who is
crossing the sea to meet her. They keep in touch
by the means of a dove. But, a violent autumn
storm breaks communication and the guests sadly
begin to depart. Yet, the dove does not wait for the
spring to come and kept searching its way.
Synopsis in Bengali
এক হবু বধূ তার বেরর জন অেপা করেছ য সমু
পািড় িদেয় তার কােছ আসেছ। একিট ঘুঘু পািখর মাধেম
তারা এেক অপেরর সােথ যাগােযাগ ধের রেখেছ। িক
আচমকা শরেতর এক উাল ঝড় এেস এই যাগােযাগ
ভে দয় ও ঘুঘুিট িদেশহারা হেয় পেড়। িবেয়র অনুােনর
সব অিতিথ িবষ হেয় এেক এেক চেল যাওয়া কেরন।
তেব সই ঘুঘুিট বসের অেপায় না থেকই তার পথ
খুঁজেত থােক িনরলসভােব।
Editor
Sadegh Javadi
Producer
Institute for the Intellectual
Development of Children
& Young Adults, Kanoon
Sadegh Javadi was born in Tehran in 1981. He graduated in
Graphics Design and involved in film animation since 1999.
He has directed several animated short films, both as an
animator and a graphic artist. Besides having won numerous
national and international film awards, he has contributed
as a jury member at various national and international
animated film festivals.
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BAANG
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 8 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Junaid Imam Shaikh
Story
Junaid Imam Shaikh
Script & Screenplay
Junaid Imam Shaikh
Editor
Aijaz Ganai
Producer
Junaid Imam Shaikh
Afzal Sufi
Tagline
The festival of sacrifice.
Synopsis in English
The film is about the life of a six-year-old boy Jamal
during the Covid-19 lockdown, where school,
markets, temples, and mosques are closed.
The lockdown hampers Jamal’s typical routine
and playing activities. Jamal thinks all of this is
happening because of Almighty’s wrath. One day,
while he was eating his meal, he gets a glimpse of
someone through the window curtain. Jamal goes
closer to the window to find out who is behind the
curtains.
Synopsis in Bengali
িফিট ছয় বছেরর একিট বালক জামাল ক িনেয় িনিমত,
যা কািভড-১৯ লকডাউন চলাকালীন তার িতিদনকার
জীবনেক িচিত কের যখােন ু ল, বাজার, মির, মসিজদ
সবিকছুই ব রেয়েছ। লকডাউন জামােলর সাধারণ িটন
এবং খলাধুলায় বাধা দয়। জামাল ভােব য এই সম
ঘটেছ সবশিমােনর ােধর জনই। একিদন খাবার খেত
বেস স জানালার পদার পছেন কােরা উপিিত ল
কের। পদার িপছেন ক রেয়েছ তা জানার জন জামাল
জানালার কাছাকািছ যায়।
Logline
A six-year-old boy Jamal, depicting his life during
Covid-19 lockdown.
Cinematographer
Haris Jeelani
Sajab Bhat
Is’haq Bhat
Leading Casts
Umar Mehraj Dar
Afzal Sofi
Nadiya Nabi
Junaid Imam Shaikh is a film writer and director
from Pune, India. After working for more than
thirteen years as a writer and director for television
series, he has directed and won awards for his
films at the international film festivals in Barcelona
(Spain), Albania (Europe), the USA, and West Africa.
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BATCHAN
Brazil | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Biography | Brazilian Portuguese | International Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
11-15 years
Director
Ester Kawai
Story
Ester Kawai
Script & Screenplay
Ester Kawai
Editor
Ester Kawai
Producer
Faculdade MELIES de Tecnologia
Cinematographer
Ester Kawai
Tagline
“How do you describe a voice... that has never
been heard?”
Synopsis in English
Based on the author’s own life, ‘Bātchan’ tells
the heartfelt story of a little Japanese-Brazilian
girl learning to communicate with her deaf
grandmother. The struggle of learning each
hand sign brings her closer to understand her
grandmother.
Synopsis in Original Language
Baseado na vida da autora, “Batchan” conta a
história tocante de uma garotinha nipo-brasileira
que tenta aprender a conversar com sua avó
surda.
Baseado na vida da autora, “Batchan” conta a
história tocante de uma garotinha nipo-brasileira
que tenta aprender a conversar com sua avó
surda.
Synopsis in Bengali
লখেকর িনেজর জীবেনর উপর িভি কের এই গিট বলা
হেয়েছ। িফিট ছা এক জাপািন-ািজিলয়ান মেয়র তার
বিধর দাদীর সােথ যাগােযাগ করেত শখার দয়াহী গ
শানায়। িতিট তীকী ভাষার িচ শখার সময় তার
সংাম তােক তার দাদীেক আরও কাছাকািছ এেন দয়।
Leading Casts
Ester Kawai
Fernanda Okuyama
Ester Kawai is a Japanese-Brazilian filmmaker
based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has recently finished
her postgraduate course on 2D animation and is
currently working as a 2D animator at a local studio.
Ester considers her family experiences and religious
faith as major inspirations for her works.
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BATIKBABU
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 20 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Md Ziaul Hoque Raju
Story
Satyajit Ray
Script & Screenplay
Md Ziaul Hoque Raju
Editor
Mostofa Prokash
Producer
Bangladesh Cinema
Television Institute
Cinematographer
Khaleq Sadman
Original Title
বািতকবাবু
Tagline
বািতকবাবু ও একিট খুেনর নপথকািহনী।
Synopsis in English
Batikbabu collects stuff and arranges them on
his shelf. He sees the memories and incidents
attached to the things that he collects. One day,
he meets Dipu at Adnan’s hotel. Dipu laughs at
Batikbabu’s words after hearing them. They have
a conversation while walking and shake hands
afterward. But something so unusual happens
afterward to that shake. What did Batikbabu saw?
And how will this affect the upcoming events?
Synopsis in Original Language
বািতকবাবু কু িড়েয় পাওয়া ব সংহ কের তার সলেফ
সািজেয় রােখন। কু িড়েয় পাওয়া িজিনেসর পছেনর ৃিত
এবং ঘটনা দখেত পান বািতকবাবু। একদা আদনােনর
হােটেল তার পিরচয় হয় িদপুর সােথ। বািতকবাবুর ঘটনা
েন সকল কথা হেস উিড়েয় দয় িদপু। িদপুর সে
বািতকবাবুর আলাপ হয় চলিত পেথ এবং পরপরই
হােশক করেল বািতকবাবু িত হেয় দাঁিড়েয় পেড়ন।
কী দেখিছেলন বািতকবাবু আর িকভােবই বা তা ভাব
িবার কের পরবতী ঘটনাবিলেত?
Logline
িবেশষ ণস কান বেত যত বিশ মনঃসংেযাগ করা
যায় তত বিশ ঘেট যাওয়া ঘটনা দখেত পায়
বািতকবাবু।
Leading Casts
Toufikul Emon
Hasnat Ripon
Dipu Borua
Md Ziaul Hoque Raju is from Bangladesh. He has
completed his postgraduate in Filmmaking from
Bangladesh Cinema & Television Institute. He loves
making films and traveling. He has a good amount of
knowledge about camera work, video editing and is
really good at cinematography too. He is very confident
about his career as a filmmaker.
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BATS IN THE NIGHT
Switzerland | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | English | 13 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Moreno Cabitza
Story
Moreno Cabitza
Script & Screenplay
Moreno Cabitza
Synopsis in English
Adri and Beamo are two brothers who like to hang
out and challenge each other. When Adri asks his
little brother to enter an abandoned house and
bring back an object, the latter will make a strange
discovery that will haunt their night.
Synopsis in Bengali
আি ও িবেমা দুই ভাই৷ তারা পছ কের একসােথ ঘুের
বড়ােত ও এেক অপরেক চােল করেত। ঘটনােম আি
একিদন তার ছাট ভাইেক একিট পিরত বািড়েত যেত
বেল একিট িজিনস িফিরেয় আনেত। সই বািড়েত িগেয়
িবেমা এমন এক অু ত িজিনস আিবার কের যা তােদর
দুঃের মত তাড়া কের বড়ােব।
Editor
Ann-Sophie Wieder
Producer
Xavier Grin
Cinematographer
Dino Berguglia
Leading Casts
Benjamin Stalder
Gabriel Stalder
Moreno Cabitza was born in Geneva on February
7, 1995. He is a descendant of Italian and
Trinidadian parents. In 2015, he joined the Art
School of Lausanne where he was able to direct
various short films, fiction films, and documentaries.
Cabitza graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree
in Directing.
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BETTER THAN NEIL
ARMSTRONG
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Adventure, Sci-Fi | Persian | International Premiere | 20 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Alireza Ghasemi
Story
Alireza Ghasemi
Synopsis in English
Four kids start their journey to the moon with
the mission to find a mysterious place called ‘The
Redland’. But, the gates of ‘The Redland’ are being
guarded by a mischievous snake.
Synopsis in Bengali
রহসময় ‘দ রডলা’ খুঁেজ পেত চার িকেশার তােদর
চ অিভযান কের। িক ‘দ রডলা’ এর দরজার
পাহারায় রেয়েছ এক দু সাপ।
Script & Screenplay
Alireza Ghasemi
Editor
Alireza Ghasemi
Producer
Hasan Najarian
Mohammadreza Mesbah
Cinematographer
Alireza Ghasemi
Alireza Ghasemi is an Iranian Filmmaker. He received
his Master’s degree in Film Directing from the Art
University of Tehran and spent an exchange year at the
Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Germany. His
short films brought him numerous awards, including
the globally admired short film ‘Lunch Time’, which
earned him a nomination for the Short Film Palme d’Or
award.
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BEYOND THE LINE
Korea, Republic of | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy, Sports | English | South Asian Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Jinuk Choi
Story
Jinuk Choi
Script & Screenplay
Jinuk Choi
Editor
Jinuk Choi
Producer
Jinuk Choi
Tagline
We all have the right to dream
Synopsis in English
Everyone has a dream. Dreaming is important. But,
who thought even something like a wheelchair can
dream too? A wheelchair dreams of being fast like
a racing car. One night, the wheelchair decides to
run its own race in the hospital hallway. Will the
wheelchair be able to fulfill its dream?
Synopsis in Bengali
েতেকরই একিট থােক। খুবই পূণ। িক
ক ভেবিছল একিট ইলেচয়ােরর মত সামান বাহেনরও
কােনা থাকেত পাের? একিট ইলেচয়ার দেখ
রিসংকােরর মেতা ত গিত অজেনর। এক রােত, ইল
চয়ারিট িসা নয় স হাসপাতাল হলওেয়েত রস
করেব। উ ততা অজেনর তার এই েক িক পূণতা
িদেত পারেব ইলেচয়ারিট?
Logline
A wheelchair dreams of becoming fast like a racing
car one day.
Cinematographer
Jinuk Choi
Jinuk Choi is a Korean filmmaker/artist based in
New York City. He received his MFA degree in MFA
Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in
New York. He is interested in depicting the world
from a child’s point of view, who has the most
innocent and imaginative perspective towards the
world.
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BIOSCOPE
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary, Drama, History, Musical | Bengali | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Wahid Raj
Story
Udoy Kallol Redoy
Script & Screenplay
Wahid Raj
Editor
Wahid Raj
Producer
Zakia Sultana Anandi
Cinematographer
Wahid Raj
Original Title
বােয়াোপ
Synopsis in English
Bioscope is a stop motion animated short film.
At present, rural life is being transformed into
an urban society through deforestation, which is
highlighted in this film. Mainly, the rural Bengali
cultures and traditions are portrayed here.
Everything is lost in the touch of modernization.
Once upon a time, a Banyan tree was the center of
people’s daily laughter and sorrows. In the course
of time, it has been lost along with the Banyan tree.
Even though everything is lost, our culture and
tradition remain in the deepest part of our hearts.
Those Bengali traditions are sung in tunes through
melody.
Synopsis in Original Language
বােয়াোপ একিট ৈদঘ পেমাশন অািনেমেটড
িফ। বতমােন, বৃিনধেনর ফেল মাধেম ামীণ জীবন
শহরেকিক সমােজ পিরণত হে যা এই চলিে তু েল
ধরা হেয়েছ। মূলত, এখােন বাঙািল ামীণ জীবেনর সংৃ িত
ও ঐিতহ ফু িটেয় তালা হেয়েছ। আধুিনকতার ছাঁয়ায়
সবিকছুই হািরেয় িগেয়েছ। একসময় একিট বটবৃেক
িঘেরই মানুেষর সুখ-দুঃখ গাঁথা িছল। সমেয়র পালাবদেল
তা হািরেয় গেছ, হািরেয় গেছ সই বটবৃও। সবিকছু
হািরেয় গেলও আমােদর ঐিতেহর সই িভি রেয় গেছ
আমােদর অেরর অেল। সুের সুেরই র হেলা, সুেতায়
গাঁথা বাঙািলর সই ঐিতহ।
Wahid Raj was born in Madaripur. He completed his
studies at Daffodil International University. Besides
his studies, he makes short-films and stop-motion
animations. His journal regarding stop-motion
animation was published in the ‘International Journal
of Engineering & Technology’. Currently, he is working
as a Senior Graphic Designer at TRI Digital Technology
Ltd.
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CASSANDRE’S SECRET
France | 2020 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Black and white | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | French | International Premiere | 12 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Lionel Vania Arazi
Story
Lionel Vania Arazi
Script & Screenplay
Lionel Vania Arazi
Editor
Mathieu Blanc
Producer
Alice Beckmann
Cinematographer
Benoit Feller
Leading Casts
Sefora Arazi
Lisbeth Mornet
Bruno Cassard
Pascal Lifschutz
Original Title
Le secret de Cassandre
Synopsis in English
The movie depicts a world where people have six
fingers on each of their hands. But Cassandre, a
six-year-old girl, has only five. She is hospitalized
because she is ‘different’. She walks through the
corridor and the lounge between her imagination
and reality. With poetry and visual metaphor,
this short film addresses the way people look at
differences.
Synopsis in Original Language
Dans ce monde les gens ont six doigts à leur main.
Cassandre n’en a que cinq. Cassandre, petite
fille âgée de 6 ans, est hospitalisée parce qu’elle
est « différente».. De sa chambre à la lingerie, en
passant par les couloirs, elle déambule entre son
imaginaire et le réel …
Avec poésie et métaphore visuelle, ce court
métrage aborde le regard que nous portons sur
la différence... Comment les cinq doigts de la
main interrogent sur la relativité du concept de
normalité.
Synopsis in Bengali
এমন একিট পৃিথবী যখােন সব মানুেষর হােত ছয়িট কের
আঙু ল। িক কাসাে নােমর ছয় বছেরর মেয়িটর হােত
আঙু ল আেছ কবল পাঁচিট। এই ‘অাভািবকতার’ জন
তােক ভিত করা হয় হাসপাতােল। এর মােঝ কাসাে
বাব ও কনার সাগের ভেস ভেস ঘুের বড়ায়
হাসপাতােল তার শাবার ঘর হেত লাউে। কিবতা এবং
পেকর ববহার কের, এই ৈদঘ চলিিট আমােদর
াভািবক ও অাভািবেকর এর পাথক শখায়।
Logline
In this world, people have six fingers on their
hands.
Lionel Vania Arazi attended a film school in ESCA,
from 1992 to 1994. He produced about ten films. He
directed his first short film in 2000, ‘Coup de Maitre’.
‘Le Secret de Cassandre’ is his second short film. It
deals with differences and the relativity of normality.
He is the screenwriter of about fifteen short films and
feature film projects.
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CHIPS
United Kingdom | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Karen Kelly
Story
Daisy Costello
Karen Kelly
Script & Screenplay
Karen Kelly
Synopsis in English
After the sudden loss of her beloved grandfather, a
grieving young girl discovers that when she
accidentally feeds her grandfather’s ashes to her
goldfish ‘Chips’, he speaks to her. Whilst her
mother is consumed by her own loss and regret,
the young girl finds great comfort in the belief that
the spirit of her grandfather now lives in the
goldfish.
Synopsis in Bengali
নানার মৃতু েশােক শাকাত এক িকেশারী একিদন ভু ল কের
তার নানার দহাবেশেষর ভ তার গািফশ যার নাম
‘িচপস’, তােক খাইেয় দয়। িক তা খাওয়ার পরপরই
িচপস মানুেষর মত কথা বলা কের। যখন তার মা এই
মৃতু েশােক কাতর, তখন মেয়িট এই ভেব খুিশ হয় য
তার নানার সািট তার িয় গািফেশর মােঝ বঁেচ
আেছ। এই কৗতু কপূণ ও দেয় সাড়া জাগােনা কািনক
ৈদঘ চলিিট সুর িকছু মুহূেতর জ দয়।
Editor
Karen Kelly
Producer
Daisy Costello
Cinematographer
Karen Kelly
Leading Casts
Peter Mullan
Sarah McCardie
Sophie Lawson
Karen Kelly is an award-winning director who makes
both factual and scripted films. After graduating
from the Royal College of Art, she had worked at the
BBC, directing documentaries and dramas. She went
freelance to focus on drama and has since made a
combination of continuing drama, single episodes, and
factual drama for ITV, Channel Four, and BBC.
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DEEP FEARS
United States | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy, Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 3 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Ryan Chu
Story & Screenplay
Ryan Chu
Editor
Reese Hancharick
Kyle Russell
Producer
Ryan Chu
Cinematographer
Ryan Chu
Synopsis in English
A sea otter lives a life of fear and loneliness. He has
an unusual fear of the ocean. As he was attempting
to gather food, he accidentally captures a green
crab. The crab assaults him in retaliation, and he
cuts off his pink shell necklace in spite. The sea
otter dives for his necklace and falls into the ocean.
A whole new experience and lessons are waiting
for him.
Synopsis in Bengali
এক সামুিক ভাঁদেড়র সমুের িত রেয়েছ অাভািবক
ভয়। একিদন ভাঁদড়িট খাবার জাগাড় করার সময়
ভু লবশত একিট কাঁকড়া ধের ফেল। িতেশাধ িনেত সই
কাঁকড়া ভাঁদেড়র গালািপ নকেলস িনেয় ডু ব দয় সাগের।
নকেলেসর িপছু িনেত িগেয় ভাঁদড়িট সমুে ঝাঁপ িদেতই
অান হেয় যায়। সমুের ভতেরর জগেত তার জন
অেপা করেছ এক নতু ন অিভতা।
Logline
A sea otter who is afraid of the ocean is challenged
to face his fears when he loses his precious pink
shell necklace at sea.
Background Music
Joseph Bucsit
Harvey Carrasco
Sound Engineer
Harvey Carrasco
Animation
Ryan Chu
Izzat Marchi
Kelly Juarez
Amro Emghaoech
Georgina Fang
Kenneth Cheung
Jonathan Thomas Yip
Kristen Tan
Ryan Chu is a Taiwanese-American who was born
and raised in Southern California, currently living in
Orange County. He is an alumnus and earned a BFA
Animation degree in 2020 from the California State
University, Long Beach. Aside from doing art stuff,
he loves everything otter-related and is a weapon
hobbyist who enjoys safe shooting at the range.
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DESERVING
Philippines | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Story
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Kristine de Leon
Script & Screenplay
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Kristine de Leon
Editor
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Kristine de Leon
Synopsis in English
A woman thinks of herself unworthy after
finding out that she cannot bear a child. But,
her perspective changes when she discovers a
different kind of love. This is the story of a very
special motherhood.
Synopsis in Original Language
Isang babae ang nag-iisip na wala siyang halaga
matapos malaman na hindi niya maaaring
manganak hanggang sa matuklasan niya ang ibang
uri ng pag-ibig.
Synopsis in Bengali
একজন নারী যখন জানেত পােরন িতিন কখেনাই সান
ধারণ করেত পারেবন না, তখন িতিন িনেজেক মা িহেসেব
অেযাগ মেন করা কেরন। িতিন িনেজর িত িবাস
হািরেয় ফেলন। িক তার এই দৃিভি পাে যায় যখন
িতিন আিবার কেরন ভােলাবাসার এক িভপ। এই
গিট িবেশষ ধরেণর এক মাতৃ ের কািহনী িনেয় িনিমত।
Producer
Khaye Medina
Cinematographer
Martin Andres
Leading Casts
Hannah Ramil
Rap Robes
Yuna Niza Nathania Lacueasta
Arjanmar H. Rebeta is a Filipino filmmaker. He
is a recipient of the ‘Harvest of Honors’ award for
cinema by the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts. He was also appointed as a Film
Ambassador by the Film Development Council of
the Philippines and earned many other prestigious
awards and acknowledgments.
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A BOX OF DREAMS
India | 2020 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Color | Documentary | Hindi | International Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Shaikh Musharraf Ali
Story
Shaikh Musharraf Ali
Script & Screenplay
Shaikh Musharraf Ali
Editor
Rohit Jaiswal
Producer
Rupa Shaikh
Original Title
Dibiya
Synopsis in English
A little boy once tries to capture the sun inside
a little box. After many hours of trying, the sky is
suddenly covered with clouds and the sun is no
longer visible. The boy thinks he has captured the
sun. When the storm hits at night and the following
day is gloomy with clouds, the child is terrified
because he thinks the thunderstorm and the light
beams were here for capturing the sun.
Synopsis in Bengali
চলিিট এমন একিট ছেলর গ বেল য একিট বাে
সূয ধের রাখার চা কের। অেনকবার চা করার পর,
যখন সূযিট মেঘ ঢেক যায় স তখন মেন কের, স সূযিট
ধের ফেলেছ। িক, সিদন রােত বল ঝড় হয় এবং
পরিদন পুেরা আকাশ মেঘ ঢেক থােক। এেত ছেলিট ভয়
পেয় যায়, স ভােব সূয ধের ফলার কারেণই আকােশর
আজ এমন প।
Cinematographer
Shaikh Musharraf Ali
Music Director
Shashank Ghildiya
Shaikh Musharraf Ali is an Indian filmmaker. He has
graduated from the Bhartendu Natya Academy (BNA).
He also completed Diploma from the Satyajit Roy Film
and Television Institute in Acting and a three-monthlong
Film Appreciation course. He has worked in many
theatres and with renowned personalities.
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DIGESTION
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Annabelle Tamic
Sarah Erzen
Chloé Musa
Édouard Delfosse
Louis Lukasik
Story
Annabelle Tamic
Sarah Erzen
Chloé Musa
Édouard Delfosse
Louis Lukasik
Script & Screenplay
Annabelle Tamic
Sarah Erzen
Chloé Musa
Édouard Delfosse
Louis Lukasik
Synopsis in English
In our body, our digestive activity is like a kind of
fun adventure. In this film, our digestion organs
invite us to look deeper into ourselves to know the
unknown of this amazing mysterious machine.
Synopsis in Original Language
Dans notre corps, notre activité digestive est
comme une sorte d’aventure ludique. Dans ce
film, nos organes de digestion nous invitent à
nous approfondir. Connaître l’inconnu. Dans notre
corps, notre activité digestive est comme une sorte
d’aventure ludique. Dans ce film, nos organes
de digestion nous invitent à nous approfondir.
Connaître l’inconnu.
Synopsis in Bengali
আমােদর শরীের, আমােদর পিরপাকতের কাযম এক
ধরেণর মজার অিভযােনর মেতা। িফিটেত আমােদর এই
পিরপাকত আমােদরেক আমণ কের িনেজেদর িভতরেক
আরও গভীরভােব দখার জন, অজানােক জানার জন।
Editor
Sarah Erzen
Producer
Carlos De Carvalho
Cinematographer
Annabelle Tamic
Sarah Erzen
Chloé Musa
Édouard Delfosse
Louis Lukasik
Annabelle Tamic, Sarah Erzen, Chloé Musa,
Édouard Delfosse and Louis Lukasik have
graduated from the Pôle 3D school in Roubaix,
France. In 2020, they co-directed their first short
film ‘Digestion’ as a team.
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DISORIENTED
France | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | French | South Asian Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Fleur Orgeas
Aristote Douroudakis
Tomoe Inoue
Shivani Khot
Ya Ching Liu
Victoria Richard
Story
Fleur Orgeas
Tomoe Inoue
Script & Screenplay
Fleur Orgeas
Tomoe Inoue
Editor
Tomoe Inoue
Producer
Philippe Meis
Original Title
Désorientée
Synopsis in English
Lilas and Amber, two young girls of Vietnamese
origin who were adopted and educated in France.
Both of them went back to Vietnam. Amber, the
elder sister is just there for tourism. Lilas, the
younger sister, is euphoric and hopeful that she’ll
find a part of herself in Vietnam.
Synopsis in Original Language
Lilas et Ambre, deux jeunes femmes d’origine
vietnamienne mais adoptées bébé et éduquées en
France, vont au Vietnam. Ambre, la grande soeur,
est juste là pour le tourisme. Lilas, la petite soeur,
est euphorique et espère retrouver une partie
d’elle-même au Vietnam...
Synopsis in Bengali
িললাস এবং অাার িভেয়তনামী বংেশাূত দুই তণী।
তােদর াে দক নওয়া হেয়িছল এবং সখােনই তারা
িশা হণ কের। পরবতীেত তারা আবার িভেয়তনােম
আেস। একিদেক বড় বান অাার কবলমা বড়ােনার
উেেশ িভেয়তনােম আেস। িক অনিদেক ছাট বান
িললাস জােন িনেজেক নতু ন কের খুঁেজ পাওয়ার
আকাায় উািসত।
Cinematographer
Fleur Orgeas
Aristote Douroudakis
Tomoe Inoue
Shivani Khot
Ya Ching Liu
Victoria Richard
Leading Casts
Fleur Orgeas
Fleur Orgeas has graduated from the Rubika
Animation School of Valenciennes, France. She
completed her Master’s in Digital Directing. Along
with Aristote Douroudakis, Tomoe Inoue, Shivani
Khot, Ya Ching Liu, and Victoria Richard, she codirected
the film ‘Disoriented’.
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DOAH
Norway | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | Arabic | South Asian Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Farzad Samsami
Story
Farzad Samsami
Script & Screenplay
Farzad Samsami
Editor
Rolv Lyssand Bjørø
Producer
Farzad Samsami
Trude Refsahl
Cinematographer
Philip Øgaard
Synopsis in English
Doah lives in a small village in Morocco with her
single mother. All she wants is to play soccer with
the boys in the local field. But due to her skin
disease, she is marked as cursed and shut out as
the village outcast. Every day Doah and her mother
struggle against hatred and social exclusion. But
when Doah is forced to confront the weakness of
her own mother, she finally decides to stand up for
herself.
Synopsis in Original Language
تعيش دعاء في قرية صغة في المغرب مع والدتها الوحيدة.‏ كل ما تريده هو أن
تلعب كرة القدم مع الأولاد في الملعب المحلي.‏ ولكن بسبب مرضها الجلدي ، تم
تصنيفها على أنها لعنة من قبل ‏”الع الشريرة“‏ ومنبوذة من القرية.‏ تكافح دعاء
وأمها كل يوم ضد الكراهية والإقصاء الاجتعي.‏ ولكن عندما تُجبر دعاء على
مواجهة ضعف والدتها ، قررت أخ‏ًا الدفاع عن نفسها
Synopsis in Bengali
দায়াহ ও তার মা মরোর এক ছা ােমর বািসা। তার
একমা ইা হল ােমর অন ছেলেদর সােথ ফু টবল
খলা। িক তার চমেরােগর জন তােক ‘কু নজেরর তীক’
তকমা িদেয় একঘের কের রাখা হয় ােমর এক কােণ।
িতটা িদনই দায়াহ ও তার মােয়র জন সামািজক ঘৃণা ও
অবেহলার এেককিট নতু ন অধায় সহ কের যায়। িক
যিদন িনেজর মােয়র দুবলতার মুেখামুিখ তােক হেত হয়,
সিদন স িসা িনেয় নয় িনেজর জন দাঁড়ােনার।
Leading Casts
Douaa Hanan
Narjiss Amiri
Farzad Samsami born in 1980 is a screenwriter,
director, and producer from Tehran. His short films
are screened at several international festivals, among
them are Clermont Ferrand International Short Film
Festival and the Palm Springs Shortsfest. At Palm
Springs, his short film ‘Foad’ received the Award, Best
International Short Film 2014.
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DREAD
Hungary | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Thriller | Hungarian | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Story
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Script & Screenplay
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Editor
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Producer
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Synopsis in English
This film is an experiment in which a child enters
an adult poem and becomes its main persona
and performer. The poem, ‘Dread’ by Attila József,
portrays the childhood cruelty caused by poverty.
The mother works for livelihood and the main
character of the poem has to take care of her baby
brother. The baby falls victim to the desperate
loneliness of the girl, who uses milk as a tool of
torture. Meanwhile, the mother does not know
what is happening while she is away from home
and the result is a trauma for life for all three
characters.
Synopsis in Original Language
A magyar versenyfilm József Attila: Iszonyat cím
versét dolgozza fel, a gyermeki kegyetlenséget
mutatja be, amit a nyomor vált ki. Az anya a
létfenntartásért küzd, lánya nap, mint nap
kénytelen vigyázni testvérére, a csecsemő pedig
áldozatává válik nővére dühös elhagyatottság
érzésének, aki a tejet használja kínzóeszközül. Az
anya nem sejti, mi történik, amíg távol van. Életre
szóló trauma ez mindhárom szereplőnek.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই চলিে একিট িশ একিট াবয় কিবতায় েবশ
কের এবং কিবতার ধান বি ও কতা হেয় ওেঠ।
অািটলা জােসেফর ‘ড’ কিবতায় শশেবর উপর
দািরের কণ ভাব ফু েট উেঠেছ। এই পিরবােরর ধান
জীিবকার উৎস এবং ধান চিরেক ছাটভাইেয়র লালন
পালন করেত হয়। িক িশিট বােনর চরম একাকীের
িশকার হয়, য িকনা দুধেক িনপীড়েনর হািতয়ার িহসােব
ববহার কের। এিদেক তােদর মা তার অেগাচের িক হে
তা জানেত বথ, যা তােদর িতনজনেক আজীবন মানিসক
যণার মুেখ ঠেল দয়।
Cinematographer
Gabriella Bácskai
Lajos Dányi
Leading Casts
Luca Török
Gabriella Bácskai is a cultural anthropologist with an interest in India and its
music and dances. During her time in India, Ms. Bácskai made documentaries
about Indian culture. She is currently working in the Hungarian Public
Administration, making short films about EU-funded projects and studying
documentary film directing at university.
Lajos Dányi is a multi-award winning director who has been working in television
production for several decades. He is currently the leading director of the
cultural channels of Hungarian television. In his spare time, he enjoys filmmaking,
especially cinematography and editing.v
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EL MAGO GEORGES
Hungary | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Drama, Musical | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
14 years and above
Director
Katalin Egely
Story
Katalin Egely
Script & Screenplay
Katalin Egely
Editor
Katalin Egely
Tagline
We are not only created with free will, but also with
responsibility.
Synopsis in English
We are not only created with free will, but also with
responsibility. The responsibility to listen to our gut
feelings, follow our intuition, the wise part of us.
According to the old definition, a magician is a wise
person. So, we can all be magicians if we are brave
enough.
Synopsis in Bengali
আমােদর ধু াধীন ইাশি না, বরং িকছু দািয় িদেয়ও
সৃি করা হেয়েছ। আমােদর অর অনুভূ িত শানার দািয়,
আমােদর অদৃি অনুসরণ করার দািয়, আমােদর ানেক
অনুসরেণর দািয়। আিদম সংা অনুযায়ী, একজন
জাদুকর হেন ানী বি। সুতরাং, আমরা সকেলই
জাদুকর হেত পাির, যিদ আমরা যেথ সাহসী হেত পাির।
Producer
Katalin Egely
Cinematographer
Katalin Egely
Sound Director
Pedro Canale
Animation
Katalin Egely
Music Director
Chancha Vía Circuito
El Búho
Leading Casts
Pablo Padovani
Katalin Egely graduated in Animation from Moholy-
Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest,
Hungary in 2013. Besides short films and animated
scenes for movies, her primary focus is on making
music videos. She also likes to work on animated
documentary films.
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FAMILY BONDS
Germany | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Maria Schmidt
Story
Maria Schmidt
Script & Screenplay
Maria Schmidt
Editor
Maria Schmidt
Producer
Nina Schwarz
Animation
Maria Schmidt
Synopsis in English
The little fox Hugo has a happy family, but it is
a bit unusual - his parents are geese. They live
a harmonic life until one day Hugo discovers a
grown fox attacking another goose. This becomes
the most challenging and difficult situation that
our little patchwork-family has to overcome. Hugo
ultimately finds out who he really is, but will he be
able to realize that family is a feeling, not a matter
of heritage?
Synopsis in Original Language
Der kleine Fuchs Hugo hat eine glückliche
Familie, allerdings ist diese etwas unkonventionell
- seine Eltern sind Gänse. Sie führen ein
harmonisches Leben bis Hugo eines Tages einen
ausgewachsenen Fuchs entdeckt, der eine andere
Gans angreift. Dies stellt die kleine Familie auf eine
harte Probe, bevor Hugo letztlich erkennt wer er
wirklich ist und dass Familie ein Gefühl ist und
keine Frage der Herkunft.
Synopsis in Bengali
ছা শয়াল েগার রেয়েছ এক ছা পিরবার। িক
েগার পিরবার আর পাঁচটা শয়াল পিরবােরর মত নয়।
অথাৎ, েগার বাবা-মা শয়াল নয়, তারা হেলন হাঁস।
হাঁস-শয়ােলর এ পিরবাের কােনা ঝােমলা িছল না। িক
একিদন, েগা দখেলা অন একিট শয়াল একিট হাঁসেক
আমণ করেছ। এরপেরই, েগার হাঁস-শয়ােলর সুর
পিরবারিট ভে পড়েত থােক এবং তােদর নানা কিঠন
সমেয়র মুেখ পড়েত হয়। েগা জানেত পাের য, স তার
বাবা-মােয়র মত নয়, তােদর থেক আলাদা। শষ পয কী
তারা পারেব িনেজেদর পাথকেলা ছািপেয় একে
থাকেত?
Maria Schmidt was born in 1989. She is a
director, 2D animator and concept artist. She
graduated in 2016 from the Muenster School of
Design with a BA in Illustration and Media Design
before studying Animation at the Filmakademie
Baden-Württemberg. ‘Family Bonds (2019)’ is her
graduation film.
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FEELING BLUE
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | FRENCH | South Asian Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Astrid Massad
Nicolas Lipari
Marion Morgante
Maria-louiza Bitsou
Guillaume Clamart-mezeray
Synopsis in English
Parents’ happiness begins with a child. When a
child is happy, parents are happy too. When a
child is not there, everything becomes blue. That
is why, there is a saying, “a child can always make a
complete family a colorful one.”
Synopsis in Bengali
দুঃসহ এক ঘটনা ঘেট গেছ! আর তার বেদৗলেত একিট
পিরবােরর জীবেন নেম এেসেছ গভীর অকার। পিরবারিট
কী পারেব তােদর দুঃেখর সময় পার কের আবার নতু ন
কের বাঁচার পথ তির কের িনেত? নািক িমিলেয় যােব
দুঃেখর মােঝ? সব িক আবার জাড়া লাগেব?
Assistant Director
Francois Heiser
Story & Script
Astrid Massad
Nicolas Lipari
Marion Morgante
Maria-louiza Bitsou
Guillaume Clamart-mezeray
Cinematographer & Editor
Astrid Massad
Nicolas Lipari
Marion Morgante
Maria-louiza Bitsou
Guillaume Clamart-mezeray
Producer
MoPA
Astrid Massad, Nicolas Lipari, Marion Morgante,
Maria-louiza Bitsou and Guillaume Clamart-
Mezeray are the students of the French school
MoPA. They are really passionate about filmmaking
and love animations. This animation film is the fruit
of their hard work.
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FLY
Spain | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Action | Spanish | Bangladesh Premiere | 15 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado
Script & Screenplay
Rossana Giacomelli
Editor
Carlos Gomez-Mira Sagrado
Producer
Rossana Giacomelli
Cinematographer
Carlos Gomez-Mira Sagrado
Original Title
Vuela
Synopsis in English
‘Fly’ is the story of a bird that has a deformed wing
that prevents it from migrating. Abandoned by his
flock, he sinks into despair. Everything changes the
day Pio-Pio appears. This defenseless chick gives
him joy and a sense of purpose in life. Until one
day, destiny makes him do things that he would
not even do for himself, such as flying.
Synopsis in Original Language
Vuela es la historia de un pájaro que tiene un ala
atrofiada que le impide migrar. Abandonado por
su bandada, se hunde desesperado. Todo cambia
el día que aparece Pío-Pío. Este pollito indefenso le
devuelve las ganas de vivir. Hasta que un día la
fatalidad lleva a nuestro protagonista a hacer cosas
que no haría ni por sí mismo, como volar.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট একিট পািখর জীবন িনেয়। পািখিটর একিট পাখা
িবকৃ ত হওয়ার ফেল স তার ঝাঁেকর থেক আলাদা হেয়
যায়। িনঃস ও িবষ পািখিটর জীবেন আশার আেলা হেয়
আিবভূ ত হয় িপও-িপও। অসহায় এই ছানািটেক আঁকেড়
ধের পািখিট িফের পায় বঁেচ থাকার উেশ। মায়ার এ
বাঁধন তােক অসাধ সাধেনর সাহস যাগায়। িক একিদন,
পািখিট মুেখামুিখ হয় তার চরম ভীিতর সােথ।
Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado founded Thinkwild
Studios in 2009 with the desire to create a studio
where creativity and passion for audiovisuals and
animation in particular prevailed. Throughout his
career, he has directed a multitude of audiovisual
projects, ranging from animation and motion
graphics to filming advertisements and video clips
through the design of presentations.
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FLYWORM
Thailand | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure | English | International Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Naruphon Punphairoj
Story
Naruphon Punphairoj
Synopsis in English
A caterpillar tries to climb up a tree, dreaming
of becoming a beautiful butterfly. Along the way
with terrible hardships, he discovers his unnatural
dreams and discovers his true and beautiful self.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট ঁয়ােপাকা অেনক ক কের একিট গাছ বেয় উেঠ,
জাপিতেত পিরণত হওয়ার আশায়। িক, পেথ নানা
িতকূ লতা পার কের স িনেজর অপিরণত এবং তার
আসল সত ও সুর পিরচয় আিবার করেত সম হয়।
Script & Screenplay
Naruphon Punphairoj
Editor
Naruphon Punphairoj
Producer
Naruphon Punphairoj
Cinematographer
Naruphon Punphairoj
Naruphon Punphairoj came from a classical music
and traditional drawing background. He has been
working in production and post-production for over
fourteen years. He is also expert in storyboarding,
shooting, editing, CGI, VFX and sound production.
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FOLKTALE
India | 2018 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama, Fantasy | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 23 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Ajitesh Sharma
Story
Ajitesh Sharma
Script & Screenplay
Ajitesh Sharma
Sushant Sudhakaran
Editor
Abhishek Masih
Krishna Shrivastava
Producer
Shilpa Sharma
Tagline
The story of a story
Synopsis in English
‘Folktale’ is the story of Veer, a ten-year-old young
village lad. He believes all stories narrated by his
beloved dada, a village old man. A young nineyear-old
Russian Girl Masha, along with her family,
settles in the village. Masha because of her fair
complexion, appears to be a fairy to Veer. Their
village is going through famine and no sign of rain
makes it tougher day by day. Veer opinionated that
if someone can scale a nearby mountain, the god
would be pleased and could make rain. Veer and
Masha set off an extraordinary journey of scaling a
tough mountain and later, the real magic happens.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘ফাকেটল’ বীর নােমর দশ বছর বয়সী একিট ছা ছেলর
গ, য িক না তার ােমর বীণ দাদার বলা সব গই
িবাস কের। নয় বছেরর শ মেয় মাশা তার পিরবারসহ
ওই ােমই এেস ওেঠ। মাশার সৗেয মু হেয় বীর
তােক পরী মেন কের। ােম অনাবৃি আর দুিভ তােদর
জীবনেক িতিদন কিঠন থেক কিঠনতর কের ওেঠ। বীর
জানায়, কউ যিদ কােছর একিট পাহাড় বেয় চূ ড়ায় উঠেত
পাের, তেব ঈর খুিশ হেবন এবং এই অনাবৃির সমাি
ঘটেব। বীর আর মাশা পাহাড় বেয় ওঠার দুঃসাহিসক
অিভযােন নােম, এবং তারপরই ঘেট জাদু!
Logline
A young boy’s idea of heroism depicted in fables is
challenged as he travels with his dear friend, who
he believes is a fairy.
Cinematographer
Ashish Daniel Reuben
Leading Casts
Atikssh Sharma
Katerina Pozdniakova
Karim Hajee
Ajitesh Sharma is a triple post-graduate in Media,
Business, and Technology has been a scientist and
senior corporate professional in past. He is also
prolific in filmmaking, especially fashion, and has
fetched more than two-hundred official selections
and awards at various international events. He has
served many international film festivals as a curator,
committee member, and jury.
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FROM MAJID WITH LOVE
Turkey | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Turkish | South Asian Premiere | 7 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Yiğit Armutoğlu
Story
Yiğit Armutoğlu
Script & Screenplay
Yiğit Armutoğlu
Editor
Yiğit Armutoğlu
Producer
Yiğit Armutoğlu
Cinematographer
Mahammad Safarli
Leading Casts
Ahmet Akman
Atakan Aytekin
Eren Çevik
Mert Meniz
Original Title
Majid’den Sevgilerle
Synopsis in English
Before leaving for the island, Majid, a refugee,
ties his kite to a tree. He leaves a message on the
kite with no hope of anyone ever discovering it.
Two boys living in a village near the coast manage
to find the kite. Zeynel and Safak discover the
message and embark on a journey to decipher the
hidden meaning behind it.
Synopsis in Original Language
Mülteci bir çocuk olan Majid bot ile denize
açılmadan önce uçurtmasını sahilde bir ağaca
bağlar. Sahile yakın bir köyde oturan Zeynel ve
Şafak, Majid’in bıraktığı uçurtmayı bulur. İki çocuk
uçurtmanın üzerinde arapça yazılmış yazıyı fark
edince yazının anlamını araştırmaya karar verirler.
Synopsis in Bengali
ীপ ছেড় যাওয়ার আেগ মিজদ নােম এক শরণাথী তাঁর
ঘুিড়িটেক একিট গােছ বঁেধ দয়। স ঘুিড়র উপের একিট
বাতা িলেখ রেখেছ যা কউ কখেনা খুঁেজ পাবার কােনা
আশাই নই। উপকূ েলর িনকটবতী একিট ােম বসবাসরত
দুিট ছেল, ঘুিড়িট খুঁেজ বর কের। িজেনল এবং সাফাক
এই খুঁেজ বর করা বাতািটর িপছেনর গাপন অথিট
বাঝার জন বিরেয় পেড়।
Logline
When two boys find a kite that has Arabic text on it,
they decide to investigate its meaning.
Yigit Armutoglu was born on March 25, 1992. He
graduated from the Department of Communication,
Radio, Cinema, and Television of the Çanakkale
Onsekiz Mart University in 2018. He is continuing
his education as a Master’s student on Media and
Cultural Studies at the Social Science Institute of
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University since 2018.
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FUSSEL
Germany | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Alex Berweck
Story
Name
Script & Screenplay
Name
Editor
Name
Producer
Nina Schwarz
Cinematographer
Name
Leading Casts
Name
Synopsis in English
Fussel, the friendly monster, finds the beginning
of a red string. This sparks his interest and he
heads out to discover what’s at the end of that
red string. On his journey, he meets different
looking monsters. Everyone has their own theory
about the end of the string. Out of curiosity, they
join Fussel on his journey. Being different is not
a problem in this group and together they head
out to face challenges on their way to becoming
friends. Will they be able to find the other side of
the red string while becoming friends with each
other?
Synopsis in Original Language
Fussel, das freundliche Monster, entdeckt den
Anfang eines roten Fadens. Sein Interesse ist
geweckt und er begibt sich auf den Weg um
herauszufinden was sich am Ende des Fadens
befindet. Auf seinem Weg trifft er unterschiedliche
Monster, welche alle ihre eigene Theorie zum
Ende des Fadens haben und sich ihm neugierig
anschließen. So verschieden sie auch aussehen,
jeder ist in dieser Gruppe willkommen. Gemeinsam
stellen sie sich den Herausforderungen auf ihrem
Weg und werden Freunde.
Synopsis in Bengali
ফু েসল নামক একিট দত একিট লাল দিড়র খাঁজ পায়।
িক লা স দিড়র ধু এক মাথার সান পায় স। দিড়র
অন মাথায় কী আেছ তার সান করেত িগেয় স আেরা
দেতর দখা পায়। দিড়র শষ মাথা িনেয় তােদর সবারই
আেছ িবিভ অিভমত। কৗতু হেলর বেশ তারাও ফু েসেলর
িপছু িনেয় দিড়র অপর মাথার সােন বর হয়। েতেক
আলাদা হেলও এই দেতর দেল নই কােনা ভদােভদ।
সকেল িমেল দিড়র সান করেত িগেয় সকল বাধা পিরেয়
িক তারা হেত পারেব এেক অপেরর বু ? তারা িক পােব
দিড়র অপর মাথার সান?
Alex Berweck was born in 1986 in Reutlingen,
Germany. He is a director and 2D/3D artist. He
created his first 3D animation project during his
studies at the Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart.
From 2016, he studied at the Filmakademie Baden-
Württemberg. He received his diploma in 2019 with
his graduation film ‘Fussel’ at the time of studying
Animation/Effects Direction.
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GHOR
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 12 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Saiyeed Shahjada Al Kareem
Story
Adapted from Masud Rana’s story
‘Golpo Naki Rohossho’
Script & Screenplay
Abul Hasnat Ashik
Saiyeed Shahjada Al Kareem
Editor
Md. Mahirul Islam
Producer
Saiyeed Shahjada Al Kareem
Synopsis in English
A person named Jomir comes to a psychologist,
Mr. Jamal, and claims that he can transform a real
event into a dream. When Jamal asks Jomir to show
him the process, Jomir touches Jamal’s face. Later,
Jamal discovers himself as a boatman in a different
place. Jamal tries to connect with his earlier life but
fails. Suddenly, he meets a psychiatrist, Dr. Shafiq,
whom he used to know in his earlier life. Jamal
shares with Shafiq everything that happened to
him, but Shafiq cannot recognize him.
Synopsis in Original Language
একিদন মেনািবানী জামাল সােহেবর কােছ একজন রাগী
বেল য স যেকােনা বাব ঘটনােক ে পিরবতন কের
িদেত পাের। জামাল তার কথা িবাস কেরন না। িতিন
রাগীেক বেলন কীভােব বাবেক ে পার করা যায়
তা যন স দখায়। রাগী জামাল সােহেবর কপােল হাত
ছাঁয়ায়। িকছুণ, পর জামাল সােহব ঘুম থেক উেঠ
িনেজেক একিট কু ঁেড়ঘের আিবার কেরন। সখােন িতিন
সবার কােছ খয়াঘােটর মািঝ িহেসেব পিরিচত।
মেনািবানী জামাল সােহব এর জীবনটা তার কােছ ের
মেতাই মেন হেত থােক। অিতবাব এই ের ৃিতর
সােন জামাল সােহব হেন হেয় ঘুেরও পূেবর জীবেনর
সােথ সিকত িকছু খুঁেজ পান না। হঠাৎ কেরই আেগর
জীবেনর পিরিচত মেনাঃিচিকৎসক ডাার শিফকেক িতিন
খুঁেজ পান িক শিফক তােক িচনেত পােরন না। জামাল
শিফকেক সব ঘটনা খুেল বেলন।
Cinematographer
Sheikh Shuvo Shadique
Logline
A mysterious case of reality and dream.
Leading Casts
Jayed Julhash
Golam Shahriar Shikto
Seikh Shafayetur Rahman
GM Joy
Mohammad Imran Khan
Abdul Malek Milon
Saiyeed Shahjada Al Kareem is an independent
filmmaker. He has directed several short fiction
films and documentaries. Three of his short films
(Color of Sound, Water, and Ainer Dorojay) have
been screened and awarded at several national
and international film festivals. He has worked as
an assistant director at several short and featurelength
film projects.
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HE SHE HE TATATA
China | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Adventure, Biography, Drama | Chinese, English, Japanese | International Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
YiYang Sun
Story
YiYang Sun
Script & Screenplay
YiYang Sun
Editor
YiYang Sun
Producer
YiYang Sun
Cinematographer
YiYang Sun
Original Title
他 她 他 tatata
Synopsis in English
Based on the research, interviews, and records
of the three conditions of Congenital Insensitivity
to Pain, chondropathy, and Marfan syndrome, I
made these three personal pseudo-documentary
animations. “He She He” not only represents the
three of them but also represents all of us who are
being neglected and need to establish emotional
connections around us. I tried to use the body
as a common medium for establishing empathy
to achieve the transformation from perceptual
empathy to personal cognitive empathy.
Synopsis in Bengali
গেবষণা, সাাৎকার এবং উপাের উপর িনভর কের
বাথার সােথ জগত অনুভূ িতহীনতা, কোপািথ, মারফান
উপসগ এই িতন ধরেণর বিগত তথিচের মাধেম
অািনেমশনিট তির হেয়েছ। ‘িহ িশ িহ’ ধুমা তােদরেকই
িচিত কের না, বরং আমােদর মেধ যারা অবেহিলত এবং
যােদর সােথ আেবগপূণ সক াপন করা েয়াজন
তােদরও িতিনিধ কের। চলিিটেত পিরচালক চা
কেরেছন দহেক সাধারণ মাধম িহেসেব বাবহার কের,
ইীয়জাত সহমিমতােক বিগত ানজ অনুভূ িতেত
পার অজন করার জন।
Leading Casts
Leon Eckert
Omori Nankai
YiFei Sun
YiYang Sun was born on 3rd April 2000. She lives in
Shanghai, China. She is a Sophomore Major student
in Digital Art at East China Normal University. She
is an independent filmmaker and aspires to be a
great artist someday.
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I FOUND OUT WHAT TO DO!
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | Persian | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Reyhane Kavosh
Story
Masoume Yazdanni
Script & Screenplay
Masoume Yazdanni
Editor
Reyhane Kavosh
Producer
Ali Raeis
Synopsis in English
It is Shirin’s mom’s birthday and Shirin, who is a
kind girl, wants to prepare a gift for her mother.
She decides to give her a painting but realises
that her crayons are not enough. She goes to
her friend’s house to get help from him, but her
friend’s crayons are also not enough!
Synopsis in Original Language
تولد مادر شیرین است و شیرین که دختربچه مهربانی است،‏ دوست
دارد برای مادرش یک هدیه آماده کند.‏ او تصمیم میگیرد یک نقاشی به
مادرش هدیه کند اما متوجه میشود مدادرنگی هایش کامل نیست.‏ به
خانه دوستش میرود تا از او کمک بگیرد اما مداد رنگی های دوستش نیز
‏.کامل نیست و داستان ادامه می یابد
Synopsis in Bengali
িশিরেনর মােয়র জিদন উপলে স তার মােক উপহার
িদেত চায়। মােয়র জন ছিব আঁকেত িগেয় স দখেত পায়
য, তার কােছ পযা পিরমান রংেপিল নই। এরপর
িশিরন তার বু র বািড়েত রংেপিেলর চাইেত গেল দেখ,
বু র রংেপিলেলাও ছিব আঁকার জন যেথ নয়।
Cinematographer
Reyhane Kavosh
Leading Casts
Golriz Gorgani
Mahdi Ghashghaei
Reyhane Kavosh was born in 1984. She studied
Graphic Design at the Conservatory of Fine Arts
and continued her studies in the field of Digital
Arts at the School of Radio and Television. She has
directed several works and ‘One Thousand & One
Tales’ animations series can be noted as the most
important one.
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IVET AND MICHUCO
Spain | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy | Spanish | South Asian Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Ignacio Meneu
Story
Ignacio Meneu
Script & Screenplay
Ignacio Meneu
Editor
Ignacio Meneu
Producer
Pigmeos Animation
Cinematographer
Ignacio Meneu
Leading Casts
Ignacio Meneu
Original Title
Ivet y Michuco
Synopsis in English
Ivet is a 6-year-old girl who thinks of herself
as mature enough. Ivet is dreamy and has an
extraordinary imagination. She always imagines
about new worlds and characters. She has a
stuffed puppet named Michuco. Since she has
no siblings at home, she always plays alone and
fantasizes uncontrollably, causing complicated
situations on more than one occasion.
Synopsis in Original Language
Ivet es una niña de 6 años, así que ya es muy
mayor, o eso cree ella por lo menos. Ivet es
soñadora y posee una imaginación extraordinaria.
Ella siempre está inventando nuevos mundos
y personajes. Tiene un gato —bueno, es de
peluche— y lo llama Michuco. Como no tiene
hermanos, en casa siempre juega sola y fantasea
sin control, provocando situaciones complicadas
en más de una ocasión.
Synopsis in Bengali
ইেভট একজন ৬ বছর বয়সী মেয় হেলও তার ধারণা স
কােনা অবুঝ িশ নয়। ইেভট একজন ময়ী এবং খর
কনাশিস মেয়। স তার কনার রােজ সবদাই
নতু ন নতু ন জগৎ ও চির িনেয় ভাবেত থােক। ‘িমচু েকা’
নােমর একিট পুতু ল আেছ তার। ইেভেটর কােনা ভাইেবান
না থাকায় স সবসময় একা একাই খলাধুলা কের এবং
তার অিতির িদবাের কারেন স ায়শই িবিভ
জিটলতার সৃি কের।
Ignacio Meneu is a Spanish animator. He has a Ph.D.
in Art Production and Research, with a thesis entitled
Production Design for 3D animation short films.
Ignacio professionally started animating since 1981. He
is an associate professor in the Department of Drawing
at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He combines his profession
with teaching animation in different schools.
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THE MAGIC
India | 2019 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama, Fantasy | Hindi | Bangladesh Premiere | 38 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Shoorveer Tyagi
Story
Shoorveer Tyagi
Script & Screenplay
Shoorveer Tyagi
Editor
Sankalp Meshram
Producer
Shoorveer Tyagi
Cinematographer
Krishnna S Banjan
Music Director
Ved Nair
Sound Director
Ved Nair
Original Title
Jaadoo
Tagline
Let me fly
Synopsis in English
Tvisha and Bhakti study in a remote village school.
Every day for some reason they end up being
punished and are thrown out of their classrooms.
While, younger Tvisha is chirpy, brimming with
energy, Bhakti is gloomily aloof. Outside the school,
somewhere inside the forest, she has a secret little
place. As the two gradually discover friendship,
Tvisha joins her too and they are both patiently
wait for the magic to unfold!
Synopsis in Original Language
त्विशा और भक्ति दूर गाँव के एक स्कूल में पढ़ती थी। किसी न
किसी वजह से हर रोज़ उन्हें कक्षा के बाहर खड़ा करने की सज़ा
दी जाती। छोटी त्विशा जितनी बातूनी थी, बड़ी भक्ति उतनी
ही अंतर्मुखी और चुप रहने वाली। स्कूल के बाहर जहाँ एक ओर
तो उनकी मित्रता बढ़ रही थी, वहीं दूसरी ओर घने जंगल के
बीच भक्ति को एक रहस्यमय स्थान के बारे में पता था, जिसे
उसने किसी से भी नहीं बताया था। पर एक दिन त्विशा भी उस
रहस्य को जान गयी और फिर दोनों चुपचाप उस जादू के होने
की प्रतीक्षा करने लगे।
Synopsis in Bengali
ছাট িনজন একিট ােমর একিট ু েল পেড় িতশা ও
ভি। িতিদনই কােনা না কােনা অুত কারেণ
শািপ তােদরেক াস থেক বর কের দওয়া হয়।
একিদেক ছা িতশা হল াণব, হািসখুিশ। অনিদেক,
ভি আবার বশ চু পচাপ। িক তাও তােদর মেধ আে
আে বু হেত কের। ু েলর কােছ, জেলর
ভতের ভির রেয়েছ এক গাপন আানা। ভি িতশােক
িনেয় সখােন অেপা কের নতু ন কােনা যাদুর জন।
Logline
The journey of two young girls from outer to inner
world in the realm of magic.
Sound Engineer
Tarun Sharma
Leading Casts
Archali Killekar
Chandni Valvi
R S Vikal
Hariom Parashar
Shoorveer Tyagi is an actor, writer, and director.
He has been associated with theatre for a long
time and conducts acting workshops for children.
‘Jaadoo (The Magic)’ is his debut directorial short
film.
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JEBEER
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure | English | International Premiere | 10 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Reyhane Mirhashemi
Story
Ashkan Rahgozar
Script & Screenplay
Ashkan Rahgozar
Synopsis in English
The wildlife ranger is patrolling the protective area,
while his soul is intertwined with nature and all
the creatures he is protecting. He runs freely and
lives with the animals, surrounded by beauty. But,
as fate would have it, he is confronted with some
poachers.
Synopsis in Bengali
বনরক পাহাড়াদার বেন ঘুের ঘুের বন পাহাড়া দয়।
এরই মেধ কৃ িত আর বন সম জীেবর সে তার তির
হয় এক আিক সক। স মুমেন ঘুের বড়ায় বেনর
সকল াণীেদর সে। িক ভােগর িনমমতায়, স িকছু
িশকারীর কােছ ধরা পেড় যায়।
Editor
Ashkan Rahgozar
Producer
Ashkan Rahgozar
Cinematographer
Reyhane Mirhashemi
Reyhaneh Mirhashemi born in 1984 in Iran,
Tehran. She graduated in industrial designing and
started her cooperation with Hoorakhsh Studios as
an Animator in 2012. She got involved in the “If you
go away” music video as an animator in 2014 and
also in the animated movie “The Last Fiction”.
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KEEP IT...
Poland | 2019 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Wojciech Siejak
Alicja Grotuz
Story
Wojciech Siejak
Alicja Grotuz
Script & Screenplay
Wojciech Siejak
Alicja Grotuz
Tagline
Liveliness Comes and Goes Unexpectedly
Synopsis in English
An unknown sound resonates across a very
peculiar world starting an accordingly weird turn of
events. An animated film created as a group effort
of students from the faculty of animation at the
University of Arts in Poznań.
Synopsis in Bengali
অজানা এক শে ভের যায় অু ত এক পৃিথবী, যার ফেল
হয় রহসময় সব ঘটনাধারা। পজনােনর ইউিনভািসিট
অব আটেসর অািনেমশন ফাকাির একদল িশাথীর
দলগত েচা এই ৈদঘ চলিিট।
Logline
Memories can liven even a boulder up
Editor
Wojciech Siejak
Alicja Grotuz
Producer
University of Arts in Poznań
Alicja Grotuz was born in Olsztyn. She is currently studying Animation under
the Faculty of Animation at the University of Arts in Poznan. She is interested in
animated films and dreams to become a successful animator one day.
Wojciech Siejak was born in 1997 in Poznań, Poland. He has been passionate
about perceiving animation as a profession while watching extras attached to a
DVD of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. He fell in love with animated filmmaking ever
since.Now, he has been practicing all kinds of phases (3D, hand-drawn, motion
design, paper cut-out).
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KIND HANDS
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary, Drama | English | International Premiere | 17 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Kamran Mohammadi
Sahar Mirzaeianfar
Story
A boy who is forced to work out of
poverty but interesting things happen
to him
Original Title
دستان مهربان
Synopsis in English
The film is about a boy who is suffering from
poverty. He struggles to fight his situation and to
make his ends meet. Amidst his hardships, life
offers some interesting happenings to him.
Synopsis in Bengali
দির একিট ছেলর গ িনেয় চলিিট তরী। ছেলিট
তার জীবেনর ক ও দািরতার সােথ লড়াই ও সংাম
কের যাে। শত কের মােঝও তার জীবেন িকছু
আকষণীয় ঘটনা ঘেট।
Script & Screenplay
Sahar Mirzaeianfar
Editor
Davood Amiri
Producer
Kamran Mohammadi
Cinematographer
Davood Amiri
Leading Casts
Pouya Hemmati
Kamran Mohammadi is the producer, and writer of
‘Kind Hands’. He was born in 1994. He lives in Iran. He
is a taxi driver. He studied Mathematics at University.
He used to be an assistant director.
Sahar Mirzaeianfar was born in 1984. Her field
of study was Cinema. She lives in Iran and she is a
housewife. She was a makeup artist too. ‘Kind Hands’
is the first film she has directed.
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LEAVING
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure | French | International Premiere | 4 min 20 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Nils Balleydier
Story
Nils Balleydier
Script & Screenplay
Nils Balleydier
Editor
Nils Balleydier
Producer
Nils Balleydier
Cinematographer
Nils Balleydier
Leading Casts
Claire Guillot
Fanny Vignoles
Thomas Pironneau
Original Title
Partir
Synopsis in English
A young girl who dreams of traveling gets
scolded by her mother who orders her to do her
homework. Instead of doing so, she plays with a
plane. Her mother discovers it but says nothing.
Louise then decides to do her homework. Through
writing, she escapes and lives her dreams of travel.
As she writes, she realizes that these trips could
cost her home.
Synopsis in Original Language
Une jeune fille qui rêve de voyage se fait gronder
par sa mère qui lui ordonne d’aller faire ses
devoirs. Plutôt que de les faire, elle joue à l’avion.
Sa mère le découvre mais n’en dit rien. Louise se
décide alors à faire son devoir. Par l’écriture elle
s’évade et vie ses rêves de voyages. Pendant qu’elle
écrit, elle réalise que ces voyages pourraient lui
coûter son foyer.
Synopsis in Bengali
লুইজ দেখ িব মেণর। তার এই ে বাধ সােধ
তার মা, িযিন লুইজেক সবসময় পড়েত বসেত বেলন।
মােয়র আেদশ পালেনর পিরবেত স তার কাডেবােডর
িবমান িনেয় খলেত খলেত পািড় জমায় কনার জগেত।
একটু র জয় বঁেচ যায় লুইজ মােয়র হােত ধরা পেড় যাওয়া
থেক। মা অবশ লুইেজর আলামত লুকােনার অপটু েচা
দেখ মজাই পান। পড়ার টিবেল বেস লুইজ আেরা
একবার কনায় ডু েব যায়। লখার মাধেম স তার মেণর
কনার রােজ ডু েব যায় িক পরমুহূেতই এক িভ
উপলির সুখীন হয় লুইজ।
Nils Balleydier was born in Paris in 1998. He is
a director and animator. He has made live-action
films with his friends when he was a teenager. He
studied animation at the Institut Sainte-Geneviève.
During his years at the Institut Sainte-Geneviève, he
experimented with many animation techniques.
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LES CHAUSSURES DE LOUIS
France | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Théo JAMIN
Kayu LEUNG
Marion PHILIPPE
Jean-Géraud BLANC
Synopsis in English
This movie is about Louis. He is only eight and a
half years old. He has autism. He arrives in his new
school and has to introduce himself in front of the
class. What happens next?
Synopsis in Bengali
এই িসেনমািট লুই নােমর একিট িশেক িনেয় িনিমত। তার
বয়স মা সােড় আট বছর। তার অিটজম আেছ। স তার
নতু ন ু েল আেস িক এখন তােক ােসর সবার সামেন
িনেজর পিরচয় িদেত হেব। এরপের কী হয়?
Story
Théo JAMIN
Kayu LEUNG
Marion PHILIPPE
Jean-Géraud BLANC
Script & Screenplay
Théo JAMIN
Kayu LEUNG
Marion PHILIPPE
Jean-Géraud BLANC
Editor
Théo JAMIN
Kayu LEUNG
Marion PHILIPPE
Jean-Géraud BLANC
Producer
MoPA
Cinematographer
Théo JAMIN
Kayu LEUNG
Marion PHILIPPE
Jean-Géraud BLANC
Theo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe and
Jean-Géraud Blanc are a team of film enthusiasts
from the french school MoPA. In this project, some
students who are fascinated about filmmaking
worked together and prepared an amazing
outcome.
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LIFE GONE WITH THE WIND
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 6 min 27 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Omid Gharibi
Siavash Saedpanah
Story
Omid Gharibi
Script & Screenplay
Omid Gharibi
Synopsis in English
An old woman remembers her childhood and her
unfinished dreams when she finds a kite in her
house. She wants to go back to her childhood
but she remembers her hard life. When she
was supposed to play in the alley, her mother
forced her to marry an adult man and completely
destroyed her dreams and childhood.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট বয় মিহলার ঘেরর ভতর একিট ঘুিড় দেখ মেন
পেড় যায় তার শশবকাল এবং অসমা ের কথা।
শশবকােল তার িফের চেল যেত মন চায়। িক
পরমুহূেতই, মিহলািটর মেন পেড় যায় তার কিঠন জীবেনর
কথা। যখন তার অিলেত-গিলেত খেল বড়ােনার কথা
িছল, তখন তার মা একজন বয় পুেষর সােথ তার িবেয়
কিরেয় দন এবং সব সূণেপ ংস কের দন।
Editor
Soran Fahim
Producer
Siavash Saedpanah
Cinematographer
Rahmat Abdiani
Leading Casts
Asia Moradizar
Dina Arshadi
Omid Gharibi was born in 1978 in Sanandaj city, Iran. He graduated
with a BA in Photography and he is working on cinemas for eighteen
years. So far, he has made four short films.
Siavash Saedpanah was born in 1975 in Sanandaj, Iran. He graduated
from Tehran University and earned his MA in Graphic. He is a graphic
teacher in the schools and universities of Sanandaj. He started
his work as a director in 2001. He has made some short films and
documentaries for TV channels and some organizations.
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LIGHT YEARS AWAY
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 24 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rahmatullah Tuhin
Story
Rupantor
Script & Screenplay
Rahmatullah Tuhin
Rupantor
Editor
Moyeen Ahmed
Producer
Saker Ahmed
Cinematographer
Sahil Rony
Shinra Li
Josh Sylvan
Tagline
A story of a lonely mother and her son.
Synopsis in English
Arif, who lost his father, had a dream to move to
one of the developed countries so that he could
build up a good career. He is so overwhelmed
with such a dream that he became oblivious to
his mom’s loneliness. On the other hand, his
mom bids him farewell hiding her sufferings. But
loneliness grips her once she lets her son move
ahead. Arif settles in Australia and passes his days
being busy, so he forgets his mom and his fast
life prevents him from merely making a phone call
to his mom. Time flies and it seems as if Arif had
moved light years away from his mom.
Synopsis in Original Language
িপতৃ হীন বালক আিরেফর িছল বাংলােদেশর বাইের
উত কান দেশ িগেয় িনেজর একটা উল ভিবষৎ
গড়ার। সই লে স এেতাটাই িবেভার হেয় থােক য, স
দশ ছেড় চেল গেল তার একাকী মােয়র িক হেব, সটাও
তার খয়ােল আেস না। অনিদেক, মা িনেজর একমা
সােনর সুেখর কথা ভেব চােখর পািন লুিকেয় হািস মুেখ
সানেক িবদায় দয়। িক তারপরই একাকী তােক াস
করেত থােক। অেিলয়া পেছ আিরেফর, জীবনধারেনর
তািগেদ চরম বতায় এবং চাক-িচকময় জীবেনর ভীেড়
মােয়র কথা মেন করা তা দূেরর কথা, এমনিক সামান
একিট ফানকেলরও সময় হেয় উেঠ না। একসময় এেক
অেনর থেক চেল যায় ব আেলাকবষ দূের।
Leading Casts
Wahida Mollick Jolly
Salman Arif
Rahmatullah Tuhin was born in 1970. He completed
his MA from Jagannath University. In 1989, Tuhin
started performing onstage theatre and is still an
active member of the group. Since 1990, he started
making television and radio programs, directing short
& feature films, TV dramas, documentaries, TVC, and
so on.
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LOWEST FLOOR
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Persian | International Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Omid Reza Khairkhah
Editor
Arash Aousefiyan
Producer
Ghanbar Ali Kermani
Cinematographer
Arash Yousefiyan
Amir Torki
Leading Casts
Soraya Ghasemi
Ghanbar Ali Kermani
Synopsis in English
In a very beautiful space in the middle of the forest,
there is a hut where an old man and an old woman
live. It is Yalda Night and they are waiting for their
children to have a nice night together. The old man
complains that the children will not come but the
old woman hopes they will.
Synopsis in Original Language
پدر و مادر پیری در یک روستا منتظر آمدن فرزندان خود
هستند ، شب یلداست و آنها خانه خود را که در وسط جنگل است
آماده میزبانی از فرزندان خود کردند.‏ ساعتها می گذرد اما از فرزندان
‏.خبری نیست تا اینکه صدایی می آید اما اتفاق تلخی رخ می دهد
Synopsis in Bengali
বেনর মাঝখােন খুব সুর জায়গায় একিট কু ঁেড়ঘর ।
সখােন থােকন এক বৃ ও বৃা। আজ ইয়ালদার রাি।
তারা তােদর সানেদর জন অেপা কের আেছন। তােদর
সানেদর সােথ এক সুর সময় কাটােনার আশায়। বৃ
লাকিট অনু্েযাগ কের বারবার বলেছন তারা আসেব না,
িক বৃা আশা কের আেছন তােদর আগমেনর।
Omid Reza Khairkhah was born in 1982 in Tehran.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Arts.
He has made six short films including ‘The Lowest
Floor’. He has attended various festivals and won
numerous awards all around the world.
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MELTING HEART CAKE
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Comedy | French | International Premiere | 11 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Benoît Chieux
Story & Screenplay
Benoît Chieux
Editor
Benoît Chieux
Synopsis in English
To share her chocolate with her friend, Anna must
cross a glacial forest. It has been said that the
forest is haunted by a new resident, a terrifying
bearded giant. All animals that cross his path
disappear and of course the mole’s route leads to
him but the leviathan has a warmer heart than it
may seem.
Synopsis in Bengali
বু েক চেকােলট িদেত হেল অানােক পার করেত হেব এক
তু ষারজমাট জল। িক জেলর নতু ন বািসার কথা
সবাই জােন, িবশালকায় লামশ দানব। তার নাগােল
পেড়েছ এমন কান াণীেকই আজ পয খুঁেজ পাওয়া
যায়িন। মােলর রাাও তার িদেকই িনেদশ কের। িক
দানেবর দয় হয়েতা এতটা কেঠার নয় যতটা ধারণা করা
হয়।
Producer
Ron Dyens
Cinematographer
Benoît Chieux
Director of Photography
Sara Sponga
Animation
Pierre-Luc Granjon
Marjolaine Parot
Chaïtane Conversat
Leading Casts
Bruno Magne
Gabriel Le Doze
Christophe Lemoine
Fred Colas
Maryne Bertieaux
Caroline Combes
Benoît Chieux is the author of the graphic creation
‘My Little Planet (1995)’. He is also the graphic
designer and screenwriter of the ‘L’Enfant Au Grelot’
which earned him Cartoon d’Or and Stuttgart
Award. Benoît Chieux contributed for several years
to the success of the studio, Folimage. In 2004, he
became the author of the ‘Mica’ series.
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MELTY HEARTS
Chile | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Manuel Cisterna
Patricio Cisterna
Story
Manuel Cisterna
Script & Screenplay
Manuel Cisterna
Editor
Manuel Cisterna
Patricio Cisterna
Producer
Manuel Cisterna
Patricio Cisterna
Cinematographer
Manuel Cisterna
Patricio Cisterna
Original Title
Corazones Derretidos
Tagline
Change destiny, it is up to us.
Synopsis in English
The film ‘Melty Hearts’ portrays the struggle of a
penguin to save its family from the damage that
global warming has caused to their habitats. The
film can be taken as social criticism and thus
reflects the impact of human greed. It shows how
the selfishness of human beings in their search for
development and progress makes it more difficult
to curb the effects of global warming which little by
little destroys the habitat of many species.
Synopsis in Original Language
“Un pingüino intenta salvar a su familia del daño
que el Calentamiento global le ha ocasionado a su
hábitat”. Quisimos realizar ‘Melty Hearts’ como una
crítica social y de esta manera reflejar como el
egoísmo del ser humano en su búsqueda del
desarrollo y el progreso ayudan a que sea más
difícil frenar los efectos del calentamiento global,
el cual, poco a poco va destruyendo el hábitat de
muchas especies.
Synopsis in Bengali
বিক উায়েনর আঘাত হেত এক পুইেনর তার
পিরবারেক রা করার য সংাম, তা এই ৈদঘ
চলিে ফু িটেয় তালা হেয়েছ। মানুেষর দািয়হীনতা,
ংসাক ববহার, উিতর পছেন ছুেট চলা এই পৃিথবীেক
অন জািতর জন কের তু েলেছ বসবােসর অেযাগ। িবলু
হেয় যাে নানা াণী। মানুষেক তােদর অসেচতন আচরণ
সেক সেচতন করাই এই চলিের ধান উেশ।
Manuel Cisterna was born on April 12, 1987, began studying
Digital Animation and Multimedia at the Santo Tomás
University. In 2015, during his study years, together with
Patricio, he formed his own production company called After
Sky Studios.
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Patricio Cisterna was born on April 12, 1987, began studying
Digital Animation and Multimedia at the Santo Tomás
University. In 2015, during his study years, together with
Manuel, he formed his own production company called After
Sky Studios.

MICROTOPIA
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Audrey Defonte
Denis Koessler
Philip Gonçalves
Alexandre Terrier
Pierre Duhem
Achille Bauduin
Story
Alexandre Terrier
Script & Screenplay
Alexandre Terrier
Editor
Audrey Defonte
Producer
Carlos De Carvalho
Synopsis in English
In this film, it is shown that how viruses, bacterias
and other microorganisms interact with each
other within an organic, mechanic micro-world.
Microscopic organisms, commonly known as
microorganisms or microbes, are found all around
us and even inside our bodies and everywhere
in the environment. They play a leading role in
countless natural processes.
Synopsis in Original Language
Observez et découvrez les créatures et les
interactions d’un micro-monde organicomécanique.
Observez et découvrez les créatures et
les interactions d’un micro-monde organicomécanique.
Observez et découvrez les créatures et
les interactions d’un micro-monde organicomécanique.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই ছিবেত দখােনা হেয়েছ িকভােব ভাইরাস, বাকেটিরয়া
এবং অনান অণুজীব একিট জব, যািক মাইো-
ওয়াের মেধ এেক অপেরর সােথ িমথিয়া কের।
অণুবীিণক াণী, সাধারণভােব অণুজীব বা জীবাণু নােম
পিরিচত। আমােদর চারপােশ, এমনিক আমােদর শরীেরর
িভতের সব এই অণুজীব পাওয়া যায়। তারা অগিণত
াকৃ িতক কিরয়ায় অণী ভূ িমকা পালন কের।
Cinematographer
Audrey Defonte
Denis Koessler
Philip Gonçalves
Alexandre Terrier
Pierre Duhem
Achille Bauduin
Audrey Defonte, Denis Koessler, Philip
Gonçalves, Alexandre Terrier, Pierre Duhem and
Achille Bauduin have graduated from the Pôle 3D
school (Roubaix, France). In 2020, they co-directed
the short film “Microtopia”.
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MIGRANTS
France | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 8 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Hugo Caby
Antoine Dupriez
Aubin Kubiak
Lucas Lermytte
Zoé Devise
Story
Lucas Lermytte
Script & Screenplay
Lucas Lermytte
Editor
Hugo Caby
Aubin Kubiak
Synopsis in English
Two polar bears are driven into exile due to ‘Global
Warming’ which is the long-term heating of the
earth’s climate system. These two polar bears
encounter brown bears during their journey with
whom they will try to cohabitate.
Synopsis in Original Language
Deux ours polaires sont poussés à l’exil par le
réchauffement climatique. Ils vont faire la
rencontre d’ours bruns avec qui ils vont tenter de
cohabiter.
Synopsis in Bengali
পৃিথবীর দীঘকাল ধের উ হওয়ার ফলাফল বিক
উায়ন। আর এই বিক উায়েনর ফলাফলপ
বরেফর দেশর দুিট ত ভাুক তােদর বরফমিত
বাসান তাগ করেত বাধ হয়। নতু ন পিরেবেশ ঘুরেত
ঘুরেত তােদর দখা হয় একিট বন বাদামী ভাুেকর সােথ।
িভ ধরেনর এই জািতর জীবেনর সােথ তারা খাপ খাইেয়
চলার যাা কের।
Producer
Carlos De Carvalho
Cinematographer
Hugo Caby
Antoine Dupriez
Aubin Kubiak
Lucas Lermytte
Zoé Devise
Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak,
Lucas Lermytte and Zoé Devise have graduated
from the Pôle 3D school in Roubaix, France. In
2020, they co-directed the short film ‘Migrants’.
They aspire to direct more and more films that are
impactful and strong.
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MILK TOFFEE
India | 2020 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Color | Comedy, Drama | English | International Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Pulkit Arora
Story
Pulkit Arora
Script & Screenplay
Pulkit Arora
Synopsis in English
In a little Goan-Catholic school, there has been a
big scandal. Milk Toffee has been stolen from its
jar. A Konkani school teacher has caught the little
bandits and is bound by Christ to tell their parents
the truth. But, an unexpected revelation forces
her to choose between what is moral, and what is
humanity.
Synopsis in Bengali
এক ছা গায়ান-কাথিলক ু েল বশ বড়সড় কেলারী
ঘেট গেছ। বয়াম থেক দুেধর টিফ তথা চকেলট চু ির
গেছ! এক ু েদ দসুদেলর কাজ এটা। স ু েলর এক
কািন িশক টিফ চু ির করা ু েদ দসুদলটােক হােতনােত
ধের ফেল। এখন সই দসুদেলর সদসেদর বাবা-মা’ক
তা এ িবষেয় জানােত হেব। না জানােল িশক িযর
কােছ দায়ী থেক যােবন। িক িশক এখন কী বেছ
িনেবন? নিতকতা নািক মানিবকতা?
Editor
Shashwata Dutta
Producer
Pulkit Arora
Rigved Siriah
Cinematographer
Pulkit Arora
Pulkit Arora has spent five years teaching and
fundraising for a non-profit organization, earning
a spot in a national screenwriting fellowship - AIB
First Draft. He then studied under National Awardwinning
filmmaker Satyanshu Singh and went on
to write AIB’s second feature film, which is now in
pre-production.
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MITCH-MATCH
Hungary | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 2 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Géza M. Tóth
Story
Géza M. Tóth
Script & Screenplay
Géza M. Tóth
Synopsis in English
There is only one matchstick left in the box. This
single match stick is the protagonist of the ‘Mitch-
Match’ series. The character embarks on a journey
in every episode and always returns to the box.
This ordinary thing is an opportunity for endless
playful and imaginative adventures that evokes
everyone’s fantasy world.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট মাচবাে একিটমা মােচর কািঠ অবিশ আেছ।
এই একিট কািঠই ‘িমস-মাচ’ িসিরেজর মূল চির। কািঠিট
িত পেব একিট যাা কের এবং িদনেশেষ বাে
িফের আেস। এই সাধারন িজিনসিট এক রামাকর
অনুভূ িত সৃির মাধেম সকেলর কনার জগতেক জাত
কের।
Editor
Géza M. Tóth
Producer
Géza M. Tóth
Cinematographer
Géza M. Tóth
Animation
Roland Kazi
Leading Casts
Bertalan Baglyas
Roland Kazi
Péter Piros
Géza M. Tóth is an award-winning film director.
His animation film, ‘Maestro’ was nominated for the
Oscars in the Best Animation Short Film Category.
He is the founder of KEDD Animation Studio. He is a
professor at the University of Theatre and Film Arts,
Budapest.
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MORNING
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy | Farsi(Persian) | Bangladesh Premiere | 1 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Reyhane Kavosh
Story
Reyhane Kavosh
Script & Screenplay
Reyhane Kavosh
Original Title
بامداد
Synopsis in English
This animation is about the beautiful start of a day
in city life. The colorful urban atmosphere, playful
children, the presence of birds and animals, nice
calm music everywhere all make sense and bring
joy and cheerfulness to life.
Synopsis in Bengali
শের জীবেনর এক সুর সকাল। সূেযর আেলা ওঠার
সােথ সােথ রিঙন শের পিরেবশ, বাােদর আনােগানা,
পািখর িকিচরিমিচর ও জীবেনর উপিিত ইতািদ সবিকছুর
ছ ফু েট উেঠেছ চারেকাণা পদায়। অকােরর পদা সিরেয়
সকােলর আেলা কের িদেব সকেলর জীবন আনময়।
Editor
Ali Raeis
Producer
Ali Raeis
Animator
Zahra Safi
Synopsis in Original Language
موزیک انیمیشن بامداد درباره شروع زیبای یک روز در یک زندگی
شهری است.فضای رنگارنگ شهری،‏ بازی بچه ها ، حضور پرندگان و
حیوانات و شادی و نشاط در فضای شهر ، موسیقس دلنشین،‏ همه و
همه باعث حس در زندگی و نشاط می گردد
Music
Mahmoud Barzi
Reyhane Kavosh was born in 1984. She studied
Graphic Design at the Conservatory of Fine Arts
and continued her studies in the field of Digital
Arts at the School of Radio and Television. She has
directed several works, the ‘One Thousand & One
Tales’ animation series can be noted as the most
important one.
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MY FATHER IS AN
ASTRO-NOT
Philippines | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Drama | Tagalog | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Assistant Director
Kristine De Leon
Story
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Script & Screenplay
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Editor
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Tagline
Life shines like a star.
Synopsis in English
A father talks to his young daughter over a video
call for one last time. He awaits departure to the
star ‘Forever 143’ where he will live out the rest of
his life. The sentiments shared between a father
and daughter are brought to life.
Synopsis in Original Language
Ang huling pag-uusap ng mag-ama gamit ang isang
video calling app bago ang nakatakdang paglipad
ng ama papunta sa STAR ’FOREVER 143’ kung saan
doon na siya mamamalagi habang panahon.
Synopsis in Bengali
মহাকােশর তারা ‘ফেরভার ১৪৩’ এর উেেশ এক
মহাকাশচারী যাা করেবন। যাার পূেব িশকনার সােথ
িভিডওকেল তার শষ কেথাপকথন হয়। সই দূর
মহাকােশই তােক তার বািকজীবন কাটােত হেব। তােদর
কেথাপকথেনর আেবগ যন ভারী কের তু েলেছ পুেরা
মহাকাশেক।
Producer
Khaye Medina
Cinematographer
Martin Andres
Visual Effects
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Martin Andres
Leading Casts
DMs Boongaling
Eli Campos
Erlinda Villalobos
Arjanmar H. Rebeta is a talented filmmaker. He is
a recipient of the ‘Harvest of Honors’ award for his
cinema by the National Commission for Culture and
Arts. He was also nominated as Film Ambassador
by the Film Development Council of the Philippines.
He earned the Indie Bravo Award from Inquirer
Philippines as well.
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MY GAME
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | Persian | International Premiere | 8 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Mohsen Koranian
Story
Mohsen Koranian
Script & Screenplay
Mohsen Koranian
Original Title
بازی من
Synopsis in English
This film is about a girl. The girl has a rare disease.
Although she tries to live like a normal person.
Despite her disease can she win this battle of her
life?
Synopsis in Bengali
এই চলিিট একিট িবরল রােগ আা এক মেয়র
গ িনেয় তরী। মেয়িট রাগাা হেলও াভািবক
একজন মানুষ িহেসেব বাঁচেত চায়। স িক তার জীবন-যুে
জয়ী হেত পারেব?
Editor
Mohsen Koranian
Producer
Mohsen Koranian
Synopsis in Original Language
فیلمی در مورد یک دختر که مبتلا به بیری پروانه ای است...‏ و تلاش
میکند زندگی شبیه به یک انسان عادی داشته باشد
سپس او با شخصیت سا خود وارد یک بازی می شود
Cinematographer
Ehsan Ranjbar
Leading Casts
Saghar Ostadsharif
Saghi Ostadsharif
Shadi Afsharzadeh
Milad Asadi
Fatemeh Qaedinia
Ali Hadavandi
Tala Karbasi
Mohsen Koranian is a young director based in
Iran. He is only 20 years old. He is a writer and film
editor too. He loves photography and art. He is a
student of Cinema in Tehran. He aspires to be a
great filmmaker someday.
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MY MOTHER IS THE BEST
Hungary | 2019 | HD | 1.85:1 | Black and white | Drama | Hungarian | South Asian Premiere | 15 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Gergely Fonyo
Story
Gergely Fonyo
Script & Screenplay
Gergely Fonyo
Editor
Bela Barsi
Producer
Katalin Fonyo
Gabor Ferenczy
Cinematographer
Gabor Szabo
Leading Casts
Boldizsar Simon
Titania Valentin
Kati Zsurzs
Original Title
Az Én Anyukám a Legeslegjobb
Tagline
All children love their mother but not all mothers
love their children.
Synopsis in English
Lali’s attachment to his mother is stronger than
any average kid. He sees his mother as the best
mother in the world even if he has to lie to protect
this image. He escapes reality and prays to God
at night asking that his mother would change. But
the sad reality remains that his alcoholic mother
cannot give up drinking. She is only focused on
herself and cannot function as a mother. So Lali is
left with an imaginary mother who only exists in his
fantasies.
Synopsis in Original Language
Lali, a történet főhőse egyedül él az anyukájával.
Édesapja nincs jelen az életében. Lalinak nincs
szép ünneplő ruhája, nincs gyerekszobája tele
klassz játékkal. El van hanyagolva, ápolatlan. Az
osztálytársai emiatt csúfolják. Lali mélyen titkolja,
mind maga, mind a világ előtt, hogy anyukája
alkoholista. De mindezek ellenére, vagy talán
éppen ezért, Lali a szíve legmélyéről meg tudja
fogalmazni, mit jelent egy szerető édesanya. Mert
Lali valójában a gyermeki vágyát írja le - azt, ami
neki nincs, de amit mindennél jobban szeretne.
Sajnos a valóságban anyja nem tudja betölteni ezt
a szerepet, és ez az anya csak Lali fantáziájában
létezik.
Synopsis in Bengali
অনসব বাােদর চেয় লািল তার মােক একটু বিশই
ভােলাবােস। তার চােখ তার মা-ই িবের সরা, যিদ এমন
ভাবমূিত বজায় রাখেত তােক িমেথও বলেত হয় স
তােতও িধােবাধ কেরনা। বাবতা থেক দূের সের এেস
স ঈেরর কােছ াথনা কের যন তার মােয়র পিরবতন
ঘেট। িক বাবতা বদলায় না। তার মদপ মা মদপান
ছাড়েত পােরন না, পােরন না মােয়র দািয় পালন করেত।
তাই লািলর কনায় বােবর চেয় িভ এক মা িবরাজ
কের।
Logline
The story of a mother’s day in the life of Lali who
lives with his narcissistic, alcoholic mother.
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Gergely Fonyo is a prolific feature film and television director in his native
Hungary. His movies have been presented at numerous international film festivals,
including Karlovy Vary Variety’s Critics Choice. As an author, he is interested in
telling stories of how traumatic childhood experiences, addiction, abuse, social
discrimination, and minority existence shape our lives and identity.

MY ONLY SUNSHINE
Singapore | 2000 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Cho Jun Ming
Story
Cho Jun Ming
Script & Screenplay
Cho Jun Ming
Editor
Cho Jun Ming
Tagline
Love does not need to be heard.
Synopsis in English
A bittersweet relationship of a young single mother
uncovering the inner thoughts of her 8 years old
deaf and specially abled daughter who is also a
victim of bulling in school.
Synopsis in Bengali
িত-মধুর সক িনেয় একজন মা তার বিধর ও িবেশষ
চািহদা স ৮ বছর বয়সী মেয়র মেনর অবা বাঝার
চা কেরন। যােক িনেজর ু েলর সহপাঠীরাও িতিনয়ত
উত কের।
Logline
A single hearing young mother uncovers the
hidden secret of her 8 years old deaf daughter and
realises the meaning of love in silence between the
both.
Producer
Cho Jun Ming
Cinematographer
Asyraf Jalil
Leading Casts
Su Paing Tun
Adeel Yak
Cho Jun Ming is a self-taught passionate filmmaker whose passion is to create
a positive impact through inspiring films that inculcate socially meaningful
messages. He was Conferred as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Of The
World Singapore Merit in 2018 for cultural achievements by the junior chamber
international and is also the youngest awardee among the recipients.
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MY TAGALONG
Canada | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min 40 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Jerry Wang
Story
Jerry Wang
Synopsis in English
A story about the two Gemini brother’s journey on
the Earth. The older brother wants to enjoy the trip
himself, but his younger brother always follows him
and makes a lot of trouble.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই পৃিথবীেত দুই িমথুনরািশর ভাইেয়র যাার এক গ।
যখােন বড় ভাই িনেজ িনেজ মণ উপেভাগ করেত চায়,
সখােন তার ছাট ভাই সবসময় তােক অনুসরণ কের, যার
ফেল িবিভ িতকূ ল পিরিিতর সৃি হয়।
Script & Screenplay
Jerry Wang
Editor
Jerry Wang
Producer
Jerry Wang
Jerry Wang is a student of Sheridan College,
graduating in 2020. In 2018-2019, he joined a
stop-motion group in his college and its production
‘Plum’ as a third-year group film. In 2019-2020, he
worked on the independent animation short film
‘My Tagalong’.
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NESTLING
Russian Federation | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Action, Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Marat Narimanov
Story
Marat Narimanov
Synopsis in English
This is a story of friendship between a lonely old
man and a helpless nestling, confronted by a group
of ignorant boys from the same neighborhood,
stylized as a film of the 60th.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট িনঃস এক বৃ ও একিট ছা পািখর ছানার, যার
খড়কু েটার ঘের এলাকার একদল অিবেবচক ছেল আমন
কের। মমশী এ কািহনীিট ৬০-র দশেকর চলিের
ধাঁেচ উপাপন করা হেয়েছ।
Script & Screenplay
Marat Narimanov
Editor
Marat Narimanov
Producer
Alexander Gerasimov
Valeriy Ryabin
Cinematographer
Natalia Kharina
Marat Narimanov was born in 1981 in Moscow,
Russia. He studied camera operation and
graduated as a cameraman. For twelve years, he
worked in several drama theaters in Moscow.
Currently, he is working as an illustrator/designer
and animation film director.
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NINA AND THE SKY
Italy | 2020 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Color | Comedy, Drama | Italian | International Premiere | 22 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Erica De Lisio
Story
Ester Gatta
Script & Screenplay
Giovanna De Luca
Editor
Dario Incerti
Producer
Eduardo Angeloni
Ester Gatta
Stefano Incerti
Cinematographer
Pasquale Corrado
Leading Casts
Elena Foresta
Giorgia Agata
Ester Gatta
Giovanna Rei
Nando Morra
Emilio Vacca
Original Title
Nina E Il Cielo
Synopsis in English
The world of sixteen-year-old Nina is positively
upsetting. Yet, she encounters a girl named
Carlotta, her peer and girl next door who, like her,
secretly hatches the idea of running away from her
home. Their mothers are on two opposite sides,
one too oppressive and one too absent.
Will they find a balance between them?
Synopsis in Original Language
Il mondo della sedicenne Nina viene sconvolto
positivamente dall’incontro con Carlotta, sua
coetanea e ragazza della porta accanto che come
lei cova segretamente l’idea di fuggire via da casa
sua e da una madre, Matilde, che si prende cura di
lei in modo amorevole, ma che delle volte non le
lascia fiato; Nina dà alla sua di madre, Ambra,
esuberante collezionista d’arte, attraverso la fuga,
l’opportunità invece di porre fine alla sua vita
sregolata, all’insegna di festini modaioli e mostre
d’arte bizzarre, giungendo ad un equilibrio
funzionale per entrambe le famiglie.
Synopsis in Bengali
১৬ বছর বয়সী িকেশারী িননার জগতটা বশ দুঃেখর। স
দখা পায় তার িতেবশী বািব কারেলাটার, য িকনা তার
মতই গাপেন বািড় থেক পািলেয় যাওয়ার িচায় ম।
দু’জেনরই কারণ, তােদর মা। কারণ একই হেলও দু’জেনর
মা িক এেকবাের দুই মর দু’জন মানুষ। একজন
সময়ই দয়না তা অনজন সবণ তার মেয়র জীবেন
বাধা দন। তারা কী একে পারেব িনেজেদর মােয়র সােথ
সক সিঠক কের তু লেত?
Logline
Two teenagers who come from very different
families meet and together manage to find a
balance with their respective mothers.
Erica De Lisio was born in Salerno in 1995.
She has graduated in Cinema from the Academy
of Fine Arts in Naples. After several jobs as an
assistant director and as an editor for short films
and medium-length films, she’s presently working
with the cinema of reality, focusing on life stories.
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OH FATHER
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action | Arabic | International Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Mahmood Sharifi-asl
Story
Mahmood Sharifi-asl
Script & Screenplay
Mahmood Sharifi-asl
Synopsis in English
The film ‘Oh Father’ depicts how easily a family
can become homeless. The rhythm of life falls
apart instantly. Wealth, housing, valuables become
useless. But to what extents are people ready
to give up on the tension of life and death? This
question can be answered in this film which is
based on a true story.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘ওহ ফাদার’ নামক চলিিটেত িচিত হেয়েছ কত সহেজ
একিট পিরবার বাহারা হেয় পড়েত পাের। ঘাতেকর
আঘােত িনেমেষই ঘেট জীবেনর ছপতন। যখােন
ধন-সদ, বাসান ও মূলবান বও মূলহীন হেয় পেড়
জীবেনর মায়ার কােছ। িক জীবন-মৃতু র টানােপােড়েন
মানুষ কান বি পয তাগ করেত ত? সত কািহনী
অবলেন তরী এ গে এ েরই উর পাওয়া যােব।
Editor
Mahmood Sharifi-asl
Producer
Mohsan Sadeghi
Cinematographer
Mahmood Sharifi-asl
Mahmood Sharifi-asl is an Iranian filmmaker. He is
interested in making films with a social theme and
films with his own stories. He has made four short
films and three documentaries to this date. He has
participated in more than 20 short film festivals and
won three awards.
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OLGA’S DIAMOND
France | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure | Polish | International Premiere | 18 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Tomasz Siwiński
Story
Tomasz Siwiński
Script & Screenplay
Tomasz Siwiński
Synopsis in English
Poland, early 80s. Seven-year-old Olga loves
her father very much. When her pet cricket dies
she realizes that time is something you can not
turn back. To comfort Olga, her father tells her
a strange tale about a giant with eyes of two
diamonds. The story explains the nature of time.
Soon, they will both discover how this legend will
impact their life!
Synopsis in Bengali
পালা, ৮০-এর দশক। সাত বছর বয়সী ওলগা তার
বাবােক অেনক ভােলাবােস। যখন তার পাষা িঝঁ িঝঁ
পাকািট মারা যায় স বুঝেত পাের সময় কখেনা িফিরেয়
আনা যায় না। ওলগা ক সানা িদেত তার বাবা তােক
এক অূদ হীরকচী দানেবর গ শানােলন। গিট
সমেয়র াভািবক বিশেকই বণনা কের। িক শীই
তারা তােদর জীবেন এই গের ভাব অনুভব করেব এবং
বুঝেব হীরােলা কেতাটা বাব।
Editor
Tomasz Siwiński
Producer
Ron Dyens
Cinematographer
Tomasz Siwiński
Leading Casts
Zofia Dobosz
Piotr
Tomasz Siwiński was born in 1982. He graduated from
the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland where he
completed his MA studies at the Painting Department
of the Animated Film Studio of Jerzy Kucia. During his
studies, he directed two short animation films: ‘TV-Set’
and ‘Little Black Square’. His films have been presented
in the most prestigious international festivals.
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OSSIGENO
Italy | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Beatrice Sancinelli
Story
Carola Raffa
Script & Screenplay
Beatrice Sancinelli
Synopsis in English
Lena is nine-year-old. One day, she spontaneously
makes an act of love that will change her life.
She will take care of a plant. An action so simple
yet unusual that nowadays only children could
instinctively do. Will this revolutionary gesture
change the future of our world? In a blurry society
made by technological progress and innovation
can a simple action become a revolution?
Synopsis in Bengali
নয় বছেরর লনা একিদন ভালবাসার বিহঃকাশ িহেসেব
একিট কাজ কের যা তার জীবনেক বদেল দয়। স একিট
গােছর য নওয়ার িসা নয়। খুবই সাধারণ িক অপূব
একিট কাজ যা এখনকার সমেয়র িশরা সচরাচর উপলি
করেত পােরনা। এই িসা কমন পিরবতন আনেত পাের
পৃিথবীেত? আমােদর ান হেত চলা যুিিনভর িবে এমন
ছাট উেদাগই িক আনেত পাের িবব?
Editor
Simona Duci
Producer
Beatrice Sancinelli
Cinematographer
Beatrice Sancinelli
Music Director
Luca Fois
Sound Director
Nicola Gualandris
Leading Casts
Fermin Mulett
Beatrice Sancinelli was born in Bergamo in 1995.
She studied video designing at Istituto Europeo di
Design in Milan and camera specialization at National
Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. She has
been working as an independent producer, video
artist, assistant photographer, and director of brand
content. ‘Ossigeno’ is her first animated short film.
97

PIERSCIONEK
PRABABCI ELZBIETY
Poland | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Biography, Comedy | English | International Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Daria Wiktoria Kopiec
Story
Adam Trzyna
Bozena Szroeder
Synopsis in English
Karolina’s great-grandfather was a talented
watchmaker and goldsmith. At one point, he
opened a factory and quickly gained a reputation
as all of his works were perfect. They had a
beautiful life but it was shattered by the Great War
in 1939.
Synopsis in Bengali
কােরািলনার পরদাদা িছল একজন িতভাস
ঘিড়-িনমাতা ও ণকার। এক সময়, স একিট কারখানা
খােল এবং ত সুখািত অজন কের যেহতু তার কাজ
িছল িনখুঁত। সুেখ, শািেতই িদন কাটিছল তােদর িক
১৯৩৯ সােলর মহাযুে িছিভ হেয় যায় তােদর এই
হািস-খুিশ পিরবার।
Script & Screenplay
Adam Trzyna
Bozena Szroeder
Editor
Daria Wiktoria Kopiec
Producer
Bozena Szroeder
Cinematographer
Daria Wiktoria Kopiec
Leading Casts
Karolina Trzyna
Maciek Faszczewski
Zofia Kondzielewska
Urszula Korzeniecka
Izabela Maksimowicz
Igor Nieszczerzewski
Miłosz Ramel
Iwo Rydzewski
Lena Wiśniewska
Julia Zdancewicz
Daria Wiktoria Kopiec is a film and theater
director. She specialized in traditional stop-motion
animation techniques. Documentary theater
fascinates her. Kopiec graduated from the Lodz
Film School and the Theatre Academy in Warsaw.
She is an intern of L’École Nationale Supérieure
des Arts Visuels de La Cambre situated in Brussels,
Belgium.
98

RAYA
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy | English | South Asian Premiere | 13 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Sepide Berenji
Story
Sepide Berenji
Peiman Naimi
Script & Screenplay
Sepide Berenji
Peiman Naimi
Editor
Mohammad Najarian
Synopsis in English
Raya and her friends cause trouble at school. At
the same time, Raya wonders about her morals
and beliefs. She compares herself to her parents.
She is torn on the best way to make the world a
better place – with magic or confrontation?
Synopsis in Original Language
رایا،‏ دختربچه نه ساله و پدر و مادرش مجبورند خانه شان را تخلیه کنند
اما رایا فکر می کند همیشه برای هر چیزی و هر کاری راهی وجود
‏.دارد،‏ درست مثل یک بازی
Synopsis in Bengali
রায়া এবং তার বু রা ু েল অিতির দুু িম কের।
একইসােথ রায়া তার নিতকতা ও িবাস সেক অবগত
হেয় উেঠ। স িনেজেক তার িপতামাতার সােথ তু লনা
কের। পৃিথবীেক আেরা সুর কের গেড় তালার জন স
তী ইােপাষণ কের। তেব এই িবা িক জাদুর
মাধেম বদলােনা যােব? নািক বদলােত হেব জবাবিদিহতার
মুেখামুিখ হেয়?
Producer
Sepide Berenji
Mojtaba Bayat
Cinematographer
Ehsan Rafieejam
Leading Casts
Raya Ghasemzade
Sepide Berenji was born in Iran, Tehran. She
studied Persian literature for her bachelor’s degree
and Cinema for her Master’s degree. She has
written many poems and fictions over the years.
Currently, she is a primary school teacher in Tehran
and ‘Raya’ is her first film, based on her experiences
in teaching and observations made on children.
99

REFUGIO
Spain | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 15 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Story
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Script & Screenplay
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Editor
Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Synopsis in English
Destiny does not want to go back. So, he leaves
with the help of his friend Paulina while everyone
is asleep. In the middle of the night, worried and
scared, they escape in the search of a shelter.
Synopsis in Original Language
Destiny no quería estar con ella y su amiga
Paulina estaba con ella todos los días. En medio
de la noche y escapa del medio de la nada para
encontrar tu refugio.
Synopsis in Bengali
ডিিন কখনও িফের যেত চায় না। তাই, বািকরা যখন
গভীর িনায় ম সই সুেযােগ স তার বু পিলনার
সহায়তায় বিরেয় আেস। উি আর ভীত স দু’জন
আেয়র খাঁেজ পািলেয় আেস মাঝরােত।
Producer
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Silvia Venegas
Cinematographer
Javier Cerdá
Leading Casts
Paulina Sofia Vegas Caldera
Destyni Ofure Ayissi
María
Alfonsa Rosso
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador is a film director,
screenwriter, and producer. He has co-directed
‘Boxing for Freedom’, a documentary selected for
the European Film Awards and nominated for the
Goya Awards. Besides, he also directed, ‘Words of
Caramel’ and produced the documentaries, ‘Walls’
and ‘Our Life as Refugee Children in Europe’.
100

RUSLAN
Ireland | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Adventure, Comedy, History, Musical | English | South Asian Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Story
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Script & Screenplay
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Tagline
Ruslan May Wear the Red Star on His Head, but He
Wears a Sheriff’s Star on His Heart
Synopsis in English
Ruslan is a young boy in Soviet Russia who dreams
of being a cowboy. His western daydreams seem to
attract heavy-handed disapproval from wherever
he goes, putting his resilience, his identity, and his
lasso skills to test!
Synopsis in Bengali
সলান সািভেয়ত রািশয়ার একিট তণ ছেল য রাখাল
হওয়ার দেখ। সলােনর এই পাাত িদবা িনেয়
স যখােনই যাক না কন তােক কিঠন অসমথেনর
সুখীন হেত হয়। যার ফেল পরীার সুখীন হয় তার
ধয, তার িনেজর পিরচয় এবং এমনিক তার গেড়া বাঁধার
দতাও!
Logline
Ruslan Is a Young Boy in Soviet Russia Who
Dreams of Being a Cowboy
Editor
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Producer
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Cinematographer
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Leading Casts
Jack McHugh
Conor McNally
Serhii Mynenko
Serhii Shelest
Jack McHugh is a recent Animation graduate from The National Film School at
IADT Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, Ireland. ‘Ruslan’, his graduation film, is the second
animated short comedy film he has produced. His first film, ‘Warfair’, won the
award for Best Animation at the 2020 First Cut Youth Film Festival in Youghal, Co.
Cork.
Conor McNally is a recent Animation graduate from The National Film School at
IADT Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, Ireland. ‘Ruslan’, his graduation film, is the second
animated short comedy film he has produced with Jack McHugh as a filmmaking
duo.
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SANSONE
Italy | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Italian | International Premiere | 13 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Chiara Centioni
Story
Chiara Centioni
Script & Screenplay
Chiara Cention
Editor
Andrea Maguolo
Producer
Goldenart Production
Cinematographer
Chiara Centioni
Leading Casts
Giorgia Wurth
Chiara Centioni
Ludovico Carta
Alice Balzoni
Leone Orfeo
Synopsis in English
Eight-year-old Christian is bullied by his friends
and scolded by his mother because he has long
blonde hair. Paola, the mother, is unaware that the
gesture of her son is not that of a whim but rather
that of a heroic act. Christian was shocked to learn
that Luna, his friend, would lose her long brown
hair due to an illness. He firmly decided to donate
his hair to her. Luna receives the blonde wig from
Christian and resumes smiling again.
Synopsis in Original Language
Christian, 8 anni, per via dei suoi capelli biondi
lunghissimi viene bullizzato dagli amici e
rimproverato dalla madre, Paola, ignara del fatto
che il gesto del figlio non celi un capriccio ma un
atto eroico. Christian, infatti, è rimasto sconvolto
dopo aver visto la sua amichetta Luna, perdere
i lunghi capelli castani per via di una malattia,
pertanto decide di donarle i suoi. Luna, indossando
la parrucca bionda realizzata con i capelli di
Christian, torna così a sorridere.
Synopsis in Bengali
িনেজর লা সানািল চু েলর জন আট বছেরর িিয়ান
তার মার কােছ বকা খত এবং বু েদর কােছ হেতা হািসর
পা। তেব চু ল লা করার পছেন কারণটা তার মা,
পাওলারও জানা নই। িনেজর বু লুনার লা বাদািম
চু লেলা অসুতার জন পেড় যােব, এমনটা জানার পর স
তার চু ল লা রাখা কের। িসা নয়, তার চু লেলা
লুনােক িদেয় দওয়ার। সাহসী িিয়ােনর কাছ থেক
সানািল পরচু লা পেয় লুনার মুেখ হািস িফের আেস।
Chiara Centioni, born and raised in Castelli
Romani, Italy. At the age of eighteen, she moved
to Milan where she graduated in Architecture and
Restoration from the Polytechnic. At the time of
studying, she discovered, by chance, the passion for
the world of cinema and theater.
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SCHOOL BELL
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialouge | Bangladesh Premiere | 3 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
B. Suresh Kumar
Story
B. Suresh Kumar
Script & Screenplay
B. Suresh Kumar
Editor
Atish Nandy
Producer
Films Division
Cinematographer
Kumar Tapas Ranjan
Visual Effects
Ayan Bhattacharya
Tagline
Eradication of Child labor
Synopsis in English
Education is the backbone of a society. But at
every corner of the world, there is a child who is
not getting the opportunity of proper education.
Their illiterate background is throwing them off
from all kinds of new possibilities. In this film, the
importance of education is being conveyed from
child labor’s point of view.
Synopsis in Original Language
शिक्षा समाज की रीढ़ है। लेकिन दुनिया के हर कोने में, एक
ऐसा बच्चा है जिसे शिक्षा का अवसर नहीं मिल रहा है। उनकी
अनपढ़ पृष्ठभूमि उन्हें हर तरह की नई संभावनाओं से दूर कर
रही है। इस फिल्म में बाल श्रम के दृष्टिकोण से शिक्षा के
महत्व को बताया जा रहा है।
Synopsis in Bengali
িশা সমােজর মদ। তেব িবের িতিট কােণ এমন
একিট িশ রেয়েছ য িশার সুেযাগ পাে না । তােদর
িনরর পটভূ িম তােদর সম ধরেণর নতু ন সাবনা থেক
দূের সিরেয় িদে। এই ছিবেত িশেমর দৃিভি থেক
িশার বাঝােনার চা করা হেয়েছ।
Leading Casts
Kumar Tapas Ranjan
B.Suresh Kumar graduated in Visual
Communication. He obtained his diploma in Film
Technology & Television Production and specialized
in Sound Recording & Sound Engineering. He worked
as a sound engineer in more than 600 films in India.
He has also been working as a sound recordist
in Films Division, Government of India since 2000
onwards.
103

SEA WORLD
Indonesia | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Indonesian | International Premiere | 11 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Kawakibi Muttaqien
Assistant Director
Fitriana Lestari
Story
Fanni Mardhotillah
Script & Screenplay
Fanni Mardhotillah
Editor
Mohammad Adhyaksa
Producer
Fanni Mardhotillah
Cinematographer
Muhamad Irvan Abdussalam
Original Title
Dunia Laut
Tagline
A simple hope
Synopsis in English
Two elementary school kids, Wawan and Kipli
who live on the coast of Jakarta are eager to go to
the Seaworld to see a variety of fish they do not
know yet. To go there, they work together to win
a competition organized by their school without
realizing that the winner only gets one ticket.
Logline
A simple hope of two elementary kids
Synopsis in Original Language
Dua anak SD, Wawan dan Kipli yang tinggal
di pesisir pantai Jakarta sangat ingin pergi ke
Seaworld untuk melihat berbagai macam ikan yang
belum mereka ketahui, dengan cara mendapatkan
reward yang diselenggarakan oleh pihak sekolah.
Mereka saling membantu agar dapat pergi
bersama, Namun tiket yang
mereka dapat ternyata hanya 1 tiket.
Synopsis in Bengali
জাকাতার উপকূ েল বসবাসকারী দুিট াথিমক িবদালেয়র
িশ ওয়াওয়ান এবং িকপিল। তারা দুইজনই িবিভ অজানা
জািতর মাছ দখেত িসওয়াে যেত আহী। িসওয়াে
যাওয়ার সুেযাগ খুঁজেত িগেয় তারা তােদর িবদালয় থেক
আেয়ািজত একিট িতেযািগতায় অংশহণ কের। িক
তারা জানেতা না, য িবজয়ী হেব স কবলমা একিট
িটিকট পােব।
Leading Casts
Bima Sena Prisai Susilo
M Zayyan Aqilah
Kawakibi Muttaqien is a filmmaker from
Indonesia. He earned years of experience after
working under many known directors and
producers. He is also an alumnus of the Film
Leaders Incubator.
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SKY SUN, TILE SUN
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Fantasy | English | International Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Ziba Arzhang
Story
Ziba Arzhang
Synopsis in English
Due to the intensity of the explosion and
bombardment of the sun, the tiled wall breaks and
it gets dark everywhere. People help each other to
build a new sun for the sky.
Synopsis in Bengali
িবোরেণর তীতা ও বামাবািজর ভাব পেড়েছ সূেযর
উপর, এর শির উপর। চািরিদেক ঘিনেয় এেসেছ
অকার, পুেরা আকাশ হেয় গেছ ঘন কােলা। ভে গেছ
মজবুত দয়াল। তাই সকেল িমেল একিত হেয় পুনার
করেব সূেযর আেলা।
Script & Screenplay
Ziba Arzhang
Editor
Benjamin Ghochagh
Producer
Documentary
Experimental Cinema
Development Center
Ziba Arzhang
Cinematographer
Ziba Arzhang
Ziba Arzhang is a member of ASIFA Iran (Association of Animation
Filmmakers). She has studied filmmaking at the Iranian Youth
Cinema Association. She is an independent filmmaker, especially
interested in making animated documentaries. Arzhang has
participated in more than seventy international festivals and won
eleven awards for Best Animation, Best Animation Director, and
Best Animated Screenplay.
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THE AMAZING ADVENTURES
OF AWESOME
United Kingdom | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | English | International Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Allison Brownmoore
Story
Allison Brownmoore
Ben Stark
Script & Screenplay
Allison Brownmoore
Synopsis in English
’The Amazing Adventures of Awesome’ is a
hand-illustrated animated film about a young
autistic girl at the heart of a quiet revolution.
The title makes it clear that this is an imaginative
journey through a fantastic world in which even
the everyday activities are experienced by the
protagonist as an adventure full of incentives and
also some confusion and fear at what he does not
understand well.
Synopsis in Bengali
’িদ আেমিজং অাডেভার অফ অসাম’ একিট হােত আঁকা
অািনেমশন িফ, যা এক নতু ন িবেবর সূচনাকারী।
একিট িতবী িশর উপর িভি কের বানােনা হয়
িসেনমািট। িশেরানাম থেকই বাঝা যাে এিট একিট
কািনক জগেতর মেধ এক অসাধারণ যাা, যখােন
দনিন কমকা ও উীপনাময় অাডেভাের পিরপূণ।
এছাড়াও রেয়েছ িকছু না বাঝা িধা-সংেকাচ।
Editor
Andy Worboys
Producer
George Chignell
Allison Brownmoore
Cinematographer
Allison Brownmoore
Executive Producer
Serena Armitage
Animation
Kevin Smy
Jamie Kendall
Amalie Vilmar
Mairead Ryan
Leading Casts
Robert Logan
Allison Brownmooore is a BAFTA-nominated
design director. She is the co-founder of Blue Spill,
an award-winning boutique design studio based
in Soho, London. As the mother of an autistic
child, and as an artist with a disability, Allison is
passionate about telling stories that celebrate
being different, and how these differences can be
exciting, engaging, and rewarding.
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THE BALL OF THE CATS
France | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy, Musical | English | South Asian Premiere | 2 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Andrea Kiss
Assistant Director
Jean-Philippe Salvadori
Story
Cécile Corbel
Andrea Kiss
Script & Screenplay
Andrea Kiss
Editor
Andrea Kiss
Jean-Philippe Salvadori
Producer
Lionel Grosheny
Cinematographer
Andrea Kiss
Jean-Philippe Salvadori
Tagline
Sometimes mice are dancing even when the cat is
watching
Synopsis in English
The sudden arrival of a cat in the ball dance of the
mice! But, it kept pretending as if it is a civilized
cat who came to enjoy the ball dance only. But
his sight is locked on a small mouse. His main
intention for coming here today is to catch that
mouse. So, the game of cat-and-mouse begins.
Who will win in the end?
Synopsis in Original Language
L’arrivée soudaine d’un chat dans la danse du bal
des souris! Mais, il a continué à faire semblant que
c’était un chat civilisé qui venait profiter de la danse
du bal uniquement. Mais sa vue est verrouillée
sur une petite souris. Son intention principale en
venant ici aujourd’hui est d’attraper cette souris.
Alors, commence le jeu du chat et de la souris. Qui
va gagner à la fin?
Synopsis in Bengali
ইঁদুরেদর বল নােচর আসের হঠাৎ এক িবড়ােলর আগমন!
ভাব তার এমন, যন ভাজা মাছিট উিেয় খেত জােন না,
সভ িবড়ােলর মত এেসেছ বল নাচ উপেভাগ করেত। তেব
তার নজর ছা একিট ইঁদুেরর উপর, যােক ধরার
উেেশই আজ তার এই বল নােচর আসের আসা।
হল ইঁদুর-িবড়ােলর খলা। শষ পয তেব ক িজতেব?
Animation
Andrea Kiss
Philippe Crozat
Jean-Philippe Salvadori
Andrea Kiss is an animation film director, illustrator,
and graphic artist, who was born in Budapest in 1973.
She graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Crafts
and Design in Budapest and has been working with
animated films since 1990. She has been working as
an animator in different studios like Aardman, Studio
Magica, Studio Ex-ist and on numerous independent
projects.
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THE BICYCLE
Bulgaria | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Bulgarian | International Premiere | 20 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Chris Zahariev
Story
Chris Zahariev
Ivan
Script & Screenplay
Chris Zahariev
Ivan
Editor
Chris Zahariev
Producer
Stanislav Semerdjiev
Original Title
Колелото
Synopsis in English
The story is about an interesting and unusual
bonding between Bai Kiro, the feeble keeper of the
cherry garden, and his irrational and irresponsible
appointed assistant, Lacho. The film shows how
their bonding goes with the story altogether.
Synopsis in Original Language
Историята разказва за интересна и необичайна
връзка между Бай Киро, немощния пазач на
черешовата градина и неговия ирационален
и безотговорен назначен асистент Лачо и как
свързването им съвпада с историята като цяло.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট চির বাগােনর দুবল পাহারাদার বাই িকেরা এবং তার
দািয়ানহীন সহকারী লােচার মধকার অু ত ও মজাদার
সক তু েল ধের। িফিটেত দখা যায়, কীভােব িদেন
িদেন তােদর মেধ গেড় উেঠ একিট আিরকতার সক।
Cinematographer
Chris Zahariev
Leading Casts
Valentin Andreev
Chris Zahariev is a twenty-two years old filmmaker
& traveller. He won ’Most Inspirational Person’
award by the National Bulgarian Television & Radio
in 2018 and “Top Inspirational Young Person” in
2019 for directing the viral documentary web-series
called ‘Getting Lost On Purpose’.
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THE BOY AND
THE MOUNTAIN
Chile | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Spanish | 11 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Santiago Aguilera
Gabriel Monreal
Story
Pablo Aguirre
Santiago Aguilera
Kylie Trupp
Gabriel Monreal
Script & Screenplay
Santiago Aguilera
Gabriel Monreal
Editor
Santiago Aguilera
Gabriel Monreal
Producer
Santiago Aguilera
Gabriel Monreal
Cinematographer
Santiago Aguilera
Gabriel Monreal
Original Title
El niño y la monta
Synopsis in English
Hernan is a child who likes daydreaming, but in
his studies, he is not doing well at all. His father
constantly urges him to improve, advising him that
he must become very successful in life. Hernan
dispenses with his dream, gradually forgets to
devote himself to his studies. Over time, after
becoming a successful entrepreneur, Hernan
achieves the dream that his father instilled in him,
becoming successful. Until one day, he realizes
that he has not really achieved the thing he always
longed for. Then he makes a crucial decision
to fulfill his dream, but fate plays tricks on him.
Hernan faces a new challenge that will change the
meaning of his life.
Synopsis in Original Language
Hernán is a child who likes to daydreaming, but
in his studies, he is not doing well at all. His father
constantly urges him to improve, advising him that
he must reach very high to succeed in life. Hernán
dispenses with his dream, gradually forgetting it
to devote himself to his studies. Over time, and
already become a successful entrepreneur, Hernán
achieves the dream that his father instilled in him,
reach high, until one day he will realize that he has
not really achieved something he always longed
for. Then he will make the crucial decision to fulfill
his dream, but fate will play tricks on him. Hernán
will have to face a new challenge that will change
the meaning.
Synopsis in Bengali
হারনান ছেলিট দখেত ভােলাবােস িক পড়ােশানায়
স মােটও ভােলা ফলাফল করেছ না। তার বাবা তােক
সবসময় আেরা ভােলা করার তািগদ দয়, তােক বাঝায় য
জীবেন সফলতার ছাঁয়া পেত হেল অেনক উঁচু েত উঠেত
হেব। স ধীের ধীের িনেজর েক ভু েল পড়ােশানায়
মেনােযাগী হয় এবং একসময় স হেয় ওেঠ একজন সফল
উেদাা। হারনান তার বাবার সািরত সফলতার িশখের
ওঠার িটেক পূরণ কের িঠকই, িক একিদন স বুঝেত
পাের তার আকাার িটেক স কানিদনই পুরণ
কেরিন। স তার পূরেণর জন দৃঢ়িত হবার িসা
নয় িক িনয়িতও যন তার সােথ এক কিঠন খলা
খলেছ। এমতাবায় হারনানেক নতু ন সব চােলের
মুেখামুিখ হেত হেব যা তার জীবন বদেল দেব।
109
Santiago Aguilera is a publicist, audiovisual communicator, and art
director with 25 years of experience in the graphic computing market. He
studied postproduction of visual effects for Cinema and Advertisement
in Chile. He also attended several animation campaigns such as COPEC,
Chile’s latest Viva Leer 2018 campaign in 10 animated stories. He was
awarded an Effie Award in 2018.

THE BROKEN COLOURED
PENCILS
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Biography | Persian | International Premiere | 10 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Abtin Amiri
Story
Abtin Amiri
Zhra Amiri
Synopsis in English
The movie tells the story of some memorable
incidents. These memories are of a student who
is studying psychology. The memories embark on
the journey of his young age and the movie tells us
more.
Synopsis in Bengali
চলিিট িকছু ৃিতময় ঘটনােক িঘের। ৃিতেলা একিট
ছেলর, স মেনািবােনর ছা। এই ৃিতেলােত রেয়েছ
তার ছেলেবলার গ, যা এই চলিের মেধ িদেয় কাশ
পায়।
Script & Screenplay
Abtin Amiri
Zhra Amiri
Editor
Abtin Amiri
Producer
Abtin Amiri
Cinematographer
Abtin Amiri
Abtin Amiri is the director of ‘The Broken Coloured
Pencils’. Before this film, he made two other short
films called ‘Drugs’ and ‘Wake Up Baby’. He is a
student of Psychology and lives in Tehran, Iran.
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THE CASTLE
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Persian | Bangladesh Premiere | 37 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Saba Ghasemi
Story
Saba Ghasemi
Script & Screenplay
Saba Ghasemi
Editor
Mojtaba Esmaeilzade
Producer
Saba Ghasemi
Original Title
قلعه
Tagline
Some castles are made by bricks, some are made
by books; but all castles stand by memories.
Synopsis in English
There are only twenty-three days left until the
house is demolished. Arya is back home to pack
his books. He asks for help from a waste collector
named Qasem. Qasem asks if he can stay in the
house until the demolition and finally Arya agrees.
Synopsis in Bengali
বািড় ভে ফলার আর মা তইশ িদন বািক আেছ।
আিরয়া তার বই ছােত বািড় িফের এেসেছ। স কােশম
নােম এক আবজনা সংহকারেকর কােছ সাহায চায়।
কােশম িজেস কের, বািড় ভে ফলার আগ পয স
সই বািড়িটেত থাকেত পারেব িকনা এবং অবেশেষ আিরয়া
রািজ হয়।
Cinematographer
Vahid Ebrahimi
Saba Ghasemi was born in Iran in 1993. She did
her BA in Cinema and MA in Dramatic Literature
from the Art University of Tehran. Ghasemi works
as a scriptwriter and director in Iran.
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THE CHICK
Turkey | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Turkish | International Premiere | 8 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Turgut Kanal
Story
Turgut Kanal
Script & Screenplay
Turgut Kanal
Editor
Turgut Kanal
Producer
Turgut Kanal
Cinematographer
Ahmet Abdullah Karaca
Leading Casts
Mehmet Ali açil
Kuzey Çatak
Vesile Nehir Kizilay
Original Title
Ci̇vci̇v
Tagline
Sharing is caring.
Synopsis in English
The year is 1990. Hasan lives in a small village with
two children Merve and Sefa who are studying
in a primary school. For a long time, the children
wanted him to buy chicks. However, there is a
problem. Children can not share these two yellow
chicks and quarrel all the time. Which chick is
whose? As a solution, Hasan marked the wing of
one of the chicks in red. The red marked chick
belongs to Merve. The problem seems to be
solved. As the days pass, the marked chick gets
sick. And one day, when Merve is at school, the
marked chick dies. Sefa buries the chick and thinks
about how to convey this sad news to his sister.
Synopsis in Original Language
Hasan ilkokula giden 2 çocuğu ile küçük bir köyde
yaşamaktadır. Çocukların ısrarı üzerine pazardan 2
civciv satın almıştır. Ancak çocuklar bu 2 sarı civcivi
paylaşamayıp tartışırlar. Hangi civciv kimindir?
Hasan çözüm olarak civcivin birinin kanadına
kırmızı boya sürer. Boyalı olan civciv Merve’nindir.
Sorun giderilmiş gibidir ama günler gelip geçerken
kırmızı boyalı civciv hastalanır ve Merve okuldayken
Sefa’nın gözleri önünde ölür. Sefa ablasının
üzülmemesi için bu kötü haberi nasıl vereceğini
düşünürken aklına ilginç bir fikir gelir.
Synopsis in Bengali
১৯৯০ সাল। হাসান নােমর এক যুবক তার দুই সান মাভ
ও শফা ক সােথ িনেয় এক ছাট গাঁেয় বাস কেরন। তার
ু ল পড়ু য়া সােনরা তার কােছ বিদন ধের আবদার
করেছ তােদর মুরিগর ছানা িকেন দওয়ার জন। হাসান
তােদর িকেন িদেলন িক দখা িদল এক নতু ন সমসা।
তােদর এই হলুদ মুরিগছানা দুেটার ভাগাভািগ িনেয় বেধ
যত ঝগড়া। কান মুরিগ ছানািট কার? সমাধানপ,
হাসান একিট মুরিগছানার ডানায় লাল রেঙর দাগ কেট
িদেলন। লাল দাগ িচিত ছানািট মােভর। সমসািটর
সমাধান হেলও িদন যতই যািল, মােভর ছানািট ততই
অসু হিল। একিদন মাভ যখন ু েল িছল, তখন তার
ছানািট মারা যায়। শফা ছানািটেক কবর িদেয় দয় এবং
িচায় পেড় যায় িকভােব স তার বানেক এ দুঃেখর
সংবাদিট জানােব।
Turgut Kanal is a thirty years old forensic doctor at the Uludag University
Hospital. He lives in Bursa, Turkey. He has been interested in short films since
his university years. Every day, he faces new human stories in the autopsy
room which helps him write scripts. He hopes that the viewers of his films can
empathize with the characters.
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THE ELEVENTH STEP
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Persian | Bangladesh Premiere | 11 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Maryam Kashkoolinia
Story
Based on “The Eleventh Step”
Kanoon
Script & Screenplay
Maryam Kashkoolinia
Maryam Chalesh
Editor
Mohammad Naseri
Producer
Kanoon
Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi
Synopsis in English
‘The 11th Step’ is about a little lion cub who was
born in a zoo and lives in a small ten steps long
cage. On the eleventh step, he bangs his head
against the bars. But one day, the zookeeper
leaves the cage door open. Will the lion cub dare to
take one more step toward its freedom?
Synopsis in Original Language
مرحله یازدهم“‏ در مورد توله شیر است که در باغ وحش به دنیا آمده“‏
و در قفسی زندگی می کند که فقط ده قدم طول دارد.‏ در پله یازدهم
سرش را به میله ها می کوبد ، اما یک روز نگهبان باغ وحش در قفس را
باز می گذارد.‏ با این حال ، توله شیر هرگز جرات ی کند یک قدم دیگر
‏.به سمت آزادی خود بردارد
Synopsis in Bengali
‘দ ইেলেভ প’ ৈদঘ চলিিট িচিড়য়াখানায় জ
নয়া একিট িসংহ শাবকেক িনেয় িনিমত। ছাট িসংহিট ১০
কদম লা একিট খাঁচায় থােক। শাবকিটর ১১তম কদেম
খাঁচায় তার মাথা ঠু েক যায়। িক একিদন িচিড়য়াখানা
দখােশানাকারী ভু লবশত খাঁচার দরজািট খালা রেখ যায়।
িসংহ শাবকিট িক সাহস করেব আেরা এক ধাপ এিগেয়
মুির াদ হণ করার?
Leading Casts
Mehdi Sabaei
Maryam Kashkoolinia, born in 1967, holds a B.A.
in Graphics and an M.A. in Animation. She has
12 years of experience in poster and book cover
design. She is the author of the film ‘In Memory...’,
an award-winning short animation about the
survivors of the great Bam earthquake. ‘Tunnel’ and
‘In Our Home’ is her other films.
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THE FLYING HANDS
Italy | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 8 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Giovanni Meola
Story
Giovanni Meola
Script & Screenplay
Giovanni Meola
Editor
Giovanni Meola
Producer
Giovanni Meola
Cinematographer
Giovanni Meola
Leading Casts
Sarah Tabibzadehcharacter
ENRICA SCIANDRONE
Giovanni Meola
Synopsis in English
Simon, a five-year-old, falls in love with the piano
played by his old grandfather, who magnificently
plays without even reading any sheet. But when
his grandfather disappears, the child is not able
to do anything but stare at the piano. The piano is
too tall and big for him to play. So, he looks at the
sky and plays with his hands. His parents cannot
explain where his grandfather has gone. Suddenly,
a shining star glimpse in front of her eyes.
Synopsis in Original Language
“Quando è un bambino a raccontare una favola
agli adulti” Simon, un bambino di cinque anni, si
innamora del pianoforte suonato dal nonno, che
suona magnificamente senza nemmeno leggere
alcun foglio. Ma quando il nonno scompare,
il bambino non può fare altro che fissare il
pianoforte, troppo alto e troppo grande per lui
e ... ‘suonare’ l’aria con le mani. I suoi genitori
non sanno come spiegare dove sia suo nonno è
andato ma intanto il bambino intravede una stella
splendente nel cielo. questo nonostante l’età e
la differenza di età. “The Flying Hands” è la storia
di un bambino nato dal fascino che diventa arte
crescendo.
Synopsis in Bengali
পাঁচ বছর বয়সী সাইমন তার বৃ দাদার িপয়ােনা বাজােনার
েম পেড় যায়। তার দাদা িপয়ােনার কােনা নাট না
দেখই দুদা িপয়ােনা বাজােতন। িক সাইমেনর দাদা
একিদন ট কের িনেখাঁজ হেয় গেল সাইমেনর িপয়ােনার
িদেক তািকেয় থাকা ছাড়া িকছুই করার থােকনা। কারণ
িপয়ােনািট ওর উতা থেক অেনক লা। তাই স
আকােশর িদেক তািকেয় বাতােস িপয়ােনা বাজায়। তার
বাবা-মাও তার দাদা কাথায় গেছন তা জানেতন না। তেব
এরই মেধ, িশিট আকােশ একিট লল নের ঝলক
দেখ।
Giovanni Meola is a playwright, screenwriter, film
director, art director, and owner of an independent
production company. He has directed seven short
films with prominent Italian actors which earned
him dozens of awards. Coming soon, his first long
feature film, ‘The Conversion.’ ‘The Flying Hands’ is
his first animation film.
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THE HAPPINESS OF SOME
France | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | French | South Asian Premiere | 8 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Laure de Châteaubourg
Clémence Janssens
Frédéric Mesnard
Elora Fievet
Julien Hoareau
Thomas Gillon
Story & Screenplay
Laure de Châteaubourg
Clémence Janssens
Frédéric Mesnard
Elora Fievet
Julien Hoareau
Thomas Gillon
Editor
Thomas Gillon
Producer
Philippe Meis
Original Title
Le Bonheur Des Uns
Synopsis in English
Achille is a dairy farmer. His son, Félix comes to
visit his father for a weekend. During his son’s visit,
this young father who is exhausted by his work and
slowly giving up on his passion will be confronted
by his son. Will he be passionate about the work
and bring life to the farm once again?
Synopsis in Original Language
Achille est un éleveur laitier dont le fils, Félix, vient
lui rendre visite le temps d’un week end. Pendant
ce court séjour, la vision du métier d’éleveur de ce
jeune père, épuisé par le travail et dont la passion
le quitte peu à peu, va être confrontée à celle de
son fils, passionné par ce métier et la vie au sein de
la ferme.
Synopsis in Bengali
আিশেল একজন রাখাল। তার পু ফিল সাহ শেষ
তার সে দখা করেত আেস। তার ছেলর সাাৎকােল
কােজর চােপ পেড় া ও পিরা হেয় পড়া এই বাবা
তার জীবেনর সকল ইা-আকাা থেক আহ হািরেয়
ফলেছ। এমনিট দেখ তার ছাট ছেলিট তােক িজেস
কের, িতিন িক আবারও নতু ন উদেম কাজ কের তার ফাম
এবং জীবেন আন িফিরেয় আনেত উদমী হেবন?
Cinematographer
Laure de Châteaubourg
Clémence Janssens
Frédéric Mesnard
Elora Fievet
Julien Hoareau
Thomas Gillon
Laure de Châteaubourg, Clémence Janssens,
Frédéric Mesnard, Elora Fievet, Julien Hoareau
and Thomas Gillon have graduated from Rubika
Animation school situated at Valenciennes, France
with a Masters in Digital Direction. In 2020, they all
together directed the short film ‘The Happiness Of
Some’.
115

THE LAST DAY
OF AUTUMN
Switzerland | 2019 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Adventure, Comedy, Sports | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 7 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Marjolaine Perreten
Story
Marjolaine Perreten
Script & Screenplay
Marjolaine Perreten
Editor
Marjolaine Perreten
Zoltan Horvath
Producer
Nicolas Burlet
Original Title
Le dernier jour d’automne
Synopsis in English
Some different forest animals secretly collect
abandoned bike parts with the intention to build
vehicles that fit their sizes. A great race is in the
preparation. It is the last day of Autumn race.
Synopsis in Original Language
Des animaux de la forêt rassemblent secrètement
des pièces de vélos abandonnés dans l’intention
de construire des véhicules adaptés à leur gabarit.
Une grande course se prépare. La course du
Dernier jour d’Automne.
Synopsis in Bengali
বেনর িকছু প-পািখ গাপেন সাইেকেলর িবিভ পিরত
অংশ জাগাড় করেছ। উেশ একটাই, িনেজেদর সুিবধামত
উপযু বাহন তির করা। এই িবিচ বাহনেলা িদেয় এক
দুদা িতেযািগতা আর হেত যাে। এটা শরেতর শষ
িদেনর িতেযািগতা।
Cinematographer
Marjolaine Perreten
Marjolaine Perreten was born in 1990 in
Lausanne, Switzerland. She studied Multimedia
Design at ERACOM in Lausanne, Switzerland from
2009 to 2012. After working at Nadasdy Film,
L’Enclume, and ‘Vivement Lundi!’, she admitted into
the La Poudrière School in Valence, France. She is
now working at Nadasdy Film as an animation film
director.
116

THE LAST EMBRACE
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2018 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Saman Hosseinpuor
Story
Saman Hosseinpuor
Script & Screenplay
Saman Hosseinpuor
Editor
Saman Hosseinpuor
Tagline
The little girl wants to show her drawing to her
family, but everybody is busy.
Synopsis in English
The story follows a little girl, her drawing and
her pursuit of wanting to show it to her family.
No one in the family has time for her as they are
constantly busy with their phones. Having found
no one willing to see her drawing, she dejectedly
approaches her grandfather.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট একিট ছা মেয় এবং তার আঁকা একিট ছিব িনেয়,
যিট স তার পিরবােরর সকলেক দখােত চায়। তেব
কােরারই মেনােযাগ িদেয় ছিবিট দখার সময় হেনা
কননা তারা তােদর মুেঠােফােনর মােঝ ব। কাউেক
ছিবিট দখােত না পের মেয়িট আশাহত হেয় তার দাদার
কােছ যায়।
Logline
The little girl wants to show her drawing to her
family but.
Producer
Saman Hosseinpuor
Cinematographer
Zanyar Lotfi
Leading Casts
Zhona Sajadi
Fereiduon AliRamai
Rashid Hosseinpuor
Ali Panahi
Mohammad Panahi
Nima Hosseini
Parvin Falahi
Kazhal Safeghi
Saman Hosseinpuor was born in Saqez,
Kurdestan, Iran, in 1993. He started acting
in theatre at the age of fourteen and started
filmmaking back in 2008. In the meantime, he
began writing short stories.
117

THE LEGEND OF ORIOL
Spain | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | Spanish | South Asian Premiere | 22 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Rubén Jiménez Sanz
Story
Rubén Jiménez Sanz
Juanjo Buendía
Script & Screenplay
Rubén Jiménez Sanz
Juanjo Buendía
Editor
Rubén Jiménez Sanz
Original Title
La leyenda de Oriol
Synopsis in English
Oriol is a typical six-year-old child suffering from
cancer who will face the disease with his mother’s
love and faith in his favourite fictional character, “El
Zorro”. Will he triumph?
Synopsis in Original Language
Oriol es un niño con cáncer que se enfrentará a la
enfermedad con la ayuda del amor de su madre y
la fe en su personaje de ficción favorito, “El Zorro”.
Synopsis in Bengali
অিরওল, কাাের আা ছয় বছেরর এই িশিট জীবন
যুে লড়াইেয়র হািতয়ার িহেসেব বেছ িনেয়েছ মােয়র
িনঃাথ ভালবাসা এবং তার িয় কািনক চির ‘এল
জােরা’ ক। স িক পারেব কাারেক জয় করেত?
Producer
Juanjo Buendía
Cinematographer
Jero Forradellas
Rubén Jiménez Sanz, a director, an actor and a
screenwriter, who was born in Palma de Mallorca
in 1983. He studied filmmaking in Barcelona and
began his career in cinema on various films as an
actor. As a director, he has directed several video
clips and short films.
118

THE PAINTED LADYBIRD
Ireland | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy | English | International Premiere | 2 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Emily Miller
Story
Emily Miller
Script & Screenplay
Emily Miller
Tagline
Tolerance and understanding
Synopsis in English
‘The Painted Lady’ is a short film made for children
to increase their tolerance and understanding
ability in them. It aims to evoke empathy in people
towards anyone who has ever felt ostracized for
any reason.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘দ পইেড লিডবাড’ িশেদর জন বানােনা একিট
ৈদঘ চলি, যা িশেদর আেরা সহনশীল ও
বাধশিস হেত সাহায করেব। চলিিটর ল
মানুেষর মােঝ সহমিমতার সৃি করা যােত কউ কখেনা
অসহায় বাধ করেল সকেল তার িত সহানুভবতার পিরচয়
দয়।
Editor
Emily Miller
Producer
Emily Miller
Cinematographer
Emily Miller
Art Director
Emily Miller
Emily Miller is a visual artist in Ireland. By working
across a wide range of media, Emily’s aim is to
spread positive messages in an exciting and socially
engaging way. Emily is enthused by technological
developments and also has a strong skill set in the
traditional art forms of painting and drawing, having
exhibited work across Europe and the world.
119

THE PINK RIBBON
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Mohammad Faramarzi
Story
Mohammad Faramarzi
Script & Screenplay
Mohammad Faramarzi
Synopsis in English
‘Pink Ribbon’ is the story of a young boy and girl
whose mother is suffering from cancer. The little
girl is convinced that if she shares her wish with
a balloon, the balloon will rise up to heaven and
reach God. Her wish would then be fulfilled.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘িপংক িরবন’ একিট মেয় এবং একিট ছেলর গ িনেয়
িনিমত যােদর মা কাাের আা। ছা মেয়িট িবাস
কের য যিদ স একিট বলুেনর কােছ তার মােক সু
কের দওয়ার ইা বেল তােক আকােশ উিড়েয় দয়,
বলুনিট েগ পেছ যােব যখােন ঈর থােকন। ঈর
তার ইািট েন হয়ত পূরণ কের িদেবন।
Editor
Ehsan Akbari
Producer
Mohammad Faramarzi
Cinematographer
Omid Mirzaee
Leading Casts
Amir Mozaffari
Tiam Fathollahi
Mohammad Faramarzi was born on October 23,
1989, in Ilam, Iran. He completed his university
education in Geography and then graduated from
the Iranian Youth Cinema Society with a degree in
Filmmaking. Pink Ribbon is his first short film.
120

THE SILENCE
OF THE RIVER
Peru | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | English | South Asian Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Francesca Canepa
Story
Francesca Canepa
Script & Screenplay
Francesca Canepa
Editor
Gino Moreno
Original Title
El silencio del rio
Synopsis in English
Juan, a nine-year-old Peruvian boy, lives with
his aphonic dad in a floating house on the
breathtaking Amazon River. This idyllic background
sets an allegorical journey into the rainforest
jungle, where nature, gender, truth and all things
begin to reveal the identity of his dad.
Synopsis in Bengali
য়ান, নয় বছেরর একিট পিভয়ান বালক, তার
বাকিতবী বাবার সােথ অামাজন নদীর ওপের একিট
ভাসমান বািড়েত থােক। এই অপপ সুর পটভূ িম,
অামাজন রইনফেরে একিট পক মেনর সূচনা কের,
যখােন কৃ িত তার বাবার পিরচয় কাশ করেত
কের।
Producer
Jimena Hospina
Cinematographer
Christian Valera
Leading Casts
Wilson Isminio Cruz
Francesca Canepa is a Peruvian filmmaker who
recently completed her second film, the awardwinning
short film ‘El Silencio del Río’.
She studied cinema at the University of Montpellier
and holds a Masters Degree in Cinematography
from the ESCAC, the Cinema School of Catalunya.
121

THE THREAD
India | 2018 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Color | Drama | Malayalam | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Nehjul Huda Palliparambath
Story
Nehjul Huda Palliparambath
Script & Screenplay
Nehjul Huda Palliparambath
Editor
Santhosh Inform
Producer
Nehjul Huda Palliparambath
Cinematographer
Vahid Inform
Leading Casts
Anurag U
Rifa Shalees
Mm Purathoor
Mammutty Tirur
Original Title
Noolu
Synopsis in English
The Thread ‘(Noolu)’ is a short film which travels
through the little world of a ten-year-old child
named Vishnu. The film is about how social bullying
affects Vishnu’s small world and what he has faced.
A spotlight is shed on society’s failure in the fields
of welfare, charity and how it affects the life of a
child.
Synopsis in Original Language
നൂല് എന്ന ഷോ ട്ട് ഫിലിം പത്ത്
വയസ്സുള്ള വിഷ്ണു എന്ന പേരുള്ള
കുട്ടിയുടെ ലോകത്തിലൂടെയുള്ള യാത്രയാണ്.
സമൂഹത്തിലെ അസമത്വം എങ്ങനെയാണ്
വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ചെറിയ ലോകത്തെ
ബാധിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് കാണിച്ച് തരുന്നു
സിനിമ. സമുഹത്തിലെ ക്ഷേമ,ദാന മേഖലകളി
നിലനി ക്കുന്ന കാപട്യങ്ങ ഒരു കുട്ടിയെ ഏത്
രീതിയി ബാധിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് പറയുന്നുണ്ട്
സിനിമ.
Synopsis in Bengali
দ ড ‘(নুলু)’ গিট এেগায় ‘বুিলং’ এর িশকার দশ
বছেরর একিট বালেকর ছা জগতেক িঘের। কলাণ ও
দাতব ে সমােজর বথতা এবং কীভােব এিট একিট
িশর জীবেন ভাব ফেল– স িবষেয়ই আেলাকপাত করা
হেয়েছ এই ৈদঘ চলিে।
Nehjul Huda Palliparambath is an Indian
(Malayalam) short film director and a screenwriter,
hailing from Tirur, Malappuram, Kerala. The film
‘Noolu’ is his directorial debut, which has won
several awards and accolades. He foresees a future
career in film.
122

THE TOUCHING
Czech Republic | 2020 | HD | 1.33:1 (4:3) | Black and white | Drama, History | Czech | Bangladesh Premiere | 39 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Story, Screenplay & Direction
Dominik György
Editor
Dominik György
Ema Adamove
Producer
Natália Pavlove
Cinematographer
Lubomír Ballek
Costume
Dominik György
Petr Vaněk
Alexandra Chernomashyntseva
Visual Effects
Radoslav Zákutný
Sound Engineer
Anna Kolářová
Original Title
Dotýkání
Tagline
Touches that will touch you for the rest of your life.
Synopsis in English
Behind the door of David’s and Mark’s room,
there is a hidden secret that is born from their
mutual self-discovery. Time barrels on and Marek
eventually loses touch with his teenage curiosity.
Realization dawns on him, what they did may be
very well that has crossed brotherly love. Young
David fails to understand this and chaos soon
ensues.
Synopsis in Original Language
Za dveřmi Davidova a Markova pokoje se skrývá
tajemství jejich vzájemného sebeobjevování. Když
se ale u Marka dospíváním dětská zvědavost vytratí,
uvědomí si, že překročili hranice bratrské lásky, což
mladší David ještě nedokáže pochopit.
Synopsis in Bengali
মাক ও ডিভড, এই দুই ভাইেয়র একটা গাপন খলা
আেছ, যা আর কউ জােন না, এমনিক তােদর মাও না।
হঠাৎ একিদন মাক যখন গাপন খলািট খলেত আপি
জানায়, উদীব ডিভড তখন মিরয়া হেয় উেঠ, যার
ফলাফল ধুই িবশৃলতা।
Background Music
Lenka Molčányiová
Leading Casts
Heřman Tajovský
Kryštof Brand
Lída Jakubův
Jana Oľhová
Erika Stárková
Václav Barták
Dominik György was born in Veľký Krtíš, Slovakia
on June 5, 1998. He studied Audiovisual Arts,
Cinematography, Sound, and Film Editing at a
private high school of film arts in Košice, Slovakia.
He studied Film Direction and graduated from
FAMU (Film and TV School of Academy of
Performing Arts) in Prague, Czech Republic.
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THE TREE HAS
BEEN PLANTED
Argentina | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | History, Musical | English | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Story, Screenplay & Director
Irene Blei
Editor
Gustavo Gorzalczany
Producer
Dalia Edelstein
Cinematographer
Irene Blei
Gustavo Gorzalczany
Roberto Zambrino
Art Director
Pipi Spósito
Music Director
Sergio Desanze - Pepa Pascal
Director of Photography
Mariana Russo
Sound Director
Mariano Fernández
Original Title
El árbol ya fue plantado
Tagline
Something that has been planted will always find a
way to last.
Synopsis in English
Planting a tree has a simple and direct objective.
Whoever complies with it will be able to see it grow
and enjoy its shadow. You will be able to listen to
the birds, sheltered in its branches. An ineffective
or authoritarian regime will not tolerate what is
done without expressing consent, not even in the
case of beautiful and productive acts, to hold onto
power beyond all reason. A tree thrives to flourish.
Eventually, even when the visibility is cut down, it
could still find a way to last.
Synopsis in Original Language
Plantar un árbol tiene un objetivo sencillo y directo.
Quien lo cumpla podrá verlo crecer para solazarse
en su sombra. Disfrutará de su perfume y del
canto de los pájaros en sus ramas. Un régimen
ineficaz y autoritario no tolerará aquello que se
realice sin consentimiento, ni siquiera tratándose
de un acto bello, enfocado en asirse al poder más
allá de la razón. Un árbol echa raíces para florecer.
Y eventualmente, si se arranca lo visible, su esencia
halla un modo de sobreponerse para perdurar.
Synopsis in Bengali
গাছ লাগােনার একিট সহজ ও উেশ রেয়েছ। য
এই উেশ মেন চেল, স গাছিটেক বাড়েত দখার সুেযাগ
পােব এবং এর ছায়া উপেভাগ করেত পারেব। গােছ আয়
নওয়া পািখেদর গান নেত পারেব। কৃ িত াচারী ও
কতৃ িয়, স কােনা অসামসতা পছ কের না।
সৗেযর যুি দিখেয়ও কােনা নর শি তা বদলােত
পাের না, কারণ কৃ িতর শি সকল যুি-তেকর ঊে।
গােছর শকড় বাড়েত থােক। এমনিক, ব বাধা থাকেলও
এিট কৃ িতর মােঝ বঁেচ থাকার পথ খুঁেজ নয়।
Irene Blei is an independent filmmaker, a teacher
and a researcher, who is specialized in doing
animation. She is the founder of an audiovisual
techniques art school for kids and youths. She
was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires.
Blei also wrote a book and numerous articles on
animation, teaching and creation.
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THIS IS MY NIGHT
Egypt | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Yusuf Noaman
Story
Ahmed Ehab Abdelwareth
Script & Screenplay
Ahmed Ehab Abdel Wareth
Yusuf Noaman
Synopsis in English
A mother decided to enjoy a day out with her son
who suffers from Down Syndrome. She heads
to a classy Cairo town to enjoy some ice-cream
but instead of that, she faces a great struggle.
However, she insists on capturing a happy moment
for both herself and her son.
Synopsis in Bengali
একজন মা ও তার ডাউন িসনোেম আা ছেলর
লড়াইেয়র গ এিট। েতকিট িদন এই মােয়র কােছ
এেককিট যু। ছেলেক িনেয় কায়েরার এক অিভজাত
শহের আইসিম উপেভাগ করাও যন তার কােছ পবত
জেয়র শািমল। িক, মা হাল ছেড় দওয়ার পাী নন।
চরম িতকূ লতার মােঝও মা ও ছেল তােদর িনেজেদর
মত কের আন খুঁেজ পেত সংকব।
Editor
Mohamed Mamdouh
Producer
Rasha Gawdat
Cinematographer
Moustaf aElkashef
Leading Casts
Nahed El Sebaeiy
Amr Hosam Eldin
Sherif Desouky
Yusuf Noaman graduated from the Faculty of
Applied Arts and worked as a graphic designer.
Then, he studied Filmmaking at the French
University in Cairo. In 2016, he directed his short
feature film ‘Jamila’ which participated in several film
festivals. It was his graduation film. ‘This Is My Night’
is his second short film.
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THIS SIDE, OTHER SIDE
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | 9 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Lida Fazli
Story
Lida Fazli
Script & Screenplay
Lida Fazli
Tagline
No boundaries can prevent friendships.
Synopsis in English
The film tells us how no border can prevent the
formation of friendship, affection between children.
It gives us an understanding that the world of
adults, like the world of children, can be full of
peace and friendship too!
Synopsis in Bengali
িফিটর মূল সুর হল বু । ছাট বাােদর মােঝ
ভােলাবাসা ও মায়ার গভীর বন কান সীমােরখা িদেয়
আটকােনা সব নয়। এই আশা থােক বড়েদর জেনও।
িশেদর মত তােদর পৃিথবীটাও যন হয় শাি ও বু ে
ভরপুর।
Editor
Lida Fazli
Producer
Lida Fazli
Cinematographer
Lida Fazli
Lida Fazli was born in 1977, Iran. She gained her
diploma in 1994. Graduated from the Al Zahra
University of Tehran. Fazli received her BA degree
in Designing and an MA degree in Animation from
the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran. At the
moment, she works as a newspaper cartoonist.
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TOBI AND THE TURBOBUS
Germany | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Comedy | English | International Premiere | 7 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Verena Fels
Assistant Director
Marc Angele
Story
Verena Fels
Synopsis in English
‘Tobi and the Turbobus’ is a heartwarming story
about growing up in a wolf pack and finding the
right place for yourself. This is not easy because
growing up sometimes means growing out of an
old friendship. So it might be better to go on than
to hold on. It is a story about finding out what real
friendship is worth.
Synopsis in Bengali
এক নকেড়ছানার বেড় ওঠা আর িনেজর জায়গা খুঁেজ
নয়ার এক গ ’টিব অা দা টােবাবাস’। কাজিট সহজ
নয়। কারণ, িকছু িকছু ে বেড় ওঠার মােন হেলা
পুেরােনা বু ের থেক ধীের ধীের দূের সের যাওয়া। তাই,
হয়েতা ধের রাখার চেয় এিগেয় যাওয়াই সহজ। এিট
সিতকােরর বু খুঁেজ পাওয়ার একিট গ।
Script & Screenplay
Verena Fels
Editor
Verena Fels
Producer
Verena Fels
Cinematographer
Verena Fels
Sound Director
Christian Heck
Verena Fels is an independent director and
filmmaker born in Biberach, Germany. The
children’s book to the film ‘Mobile’ was published by
the Esslinger-Thienemann and was also designed
by Verena Fels.
127

TOC
Spain | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Action | No Dialogue | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Aitor Herrero
Story
Aitor Herrero
Synopsis in English
Toc is a prehistoric man with obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Life is obviously harder for him with the
disorder he has but the love story he is going to
live will be so spectacular and memorable that, it
will be remembered till the present day.
Synopsis in Bengali
টক একজন াৈগিতহািসক মানুষ যার অবেসিসভ
কালিসভ িডজঅডার রেয়েছ। তার এই মানিসক সমসার
জন তার জীবনযাপন বশ অিদায়কই বেট। তেব খুব
শীই স এমন এক ভােলাবাসার গে জড়ােব যা বতমান
িদন পযও মানুষ ভু লেব না।
Script & Screenplay
Aitor Herrero
Editor
Joel Ases
Producer
Álvaro Iranzo Barreira
Cinematographer
Helios Hervas Pellicer
Aitor Herrero started as an art director in ‘Meme y el
Sr Bobo’, produced by MB productions and TVE. Since
then, he has collaborated as a story artist in projects
like the ‘Dragonkeeper’, ‘Memorias de un Hombre en
Pijama’ and ‘Arara, Los Guardianes del Amazonas’. He
has created and shared an innovative teaching project
for 10 years.
128

UNDER THE STORK’S NEST
Armenia | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | Armenian | Bangladesh Premiere | 21 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Ani Oganesyan
Story
Ani Oganesyan
Script & Screenplay
Ani Oganesyan
Editor
Mael Duval
Producer
Ani Oganesyan
Sarik Andreasyan
Original Title
Արագիլի բույնի տակ
Synopsis in English
The film takes place in a small Armenian village.
During a football game, the main character Aaron
unsuccessfully kicks the ball right into the tandoor.
The loss is not great but the ball belongs to his
friend Grieg. Moreover, it was brought from the
World Cup. Now Aaron must return the same ball
to Grieg but family difficulties force Aaron to get
out of the situation himself. What will he do now?
The film tells how children’s friendship and love can
solve any trouble.
Synopsis in Bengali
আেমিনয়ার একিট ছা ােম এই ছিবর গ। ফু টবল
খলার সময় ছিবর মূল চির আরেনর কাছ থেক বলিট
বেখয়ােল একিট চু লায় পেড় যায়। এিট খুব বড় কােনা
ঘটনা না হেলও বলিট িছেলা আর বু েগর। তাছাড়া,
বলিট িছেলা িবকাপ থেক কনা। কােজই, আরনেক
বলিট ফরত িদেতই হেব। িক পািরবািরক নানা সমসা
আরনেক বাধ কের তার এই সমসা িনেজ িনেজই িমটােত।
এখন স কী করেব? চলিিট দখায় কীভােব িশেদর
বু আর ভােলাবাসা য কােনা সমসার সমাধান করেত
পাের।
Logline
Children’s friendship and love can solve any
troubles.
Cinematographer
Mikhail Ovchinnikov
Leading Casts
Eduard Arakelyan
Vahagn Vardanyan
Maria Babloyan
Ani Igityan
Mariam Saryan
Ruzanna Mesropyan
Siranush Yesayan
Alexan Vardanyan
Ani Oganesyan was born in 1990 in the small town of
Artik, Armenia. In 2000, she moved to Russia in the town
of Sarapul. In 2013, she graduated from Udmurt State
University with a degree in Economics and Management.
In 2018, she started studying at VGIK at the Department
of Higher Courses of Film and Television in the
filmmaking direction.
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UROPOKA
India | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | International Premiere | 27 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Soubhik Hazra
Assistant Director
Subhadip Jana
Story & Screenplay
Manasij Banerjee
Editor
Soubhik Hazra
Producer
Soubhik Hazra
Cinematographer
Soubhik Hazra
Original Title
উেড়ােপাকা
Tagline
A journey from dense dark to holly - light
“UROPOkA”
Synopsis in English
Uropoka is actually the name of the main character
of the story and the name has been given by
local boys where Uropoka came just before the
lockdown. He has been established in the story
as a great motivator besides very symbolically he
represents the mirror of time. All the characters of
the movie are very clearly related to the time and
play their role to make a conclusion.
Synopsis in Original Language
উেড়ােপাকা আসেল গিটর মূল চিরের নাম এবং নামিট
ানীয় ছেলরা িদেয়েছ যখােন উেড়ােপাকা লকডাউেনর
িঠক আেগ এেসিছল। গে িতিন একজন দুদা অনুেরক
িহসােব িতিত হেয়েছন পাশাপািশ তীকীভােব িতিন
সমেয়র আয়নার িতিনিধ কেরন। িতিন এেস লকডাউন
কেরিছেলন িক তার মৃতু র পর এই বাতািট চািরত
হেয়েছ য িকছুই ির নয়। সুতরাং, যিদ তাঁর আগমন
মহামারী পিরিিত সৃি কের তেব তার মৃতু অবশই
আমােদর মু জীবেনর িদেক পিরচািলত করেব। মুিভিটর
সম চির সমেয়র সােথ খুব ভােব সিকত। গিট
িবৃতভােব বৃহর সমােজর জন একিট শ বাতা দয়।
Logline
উেড়ােপাকার িবষা ডানায় সমেয়র আয়না, অিভমুখ িবষ
থেক অমৃেতর িদেক। অকারেক িচতার আেন ািলেয়
সই আেলােতই আেলার পেথ পািড় দয় - ‘উেড়ােপাকা’
Leading Casts
Manasij Banerjee
Sanjita
Gourab Mukherjee
Koushik Khan
Urnisha Banerjee
Sivajyoti Sarkar
Soubhik Hazra is a young filmmaker from the
West Bengal of India. After earning an Intermediate
Degree, he decided to set his mind on filmmaking.
Despite being only twenty-one years old, he
made some amazing films over the years as an
independent filmmaker.
130

VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS JERRY
Brazil | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy, Fantasy | Portuguese | Bangladesh Premiere | 14 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Diego Rezende
Story
Diego Rezende
Script & Screenplay
Diego Rezende
Editor
Nyck Maftum
Producer
Diego Rezende
Cinematographer
Vinícius de Lima
Art Director
Camila Kogut
Production Manager
Cláudia Cavalheiro
Original Title
Narratal de Faz de Contos
Tagline
A Christmas with rhyme and lots of confusion
Synopsis in English
On Christmas Eve, after the family reunions and
the city falls asleep, there in an ordinary house. A
boy named Jerry decides to stay awake to take a
picture of Santa Claus. However, Jerry’s plans will
not turn out exactly as he planned because an
unexpected guest will completely change his night.
Synopsis in Original Language
Na noite de Natal, após as reuniões familiares, a
cidade dorme. Mas em uma casa qualquer, um
garoto chamado Juca decide ficar acordado para
fotografar o Papai Noel. No entanto, as ideias
de Juca não ocorrerão da forma como ele havia
planejado, porque um visitante inesperado mudará
completamente a sua noite.
Synopsis in Bengali
িসমাস ইেভর রাত, পুেরা শহর যখন গভীর ঘুেম ম,
জরী নােমর একিট ছা ছেল কােমরা হােত অধীর
অেপায় রেয়েছ সাা েজর ছিব তালার জন। জরী
িক পারেব এই অসাধ সাধন করেত? নািক এক
অতািশত অিতিথর আগমন তার রাতেক পুেরাপুির বদেল
দেব।
Logline
Jerry wants to take a picture of Santa Claus, but
the arrival of an unexpected guest will completely
change his plans.
Music Director
Cesinha Mattos
Background Music
Cesinha Mattos
Leading Casts
Diego Giusti
Fábio Silvestre
Luiz Brambilla
Diego Rezende is a Brazilian director, an actor and a
screenwriter. After graduating in Advertising in 2014,
he entered in the cinematography area. In 2015, he
began his studies in cinema and acting. Since then, he
has worked as an actor in several Brazilian movies and
commercial productions. In 2019/2020, he directed
his first professional film ‘Very Merry Christmas Jerry’.
131

VIRAL GIRL
Philippines | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Tagalog | Bangladesh Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Story
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Script & Screenplay
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Editor
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Producer
Khaye Medina
Andy Valenzuela
Synopsis in English
Kristal is a street kid who later becomes a viral
sensation for singing her own song dedicated to
her mother but behind the online platform, reality
appears. This inevitable reality is what Kristal now
has to face.
Synopsis in Original Language
Si Kristal ay isang batang lansangan na naging viral
sensation dahil sa pag-awit ng kanyang sariling
gawang kanta para sa kanyang ina. Ngunit sa likod
ng online screen, lilitaw ang katotohanan.
Synopsis in Bengali
পথিশ িাল ট কেরই হেয় ওেঠ অনলাইন জগেতর
পিরিচত মুখ। তার মােক িনেয় িনেজর লখা ও তির করা
একিট গান গেয় স উেঠ যায় জনিয়তার তু ে। িক
অনলাইন জগত ও মাবাইল িন এর পছেন য সিতকার
বাবতার জগত, এবার তার মুেখামুিখ হয় িাল।
Cinematographer
Martin Andres
Leading Casts
Krystle Campos
Kenken Nuyad
Arjanmar H. Rebeta is a talented filmmaker. He is a
recipient of the ‘Harvest of Honors’ award for Cinema
by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts,
Film Ambassador by Film Development Council of the
Philippines, Gawad CCP para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at
Video by Cultural Center of the Philippines and Indie Bravo
Award by Inquirer Philippines.
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VIRAL KIDS
Philippines | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | South Asian Premiere | 18 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Story
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Script & Screenplay
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Editor
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Kristine De Leon
Producer
Khaye Medina
Andy Valenzuela
Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Synopsis in English
‘Viral Kids’ is about the trending stories of five
different street children who have their own past
and dreams but being hindered and utilized by an
unknown force behind the online scheme.
Synopsis in Original Language
Ang Viral Kids ay tungkol sa mga “trending” na
kwento ng limang batang magkakaiban sa
lansangan na mayroong sari-sariling nakaraan at
mga pangarap ngunit hinahadlangan at nagagamit
ng isang hindi kilalang puwersa sa likod ng online
scheme.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট পাঁচজন পথিশর। তােদর েতেকর রেয়েছ িনজ
িনজ অতীত এবং । িক অনলাইেনর নানা বড়াজােল
িতিনয়ত চাঁপা পেড় যাে তােদর েলা। হািরেয়
যাে তােদর গেলা। ইারেনেটর কােলা জগেতর
অজানা শি আটেক িদে তােদর। তারা হািরেয় ফলেছ
িনজ সা।
Cinematographer
Martin Andres
Leading Casts
Josh De Guzman
Ashley Sarmiento
Kenken Nuyad
Krystle Campos
Annika Cidro
Soliman Cruz
Arjanmar H. Rebeta received the Harvest of Honors
Award by the National Commission for Culture and the
Arts, and the Indie Bravo Award by Inquirer Philippines.
He was also nominated Film Ambassador by the Film
Development Council of the Philippines. His films have
been selected and awarded in different film festivals in
the Philippines and around the world.
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WEB
Russian Federation | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy | No Dialouge | International Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
10 years and below
Director
Nataša Glišović
Story
Nataša Glišović
Script & Screenplay
Nataša Glišović
Editor
Nataša Glišović
Original Title
Mreža
Synopsis in English
This puppet animation film is about a girl who
is trying to fight against her addiction to social
networks. She, without any interruptions
repeatedly tries to stop herself from drowning any
deeper into social media. Let us see, whether she
can eventually return to her own real world or not!
Synopsis in Bengali
পােপট অািনেমশেনর িসেনমািট তির এক মেয়র
ইারেনট জগেতর আসিেক পরা করার সংােমর গ
িনেয়। সামািজক যাগােযাগ মাধমেলার ওপর িনভরশীল
হেয় পড়া মেয়িট িতিনয়ত চা করেছ িনেজেক
শাধরােত। স িক পারেব ইারেনট জগতেক ফেল
িনেজর জগেত িফের আসেত?
Producer
Iva Ćirić
Cinematographer
Nataša Glišović
Sound Director
Miloš Drndarević
Animation
Tamara Bogovac
Goran Rakić
Ivan Milosavljević
Visual Effects
Mihajlo Dragaš
Luka Petković
Costume
Jovana Matić
Nataša Glišović was born in 1998, in Belgrade. She
graduated in Animation, under Professor Rasko Ćirić
from the Faculty of Applied Arts. ‘Mreža (Web)’ is her
graduation film and her first official animated short
film. Nataša is a freelance illustrator, an animator, and a
graphic designer. She made an animated intermission
jingle for the Balkanima Festival in 2019.
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WHERE NIGHT FALLS
Italy | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure | Italian | International Premiere | 13 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Francesco Filippini
Story
Francesco Filippini
Mariacarla Norall
Roberta Iannarone
Nicoletta Silvestri
Script & Screenplay
Francesco Filippini
Mariacarla Norall
Roberta Iannarone
Nicoletta Silvestri
Editor
Francesco Filippini
Synopsis in English
It is night. Pic, an 8-year-old Native American kid is
at home with his grandmother and grandfather,
who is inside a funeral urn. A flash makes the light
go missing. The two witnesses a series of events,
a wolf attracts their attention, an owl appears
mumbling, and leaves begin to fall. Lights come
back when the grandma discovers the wall full of
Pic’s drawings, in which everything they have seen
is described.
Synopsis in Original Language
Questa è l’avventura di Pic Withman e sua nonna
che devono salvare la propria casa da una
terribile minaccia. La loro missione diventerà un
viaggio sciamanico alla scoperta delle proprie
origini.
Synopsis in Bengali
িনঝু ম রাত। িপক নােমর আট বছর বয়সী এক আিদবাসী
আেমিরকান ছেল তার দাদা-দািদর সে বািড়েত িছেলা।
হঠাৎ, এক বপােত িবদুৎ চেল যায়। এরপর ঘটেত থােক
নানা উট ঘটনা। একিট নকেড় আর একিট পাঁচা তােদর
দৃি আকষণ কের, মাগত গােছর পাতা ঝড়েত থােক।
আেলা আসার পর, দািদ আিবার কেরন দয়ালভিত
িপেকর আঁিকবুঁিক। সখােনই পাওয়া যায় ঘেট যাওয়া সম
ঘটনার বাখা।
Producer
Luciano Stella
Maria Carolina Terzi
Carlo Stella
Cinematographer
Francesco Filippini
Francesco Filippini was born in Naples in 1993.
Following the footsteps of his father, when he was
only thirteen, he started working in the publishing
field, laying out books and signing the book cover of
“In Memory of The True Sparano’s Story”. In 2013, he
joined the animation factory ‘MAD Entertainment’ in
Naples, where he worked on several projects.
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WICKED DESIRES
Italy | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy, Horror | English | South Asian Premiere | 4 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Michele Assante
Story
Michele Assante
Script & Screenplay
Michele Assante
Synopsis in English
Hidden at first glance, there is a cursed shop that
only sells what you desire the most but at a high
price. Who will be its next customer, will he find
what he desires? As the saying goes, “be careful
what you wish for, lest it comes true!”
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট অিভশ দাকান রেয়েছ যা থম দখায় খুঁেজ
পাওয়া মুশিকল। এই দাকােন কবলমা মানুেষর সবেচেয়
আকািত ব িবি করা হয় িক অেনক উমূেল। ক
হেব এই দাকােনর পরবতী াহক, িতিন িক খুঁেজ পােবন
তার আকািত ব? একিট চিলত বাদ রেয়েছ,
“আপিন যা চান স িবষেয় সাবধান থাকু ন, তা না হেল যিদ
সিট সত হয়!”
Editor
Michele Assante
Producer
Michele Assante
Cinematographer
Michele Assante
Michele Assante born in 1992, he is a freelance
journalist with an infinite passion for every kind of
storytelling. As a radio writer and a format creator,
he received several national and international
commendations. Currently, he is taking an MA in
Animation. ‘Wicked Desires’ is his first animated
student project.
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WILD
France | 2020 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Musical | French | International Premiere | 3 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Laura JAMORSKI
Arnaud PEZERE
Camille HUBERT
Story
Laura JAMORSKI
Arnaud PEZERE
Camille HUBERT
Tagline
Adventures of a gecko in the jungle.
Synopsis in English
A small gecko finds himself in a plane, crashing
down towards a jungle. After somehow surviving,
he tries to find his place in this unknown, foreign
environment. He will live a lot of adventures, meet
new species and discover his own way but the
question is, will he make it till the end?
Synopsis in Bengali
েন দূঘটনা ঘটার ফেল েন থাকা একিট িটকিটিক
িনেজেক আিবার কের এক জেলর মােঝ। স এই
অেচনা পিরেবেশ িনেজেক নতু ন ভােব খুঁেজ পায়। নানান
রকম দূদা অিভতা, নতু ন সব জাতীর াণী,
পাকা-মাকেড়র সােথ পিরচেয়র মাধেম স এই নতু ন
জগেত িনেজর জায়গা কের নয়। স িক পারেব শষ পয
জেলর নতু ন পিরেবেশ িটেক থাকেত?
Script & Screenplay
Laura JAMORSKI
Arnaud PEZER
Camille HUBERT
Editor
Vincent CHIAROTTO
Producer
Vincent CHIAROTTO
Synopsis in Original Language
Après un crash d’avion, un petit gecko se retrouve
perdu dans une jungle. Il devra trouver sa place
dans cet environnement inconnu. Il va vivre de
nombreuses aventures, rencontrer d’autres
espèces, et trouver sa voie.
Cinematographer
Laura JAMORSKI
Arnaud PEZERE
Camille HUBERT
Leading Casts
Jérome Yven
Laura JAMORSKI, Arnaud PEZERE and Camille
HUBERT are three students from ECV Bordeaux, France.
They are specialized in 2D and 3D animations. They are
very passionate about it and ‘Wild (2020)’ is the fruit of
their hard work.
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WINTER MEMORIES
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Zahra Kababian
Story
Zahra Kababian
Script & Screenplay
Amir Mahdi Sfdari
Synopsis in English
An elderly woman with Alzheimer’s can periodically
recall a part of her memory. The memory was of
when she tried to weave a scarf for her father who
had gone to war. She kept waiting and waiting but
where is her father? Will he ever return?
Synopsis in Bengali
ৃিতশি ফু িরেয় যাওয়ার রাগ আলেঝইমাের ভু গেছন এক
বৃ মিহলা। টহাট তার ৃিতেলা িফের এেস আবার যন
চেল যায়। এমিন িকছু ৃিতর িমেশেল তার মেন পেড় যায়,
তার বানােনা এক ােফর কথা। িনেজর হােত বুেনিছেলন
সই াফ িতিন তার বাবার জন। িক বাবা কাথায়? বাবা
সই য যুে গল, আর িক িফরেবন না?
Editor
Amir Mahdi Sfdari
Producer
Amir Hossein Salehi
Cinematographer
Zahra Kababian
Zahra Kababian born in December 1989, is an Iranian
filmmaker, a story artist and a designer. She finished
her education at the University of Tehran, Faculty of
Fine Arts, and won numerous awards as a student.
Zahra began her career in animation with two short
animations. Now, she is working on animated TV series
as a storyboard artist.
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YA HOOTA
Qatar | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy | Arabic | International Premiere | 11 min
Suitable Audience
11-15 years
Director
Latifa Al-Darwish
Abdulaziz Yousif
Story
Latifa Al-Darwish
Abdulaziz Yousif
Script & Screenplay
Latifa Al-Darwish
Abdulaziz Yousif
Editor
Latifa Al-Darwish
Abdulaziz Yousif
Synopsis in English
A little girl sets on a journey to save the moon from
a gigantic whale. In this adventurous journey of
hers, she has some help. Her brother also joins her
in the mission to defeat the huge whale and save
the moon. Will she succeed in her exciting mission
with her brother?
Synopsis in Original Language
فتاة صغة تنطلق في رحلة لإنقاذ القمر من حوت عملاق.‏ في رحلة
المغامرة هذه ، لديها بعض المساعدة.‏ ينضم إليها ابن عمها في مهمة
لهزة الحوت الضخم وإنقاذ القمر.‏ هل ستنجح في مهمتها المثة مع ابن
عمها؟
Synopsis in Bengali
ছা একিট মেয় এক দুঃসাহসী অিভযােন বর হেয় পেড়।
তার ল হেলা এক িবশাল িতিমর খর থেক চাঁদেক
রা করা। এই অিভযােন তােক সাহায করেত তার সােথ
যাগ দয় তার ভাইও। স িক পারেব বাঁচােত চাঁদেক?
সফল হেত পারেব তার অিভযােন?
Logline
A little girl attempts to save the moon from a
gigantic whale along with her cousin.
Producer
Ben Robinson
Cinematographer
Latifa Al-Darwish
Abdulaziz Yousif
Leading Casts
Shoug Al Muamin
Ahmed Fakhroo
Fatima Al Nassif
Adodo Al Thani
Latifa Al-Darwish is an award-winning filmmaker and a storyteller. She received
her BSc in Communication from Northwestern University in Qatar and received
her MA from King’s College London in Culture and Creative Industries where she
did her thesis on the Cultural Memory of Alwakra City. Her work has been shown
in film festivals and exhibitions in Doha and abroad.
Abdulaziz Yousif is a cartoonist publishing in a daily newspaper under the stage
name “crocodile”. During his work with Jeem TV and Baraem children channel, he
was awarded a Bronze Promax Award along with his graphic design team for their
work. He curated and co-curated the “LeBockade” and “[re] action” galleries in
collaboration with Doha Film Institute.
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YOUR TIME
Portugal | 2019 | HD | 1.85:1 | Color | Fantasy | Portuguese | International Premiere | 18 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Cláudio Jordão
David Rebordão
Story
Cláudio Jordão
Script & Screenplay
Cláudio Jordão
Editor
David Rebordão
Cláudio Jordão
Producer
António C. Valente
Nelson Martins
Original Title
A Tua Vez
Synopsis in English
A rooster is singing in the distance and on the
other hand, a man is quietly starting his busy and
magical day. It seems to be preparing something
for someone special! Who will it be? What is going
to happen?
Synopsis in Original Language
O filme é a história de: Um galo canta ao longe.
Um homem inicia muito calmamente o seu
atarefado e mágico dia. Parece estar a preparar
algo para alguém! Quem será!?
Synopsis in Bengali
অেনক দূর থেক মারেগর ডাক শানা যাে। একিট বৃ
লাক ধীের ধীের তার িবয় ও বতায় পিরপূণ িদন
করেত যােন। দেখ মেন হে, িবেশষ কােরা জন
িবশাল আেয়াজন করা হে। ক সই িবেশষ বি?
Cinematographer
JP Caldeano
Leading Casts
José Neto Madalena Aragão
Claudio Jordão was born on March 9, 1972, in Portugal. He graduated in
Design from the University of Algarve. In 1997, he formed the multimedia
company PANTAPOIEIN. In 2007, he founded the animation studio ‘Kotostudios,
Motion-Productions’ dedicated to the production of advertising films, series,
documentaries, and multimedia content.
David Rebordão felt that his life would only be complete if he could entertain
people. Being a compulsive cinephile, at the age of twelve, he had seen hundreds
of films that contributed to his film education. A few years later, he took the
course of direction and departs for making a feature film in Portugal.
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HERO ON THE BENCH
(REMASTERED)
Venezuela | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports | Spanish | International Premiere | 12 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Alejandro Arteaga Jurado
Story
María Elena Morán Atencio
Script & Screenplay
María Elena Morán Atencio
Editor
Javier Farías
Producer
Monstruo Sagrado Tv & Films C.A.
Cinematographer
Juan Toledo
Leading Casts
César Román
Angie Prieto
Isabey Chirinos Rotundo
Kristhofer Mujica
Original Title
Héroe en Banca
Tagline
Remember crazy people never go to prison.
Synopsis in English
Miguel wastes his days in an amusement park
disguised as a dead animal. Due to his mental
imbalance, his daughter Amanda lives in love and
fear with him at the same time. So Miguel wants
to follow a ridiculous, forbidden way to win his
daughter’s heart.
Synopsis in Original Language
Miguel mata sus días disfrazándose de un peluche
de felpa en un parque de diversiones. En virtud
de su inestabilidad siquiátrica, su hija Amanda se
debate entre amarlo y temerle. Miguel intentará
reconquistarla con un plan tan divertido como
ilegal.
Synopsis in Bengali
িমেয়ল একিট িবেনাদন কে মৃত াণীর পাশােক মূিতর
বেশ তার িদনেলা অপচয় কের। তার মানিসক
ভারসামহীনতার কারেণ, তার মেয় আমাা তােক িনেয়
একই সােথ ভােলাবাসা এবং ভেয়র মেধ থােক। তাই
িমেয়ল তার মেয়র মন জয় করেত একিট হাসকর িক
অিভনব উপায় অনুসরণ কের।
Alejandro Arteaga Jurado is a filmmaker and
a producer. He is from Venezuela. He currently
lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a social
communicator, screenplayer and director.
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JUST AN ORDINARY DAY
Croatia (Hrvatska) | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Croatian | South Asian Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Adrian Boić
Rita Bjedov
Story
Adrian Boić
Rita Bjedov
Script & Screenplay
Adrian Boić
Rita Bjedov
Editor
Božidar Trkulja
Producer
Shadow Casters
Cinematographer
Adrian Boić
Rita Bjedov
Original Title
Just An Ordinary Day
Tagline
Tale of life by the sea, underwater and on surface.
Synopsis in English
‘Just An Ordinary Day’ is a short animation about
the interconnectedness of life by the sea, life
underwater and life on the surface. A fish starts a
chain-reaction that will endanger the entire planet
Earth.
Synopsis in Original Language
Totalno običan dan je kratki animirani film o
povezanosti života kraj mora, ispod morske
površine i na površini. Riba će pokrenuti lančanu
reakciju koja će zamalo uništiti čitavi planet Zemlju.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই পৃিথবীেত অতল সমু এবং িবশাল েলর জীবন এেক
অপেরর সােথ ওতোতভােব জিড়ত। অদৃশ এই জােল
আব একিট মােছর আপাতদৃিেত তু একিট িয়ার
িতিয়া যন পুরা পৃিথবীেক ংেসর িদেক ঠেল িদেত
যাে।
Logline
A fish starts of a chain-reaction that will endanger
the entire planet Earth.
Adrian Boić is a twelve-year-old boy from the city of
Split in Croatia. He has been making films in the Frooom
Film School for three years already. Adrian is mostly
interested in animations.
Rita Bjedov is a thirteen-year-old girl. She is a 6th
grader primary school student from Split, Croatia. She
has been making films in the Frooom Film School for 3
years.
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SOLO
Turkey | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary, Drama, Musical | Turkish | International Premiere | 9 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Zeynel Hebun Güler
Story
Feyzi Baran
Script & Screenplay
Feyzi Baran
Editor
Zeynel Hebun Güler
Producer
Feyzi Baran
Synopsis in English
The movie is about the tragedy of Rushen. In this
dystopic world, the one thing that is normal. It is
a world where only the visually impaired can read
and only the hearing impaired can listen to music.
So the question arises, ‘What was Normal?’
Synopsis in Original Language
Film, Rushen’in trajedisi hakkındadır. Bu distopik
dünyada, sadece görme engellilerin okuyabildiği ve
sadece işitme engellilerin müzik dinleyebildiği bir
dünyada normal olan dünya. ‘Normal olan nedir?’
Sorusu ortaya çıkar. Film buna çok güzel cevap
veriyor.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই মুিভিটর গ হল েশেনর ােজিড িনেয়। এখােন
এমন এক পৃিথবীর কথা বলা হেয়েছ যখােন ধু
দৃিিতবীরাই পড়েত পাের এবং বণ িতবীরাই ধু
গান নেত পাের। তাহেল টা দাঁড়ায়, ‘কৃ ত অেথ
াভািবক কানিট?’
Cinematographer
Zeynel Hebun Güler
Leading Casts
Yusuf Bekmez
Ferhat Gezer
Erdal Ersöz
Tolga Öztürk
Elif Doğa Utku
Zeynel Hebun Güler was born on 1st July 2003, in
Diyarbakır. He studied secondary school at Öğretmen
Mehmet Sabri Güzel Secondary School and Fehmi
Aksoy College. Now, he is studying high school at Sınav
College. He is also publishing his writings in various
magazines. ‘Solo’ is the director’s first movie.
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SYSTEM ERROR
Poland | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Thriller | No Dialogue | South Asian Premiere | 4 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Story
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Script & Screenplay
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Editor
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Producer
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Cinematographer
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Original Title
Błąd Systemu
Synopsis in English
A standardized society lives in the standardized
world where everything goes in one rhythm, works
clockwork. Occasionally, there are mismatched
units, such as ‘Errors of the Perfect System’. Those
are quickly eliminated and thrown into ‘waste’. All
of a sudden, these system errors are starting to
work.
Synopsis in Original Language
W zunifikowanym świecie żyje zunifikowane
społeczeństwo - wszystko toczy się w jednym
rytmie, działa jak w zegarku.
Sporadycznie zdarzają się jednostki
niedopasowane, takie “błędy idealnego systemu”,
które szybko są eliminowane, wyrzucane do
“odpadów”.
Synopsis in Bengali
ঘিড়র কাঁটার মত িনিদ ছে মাপকািঠ মেন িমত সমাজ
চলেছ িমত পৃিথবীেত। মােঝমােঝ চলেত চলেত িনয়েমর
িহসােব দখা যায় ছাটখােটা গড়িমল। এই িনখুঁত
িসেেমর গড়িমল িকংবা িটেলা সােথ সােথই বাদ িদেয়
দওয়া হয়, ফেল দওয়া হয় আবজনার মত। িক এখন
এই ভু লেলাই এেস দাঁিড়েয়েছ সামেন, ভাবাে সবাইেক।
Piotr Kaźmierczak is only 14 years old. He takes
painting lessons, draws comics, creates programs
in Scratch. Animation has been his passion since
2015. He creates his own films with puppets,
paintings, clay, cutouts, and computer animation
techniques. He is a laureate of many competitions
for children and youth animation in Poland and
abroad.
145

THE BOATS THAT
SAIL BACKWARDS
Philippines | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary | Filipino | International Premiere | 15 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Mark Giddel Liwanag
Story
Raquel Rarang-rivera
Script & Screenplay
Hannah Ragudos
Editor
Archie Glen Ocang
Producer
Raquel Rarang-rivera
Cinematographer
Jereel Simon Necessito
Leading Casts
Mark Milboy Biela
Original Title
Sa Layag Ng Bangkang Paurong
Tagline
Just go on sailing
Synopsis in English
Alaminos City is known as the ‘Home of the
Hundred Islands’ which is dominated by tourists.
This is because of the scarce wealth, culture
and scenery found in over one hundred islands
and only the bodies of water serve as divisions.
Because of the rich marine life that constitutes it,
the tourism industry is a big part of it. Milboy, a
high school student has been involved in boating
and transporting tourists for seven years to help
with their family’s expenses and to support himself
in terms of his education. Many people like him
come into this job at a very young age that caused
them to leave school or get a low grade.
Synopsis in Bengali
অালািমেনাস িসিট ‘সহ দীপপুের ভূ িম’ নােম পযটকেদর
কােছ বশ জনিয় একিট ান। এর একিট মূল কারণ,
এই সহািধক দীপপুে রেয়েছ দুলভ সদ ও সংৃ িতর
এক িবশাল সমাহার। সমৃশীল সামুিক জীবেনর কারেন
পযটনিশ এ অেলর অথনীিতর একিট বড় অংশ।
িমলবয় একিট উ িবদালেয়র িশাথী। িনেজর
পড়ােশানার ও পিরবােরর খরচ বহেনর জন স সাত বছর
ধের পযটকেদর নৗকা চালনার সােথ জিড়ত। তার মত
এই ীেপর অেনক অিধবাসীেকই জীিবকার টােন বশ অ
বয়েস এসব কােজর সােথ জিড়েয় পড়েত হয়, যার জন
তারা অেনেক াথিমক িশাটু কু ও অজন করেত পাের না।
Mark Giddle Liwanag is a 15-year -old-grade 10
student of the Special Program in Media Arts of
Alaminos City National High School. He is currently
a member of Spa Layag Productions- a youth
film club of his high school. His expertise lies in
cinematography, editing, and direction.
146

THE CATAPULT
India | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Drama | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Atiksh Sharma
Story
Atiksh Sharma
Script & Screenplay
Atiksh Sharma
Editor
Atiksh Sharma
Producer
Keep Rolling Films
Original Title
The Catapult
Tagline
Launching humans.
Synopsis in English
In a dystopian village, everything has changed after
the pandemic. Will a friendly bond of two friends
survive the tough rules of the village, especially the
test of the catapult or will they become like the
rest?
Synopsis in Bengali
কােনা এক িডোিপয়ান ােম থােক দুই বু , মহামারীর
পের যােদর জীবন আর আেগর মত নই। ােমর নতু ন
কেঠার িনয়ম, িবেশষত কাটাপের পরীা তােদর
বু েক িব কের। শষ পয িক তােদর বু ের জয়
হেব? নািক তারা বািক ামবাসীেদর মত হার মেন নেব?
Logline
It’s the story of an optimistic man searching for
humanity in a dystopian village.
Cinematographer
Atiksh Sharma
Leading Casts
Billy
Atiksh Sharma is 13 years old, studying in Eight
Standard at The Shishukunj International School in
India. He has excelled as an all-rounder in all three
fields of Arts, Education & Sports. He is the lead actor in
Internationally Acclaimed Short Children Film “Folktale”,
which is doing well in International Film Festivals and
fetching rave reviews in 2018-20.
147

148
CHILD
FILMMAKERS’
SECTION
BANGLADESH

A DAY LIKE EVERYDAY
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Thriller | Bengali | 5 min 21 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Sifat Shahriyar
Story
Sifat Shahriyar
Script & Screenplay
Sifat Shahriyar
Editor
Sifat Shahriyar
Original Title
িতিদেনর মত একিট িদন
Synopsis in English
A teenage boy’s life has been portrayed in this
film. It shows how every day’s frustration started
turning him into a psychopath. He could not share
his problems with anyone as he did not have many
friends and was distant from his family. So, as days
passed by, his anger started to store up inside him.
Synopsis in Bengali
উঠিত বয়িস একিট ছেলর সাধারণ একিট িদনেক িঘের
এই চলিিটর ঘটনা। ছেলিটর িতিদনকার হতাশা
িকভােব ধীের ধীের তােক একিট সাইেকাপােথ পিরণত
কের সটা এখােন দখােনা হেয়েছ। তার বু -বাব কম
থাকায় এবং পিরবােরর মানুষেদর সােথ দূর থাকার
কারেণ স তার সমসােলা কাউেক বেল উঠেত পাের না।
ফেল, িদন িদন ছেলিটর ভতের জমেত থােক াভ ও
ক।
Producer
Sifat Shahriyar
Cinematographer
Mahfuz Bin Monsur
Leading Casts
Sifat Shahriyar
Mahir Shahriar
Kathak Biswas
Abida sultana
Sifat Shahriyar was born in Barisal in 2003. He grew
up in Madaripur but later he moved to Barisal with his
mother. Now, he is a student of 12th grade and an
independent filmmaker. He participated in the 13th
International Children’s Film Festival, Bangladesh, with
his film named ‘Amader Golpo’.
149

AAMIO BANGLADESH
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 10 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon
Story
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon
Script & Screenplay
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon
Editor
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon
Producer
Mojar Pathshala Online School
Original Title
আিমও বাংলােদশ
Tagline
Let’s take a step
Synopsis in English
This film encourages us to change our mindset
towards women. Our society has a tendency of
blaming outfits and behaviour of women for any
kind of mishaps. The problem lies within our
mentality and not what a woman wears. Hence, we
need to change our thinking process thoroughly
for a decent society.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই চলিিট নারীেদর িত আমােদর মানিসকতা
পিরবতেনর জন উৎসািহত কের। আমােদর সমােজ কানও
ধরেণর দুঘটনার জন নারীেদর পাশাক এবং আচরণেক
দাষী সাব করার একিট বণতা রেয়েছ। সমসািট
কােনা নারীেদর আচরণ বা িতিন িক পিরধান কেরন তার
সােথ নয় বরং আমােদর মানিসকতার সােথ সিকত।
সুতরাং, আমােদর সমাজ সংােরর জন আমােদর িচাধারা
ও দৃিভি সূণ পিরবতন করা েয়াজন।
Cinematographer
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon
Leading Casts
Belal
Ripa
Hridoy
Samiul
Biplob
Sheikh Naeem Hasan Moon is a filmmaker. He is the
owner of ‘Chitrakokkho’. He is also the CEO at Mojar
Pathshala Online School. He has been awarded as the
Youngest Businessman at Startup Bangladesh. He was
also a gold medalist at Bangabandhu Award. He is an
innovator at A2i. He is also the founder of Made in
Bangladesh Robotics.
150

ALARM
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary | Bengali | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Fahim Shahriar
Story
Farhan Xover
Script & Screenplay
Farhan Xover
Editor
Umid Shikder
Producer
Fahim Shahriar
Cinematographer
Shahriar Hossain Rifat
Original Title
অালাম
Tagline
Be technically sound enough but do not be
obsessed with it.
Synopsis in English
The film is mainly based on our generation. Here,
we tried to show how happy the 90’s life was
without the use of technology and how strong our
relationship was with our family. But the children of
our generation are becoming introverts as days go
by. They are becoming less concerned about their
family. It is our responsibility to teach them the
proper use of technology and devices.
Synopsis in Bengali
চলিিট মূলত আমােদর জেক িনেয়। এখােন আমরা
দখােনার চা কেরিছ যুিিবহীন ৯০ দশেকর জীবন
কতটা সুখী িছল এবং পিরবািরক সক কতটা দৃঢ় িছল।
িক আমােদর জের িশরা িদন িদন অমুখী হেয়
উঠেছ। তারা তােদর পিরবার সেক উদাসীন হেয় উঠেছ।
তােদরেক যুির সিঠক ববহার শখােনা আমােদর
কতব।
Logline
An alarm for a little change in the life of nowadays.
Leading Casts
Mujahidul Islam Ohi
MD Faisal
Fahim Shahriar was born on 30th April in a
renowned Muslim family. He has grown up in Old
Dhaka, Azimpur. Shahriar is studying at Maple
Leaf International School and has a kin interest in
filmmaking.
151

AN INTERVIEW
OF A MARIONETTE
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Sifat Rahman
Story
Sifat Rahman
Script & Screenplay
Sifat Rahman
Editor
Sifat Rahman
Producer
Robiul Hoque
Original Title
একিট পুতু েলর সাাৎকার
Tagline
Is negligence the cause of death?
Synopsis in English
Sometimes our most beloved ones get neglected.
Even someone gets lost in despair. Some conceal
themselves behind a dense shade. But life, it
goes on, like the stream coming down from the
hill. Some touch the stream, some get erased in
apprehension.
Synopsis in Bengali
কখেনা কখেনা আমােদর সবেচেয় িয় িজিনসিটও হেয়
পেড় অবেহিলত। নতু েনর আিবভােব ভু েল যাই পুরাতন
িয় সই িজিনসিটেক, কান এক সমেয়র সব থেক িয়
িকছুও পিরণত হয় সব থেক অবেহলার িজিনেস। আর এই
অবেহলার মােঝই হয়তবা কউ হািরেয় যায়। িনেজেক
লুিকেয় ফেল অেভদ কােনা পদা ারা। িক জীবন থেম
থােক না, জীবন চলেতই থােক। পাহােড়র িশখর থেক
নেম আসা জলোেতর মত, জীবনও িনেজর গিত বদলায়
না, বেয় চেল। জীবেনর এই চলমান ােত কউ পা
ডাবায়, কউবা ভীত হেয় লুিকেয় যায়।
Cinematographer
Sifat Rahman
Leading Casts
Farha Mahmuda
Abadi Rahman
Rabeca Islam
Sifat Rahman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He
just passed his Higher Secondary Examination. He
has thirst for reading books and watching films.
Belonging to a cultural enthusiast family, he got a
chance to experience life from various perspectives.
His dream is to be an independent filmmaker.
152

BEST FRIEND
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Biography | Bengali | 2 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Story
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Script & Screenplay
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Original Title
ব
Synopsis in English
In this short film, we can see a girl who has lost
her best friend. Everyone thinks the girl is alone.
But the girl can feel her best friend every passing
moment.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই শট িফিটেত আমরা একিট মেয়েক দখেত পােবা
য তার সবেচেয় িয় এবং কােছর বু েক হািরেয়
ফেলেছ। সবাই মেন কের মেয়িট হয়েতা বশ একা। িক
মেয়িট একা নয়, স িতমুহূেত তার বু েক তার পােশ
অনুভব করেত পাের।
Editor
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Producer
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Cinematographer
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika
Leading Casts
Nahian Fairuz Nobonita
Caramel Shahzada Donut
Nanjeeba Fairuz Deepika was born in Bangladesh
on January 10, 2004. She studies at Viqarunnisa
noon college. She loves photography and taking
pictures in her spare time. ‘Best friend’ is the first
short film she created. She aspires to make more
films and be a well-known director someday.
153

BL!ND
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 1 min
Suitable Audience
All age group
Director
Mubasshira Ibnat
Story
Mubasshira Ibnat
Script & Screenplay
Mubasshira Ibnat
Editor
Mubasshira Ibnat
Producer
Mubasshira Ibnat
Cinematographer
Mubasshira Ibnat
Tagline
Save the future.
Synopsis in English
A girl craves for her parents’ attention but her
parents are always busy on the phone. She tries
to show them her drawings but they are not
interested. So, she comes up with a plan and
decides to take their phone away. That is when
she realizes that it is too late. Her parents can not
see anything but their phone. A few days later,
when it is her birthday, she gets a present from her
parents. Now let see, what happens next?
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট মেয় তার িপতামাতার সােথ সময় কাটােত চায় িক
তার বাবা-মা সবসময় তােদর মুেঠােফান িনেয় ব থােকন।
স তার বাবা-মােক তার আঁকা ছিবেলা দখােনার চা
করেত থােক িক সিদেক তােদর কােরা দৃি নই। তাই
স একিট পিরকনা িনেয় আেস। স তার বাবা-মােয়র
মুেঠােফানেলা লুিকেয় রাখার িসা নয়। িক এখন
ব দির হেয় গেছ। তার বাবা-মা মুেঠােফান ছাড়া িকছুই
বুেঝন না। কেয়কিদন পর তার জিদেন স তার
িপতা-মাতার কাছ থেক একিট উপহার পায়। দখা যাক,
এরপর কী হয়?
Logline
A girl wants her parents’ attention but technology
stands on her way.
Mubasshira Ibnat is a student of standard-3 who
studies at Darland International School. She loves
painting and dancing. She is really interested in
filmmaking and animation. Ibnat loves video editing
as well. She is also an active member of her school
cultural group.
154

CROSS SECTION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 19 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Story
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Script & Screenplay
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Editor
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Producer
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Cinematographer
S.R. Tabassum Ava
Original Title
স সকশন
Tagline
When reality collapses into mirage, that’s where the
cross section begins.
Synopsis in English
A lonely self’s anxiety, paranoia, and unstable
mental health leads one to believe that a sticky
slimy predator is going to consume her whole
being and may send her into a dark lunatic state.
Even after getting back to her own self in the ‘Cross
Section’ where her sanity and insanity resides
together, this whole situation manipulates her to
the verge of breaking down. Will she seek for help?
Synopsis in Bengali
একাকীে ভরা এক সার িনজ অিের লড়াইেয় উেগ,
িবম আর মিের অসংলতা তােক এটা ভাবায় য এক
চটচেট আঠাল আততায়ী তােক পুেরাপুির িনঃেশষ কের
দেব এবং িনকষ কােলা অকৃ ততা তােক াস কের
নেব। অথচ াভািবক িিতেত ফরার পরও তার
কৃ ততা ও উতার িমলন েল স পিতত হয়
িসাহীনতার চূ ড়ােণ। অকােরর িশকল ভেঙ স িক
হাত বাড়ােব সাহােযর িদেক?
Logline
Our mind is a mystery where sanity resides with
insanity and presence of a wrong catalyst may
imbalance our whole existence.
Leading Casts
Samia Nahar Kotha
S.R. Tabassum Ava is a young college girl who grew up
loving city lights and fictional characters. Ever since she
was a kid, those characters and stories behind the magic
screen always attracted her. She believes that film is the
best medium to overwhelm someone. So she thought of
making one by herself that’s how her journey began.
155

ERRATUM
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Sci-Fi | English | 13 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Akramul Hasan Ryad
Story
Akramul Hasan Ryad
Script & Screenplay
Akramul Hasan Ryad
Editor
Akramul Hasan Ryad
Producer
Reynep
Tagline
Are we living inside a simulation?
Synopsis in English
The story begins inside a simulation that is being
run by some freaks from the 4th Millennium (Earth
Time). It is a simulation, obligatory for the human
race, running inside a teenage boy’s head. The
attempts are being unsuccessful but it needs to be
done. The story continues like this.
Synopsis in Bengali
পৃিথবীর সমেয় চতু থ সহাের গ। হয় এক
িসমুেলশেনর ভতর িদেয় যা চালাে চতু থ সহাের িকছু
অুত বি। মনুষ জািতর জন অিত জির এই
িসমুেলশনিট চলেছ এক িকেশােরর মাথার ভতর। বারবার
বথ হওয়ার পরও থামার কান সুেযাগ নই। শষ করেতই
হেব এই কাজ। এভােবই এিগেয় যায় গিট।
Logline
A simulation, obligatory for human race is running
inside a teenage boy’s head, being unsuccessful
many times, but it needs to be done.
Cinematographer
Reynep
Leading Casts
Akramul Hasan Ryad
Rashad Rauf Chowdhury
Reynep
Akramul Hasan Ryad was born in Dhaka on June 2,
2002. He started his career as a teacher of Blender
at The Tech Academy. From the beginning (2018),
he commanded attention with his Digital 2D art and
soon he got dragged towards VFX and 3D Rendering.
156

I HAVE NO HOME
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | International Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Sahid Islam
Story
Sahid Islam
Script & Screenplay
Sahid Islam
Editor
Sahid Islam
Producer
Last Station
Cinematographer
Mehedi Hasan Alif
Original Title
আমার কােনা বািড় নই
Tagline
Disadvantaged children can also set an example of
humanity if given the opportunity.
Synopsis in English
‘I Have No Name’ is the story of a homeless boy,
the story of an orphan, the story of Abdullah. His
life was just an aimless road. Time quickly passes
along with the busy noise of life. In this busy life, no
one looked for Abdullah. The film shows Abdullah
picking up a wallet on the side of the road. The
story of the film continues with the wallet.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘আই হাভ না হাম’ িফিট একিট আয়হীন ছেলর গ,
অনাথ ছেলর গ, আবদুাহর গ। যার জীবন কবল
একিট চল রাা। সময় কেট যায় মানুেষর কমব
কালাহেল। এই কমব জীবেন আবদুাহেদর কউ খাঁজ
রােখ না। তেব সূয িক াথপর নয়, স িঠকই
আবদুাহেদর আশার আেলা দয়। এই িফে দখা যায়,
হঠাৎ কেরই রাার পােশ আবদুাহ একিট মািনবাগ
কু িড়েয় পায়। সই মািনবাগ িনেয়ই এেগােত থােক
িফিটর গ।
Logline
Is the wallet worth more than Abdullah’s life?
Leading Casts
Abdullah Tamim
Foridul Hasan
Juboraj Limon
Mehedi Hasan Alif
Ornob Ahmed Bishal
Shahin Hossain
Akash islam
Sahid Islam is a Bangladeshi children filmmaker.
He is currently studying in class XI. He started
making short films with the help of his friends. He
is also involved in children’s journalism and various
organizations. He aspires to make great films that
people will always remember and will be praised
highly by everyone
157

INSOMNIA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | 15 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Story
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Script & Screenplay
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Editor
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Tagline
Is a sound sleep too much to ask?
Synopsis in English
The short film is about a teenage girl who is
suffering from insomnia for a very long time. Being
an introvert, she finds solace in a diary. This diary
was her best friend because she could share
everything with it. No matter what, it was nonjudgemental.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট এক িকেশারীর, য অেনক লা একটা সময় ধের
ইনসমিনয়া বা অিনায় ভু গেছ। স মানুেষর সামেন সহেজ
িনেজেক ব করেত পাের না। তেব স িনয়িমত ডােয়ির
লেখ। স ডােয়িরেক তার ব মেন কের। কারণ
িদনেশেষ স ডােয়িরর কােছ িনিধায় িনেজর সব কথা
বলেত পাের।
Producer
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Cinematographer
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk
Executive/Line Producer
Samita Khan Chhuti
Leading Casts
Sumaiya Alam Tisha
Samadrita Datta Jhinuk is a tenth-grade student
of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College. Currently,
she is working as a campus ambassador for
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center and also
volunteering for CFS. She has won a good number
of national and international medals in Karate.
Watching films is her favourite pastime.
158

LIGHT OF LUCK
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Atonu Mallik
Story
Atonu Mallik
Script & Screenplay
Atonu Mallik
Editor
Ruhinu Mallik
Synopsis in English
The story of a family’s life is told in a Covid-19
context. Where the family is not with the main
public service. How a single mother spends time
with her family during her quarantine days, keeping
her mental state right. It shows a ruthless present
and longing for a beautiful future. However, the
situation has become very much in the cycle
of fate. The doctor, army, navy, air force of this
country have been honored for their cooperation
and tireless work for the distant future.
Synopsis in Bengali
এখােন, কেরানাকালীন াপেট একিট পিরবােরর জীবন
যাপেনর গ তু েল ধরা হেয়েছ। যখােন পিরবারিট ধান
জনেসবার সােথ নই। একা মা কীভােব তার মানিসক
অবা িঠক রেখ পিরবােরর সােথ সময় কািটেয়েছ
কায়ােরিন এর িদনেলােত। দখােনা হেয়েছ একিট
িনমম বতমান এবং একিট সুর ভিবষেতর জন অেপা।
তেব পিরিিতটা অেনকটাই ভােগর চে আব হেয়
িগেয়েছ। এখােন সইসব ডাার, আিম, নিভ, এয়ার
ফাসেদর িত া জানােনা হেয়েছ যারা এই সুদূর
ভিবষেতর জন অা পিরম কের যাে।
Producer
Animesh Mallik
Cinematographer
Ruhinu Mallik
Leading Casts
Atonu Mallik
Tripti Mallik
Animesh Mallik
Annesha Mallik
Ruhinu Mallik
Gucci (Indian ringneck parrot)
Atonu Mallik is an 18 years old boy. He is currently
a student and studying at BAF Shaheen College,
Kurmitola in class XI. He is an aspiring filmmaker.
His leisure interests are dancing, painting, watching
movies, and quality time with his pets.
159

NIGHT ALONE
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 3 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Md. Sakib Hossain
Story
Md. Sakib Hossain
Script & Screenplay
Md. Sakib Hossain
Editor
Md. Sakib Hossain
Producer
Md. Sakib Hossain
Cinematographer
Md. Sakib Hossain
Original Title
একা রাি
Tagline
There is always something.
Synopsis in English
The whole country is in lockdown in the time of
Covid-19. Without an emergency, no one can stay
outside from home. Everyone is forced to stay
home to keep a social distance. In this time, when
Zub’s parents are in hospital, he has to spend the
night alone. Something is playing with his mind in
the night. How is he going to spend the night in
this situation?
Synopsis in Bengali
কেরানার এই সমেয় সারােদশ লকডাউেন। খুব জির
েয়াজন ছাড়া কউ বািড়র বাইের থাকেত পারেব না।
সামািজক দূর বজায় রাখেত সবাইেক অেনকটা িনেজেদর
ইার িবে ঘের থাকার িনেদশ মেন চলেত হে।
এমন এক দুিবষহ সমেয় জুেবর বাবা-মােক হাসপাতােল
ভিত হেত হয়। তাই তােক সারা রাত একা থাকেত হেব।
অজানা িকছু একটা তার িচাভাবনা িনেয় খলেছ। কীভােব
কাটােব স এই রাত?
Logline
The story of a lonely night of a terrified teenager.
Leading Casts
Md. Jubaer Hossain
Yasin Arafat
Arniya Aurin
Md. Sakib Hossain is a student of Film & Television
Department at Jagannath University. He is also a member
of Jagannath University Film Society. He is a film activist and
appreciator. He was born in the district of Barishal at the
renowned village where lived the legend Sher-A Bangla A.K.
Fazlul Haque.
160

ONE DAY
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery | English | 1 min 17 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rahnuma Tahsin
Story
Rahnuma Tahsin
Script & Screenplay
Rahnuma Tahsin
Editor
Rahnuma Tahsin
Synopsis in English
One day, a boy finds a weird game in an arcade.
This machine does not need money or coins
but needs creative minds and thinking ability to
play the game. So, when the boy gives his brain
and completes all the requirements, the system
crashes.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিদন একিট ছেল একিট অুত গম খলার মিশন
দখেত পায়। মিশনিটর জন অথ বা কেয়েনর দরকার
নই, দরকার একিট সৃজনশীল মি। ছেলিট যখন তার
িনেজর মি মিশনিটেক িদেয় দয় এবং েয়াজনীয়
সকল কাজ শষ কের, তখন মিশেনর িসেম াশ
কের।
Logline
Some system can murder creative minds.
Producer
Rahnuma Tahsin
Cinematographer
Rahnuma Tahsin
Rahnuma Tahsin is a 16-year-old girl, who is still
trying to find herself in different kinds of stuff. But
‘norms’ and ‘systems’ are creating barriers in her
way. So in her quarantine days, she finds interest in
making movies based on what she feels about the
pathetic circumstances.
161

PUPPETRY
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Fantasy, Mystery | Bengali | 5 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Md Labib Haque
Story
Md Labib Haque
Script & Screenplay
Md Labib Haque
Editor
Md Labib Haque
Producer
Md Labib Haque
Cinematographer
Anik Mahmud
Original Title
পুতু লকথন
Tagline
The word of dolls.
Synopsis in English
When a person loses his morality, he needs to find
the right path in one way or another. Otherwise,
he will be harmful to the society and its people.
Their insanity and immorality will destroy the world,
if nobody illuminates the right path for them.
The film tells the story of two puppets trying to
bring a wicked man to the right path. Will they be
successful?
Synopsis in Bengali
যখন কানও বি তার নিতকতা হািরেয় ফেলন, তখন
তােক এক বা অন কানও উপােয় সিঠক পথিট সান
করেত হয়। অনথায়, স সমাজ ও এর মানুেষর জন
িতকারক হেবন। তােদর উাদনা এবং অৈনিতকতা
িবেক ংস করেব যিদ তােদর জন কউ সিঠক পথ
আেলািকত না কের। ছিবেত দু’জন পুতু েলর একজন দু
মানুষেক সিঠক পেথ আনার চা করার গ বলা হেয়েছ।
তারা িক সফল হেব?
Audio Recordist
Md Labib Haque
Costume
Md Labib Haque
Visual Effects
Md Labib Haque
Leading Casts
Md Labib Haque
Md. Labib Haque is a 12th-grade student currently
studying at Buddhijibi Government College,
Rajshahi. His passion includes filmmaking, painting,
recitation, writing, photography and acting. He
dreams to work in the film industry to help and
teach people to upgrade and to learn contrivance.
162

TENOR
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Biography | Bengali | 13 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rahi Abdullah
Story
Rahi Abdullah
Script & Screenplay
Rahi Abdullah
Editor
Hasin Arman
Producer
Arzumand Labonno
Cinematographer
Rahi Abdullah
Original Title
অিভায়
Tagline
Hope is a living dream
Synopsis in English
The celluloid story of a child’s hidden pain is the
main theme of Tenor. Ahad is the main character
of this film. His father has illegally migrated to
another country through a middleman. The
film deals with the pain, suffering, and various
harassments of the immigrant who have migrated
illegally like Ahad’s father and his family in a village.
These facts are illustrated in this film by showing
the child’s desire to get a football.
Synopsis in Bengali
এক িশর লুকািয়ত বদনার সলুলেয়ড গই ‘টনর’
নামক ৈদঘ চলিের মূল উপজীব। আহাদ নােমর
এক িশর বাবা দালােলর হাত ধের পািড় জিমেয়েছন অন
এক দেশ। সই িশর ফু টবল পাওয়ার ইােক ক
কের একিট জনপেদর অৈবধ পেথ িবেদশ পািড় দয়া,
বাসী ও তার পিরবােরর বদনা, ক, সমােজর নানািবধ
হয়রািন িনেয়ই কািহনী এিগেয়েছ এ চলিের।
Logline
The film deals with the pain, suffering and various
harassments of the immigrant who have migrated
illegally.
Assistant Director
Tanjim Romeo
Leading Casts
Srabon Khandoker
Al Amin Antor
Mahamuda
Rahi Abdullah is a young filmmaker hailed from
Kurigram, Bangladesh. He has completed his HSC
on 2020. Now he is preparing himself to get admit
in university. He has directed few films along with
Tenor.
163

THE CRAZY BIRD
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Horror, Mystery | Bangla / English | 6 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Story
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Script & Screenplay
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Editor
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Producer
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Cinematographer
Taheem Riasat Ahan
Leading Casts
Sayantan
Zenifar
Tagline
Covid badly effects our mental health.
Synopsis in English
The Covid-19 badly affects both physical and
mental health. School going children with their
family are also badly suffered by it. Day by day it
creates fear and anxiety. The short film ‘The Crazy
Bird’ is about the crisis of daily routine, school life,
open playground, missing teachers and friends.
This film shows a little boy’s daily life. His morning
is dull. He is in no hurry to start his online classes.
Most of the time he is unmindful, inattentive,
and sometimes feels crazy. Instead of the school
campus, online activities made him dull. He dreams
to break the prevailing situation.
Synopsis in Bengali
সংামক রাগ কািভড-১৯ িববাপী মানুেষর শারীিরক
এবং মানিসক াের ওপর মারাক ভাব ফলেছ।
মাগতভােব বাড়েছ ভয় এবং শা। এই িতকূ ল
পিরিিত িবদালয়গামী িশাথী এবং তােদর অিভভাবকেদর
মােঝও সৃি কেরেছ দুিা। িশ-িকেশারেদর াতিহক
ু লজীবন, উু খলার মাঠ, িণকে িশকেদর হ
ও বু েদর সািেধর অভাব পূরণ করেত পারেছ না
অনলাইন াসম। ৈদঘ চলি ‘দ িজ বাড’ ছয়
বছর বয়সী এক িশর গ। লকডাউেন তার িতিদনকার
সকালটা কমন যন িনাণ। াতিহক াতিয়ার পর
াস হবার তাড়া তােক এখন আর তািড়ত কের না।
অেনকটাই অিনায় অংশ নয়া পাঠ পেব স হেয় ওেঠ
অমেনােযাগী, কখেনা অৈধয। িবদমান এই পিরিিত
আপাত দৃিেত এড়ােনা সব না হেলও, শকল ভাঙার
ে িবেভার হেয় ওেঠ তার অবুঝ মন।
Logline
Covid creates fear and anxiety. Particularly school
going children and their family are effected by the
pandemic situation.
Taheem Riasat Ahan is a student of class 4 from
St. Joseph Higher Sec. School. He’s only 9 years
old and he is already making films at this age. His
parents and younger brother is a great inspiration
for him. ‘The Crazy Bird’ is his first film about the
pandemic situation of Covid-19.
164

THONGA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Hamidul Huda Stevan
Story
Hamidul Huda Stevan
Script & Screenplay
Hamidul Huda Stevan
Editor
Naif Mosabbir
Producer
Hussainul Abedin Saimum
Cinematographer
Tanvir Ridil
Assistant Director
Sifat Rahman
Original Title
ঠাঙা
Tagline
The unstoppable ruthless cycle of crimes in society
keeps running even when time stands still.
Synopsis in English
This is a story of a ruthless cycle which is very
well known to us. A cycle in which revolves all the
crimes that we are familiar with. We are merely
among the excited audience in this cycle. Whereas
some people become the leaders of the cycle.
As a result, this cycle keeps on running in front
of everyone’s eyes. And in absence of justice, this
cycle eventually becomes extreme. Slowly moves
beyond our hands. And then this vicious, cruel
cycle gets a hold of its own course and slowly
breaks down the strong walls of our order.
Synopsis in Bengali
এিট আমােদর খুবই চনা একটা িনু র চের গ। য
চে িতিনয়ত ঘুরপাক খাে আমােদর অিত পিরিচত সব
অপরাধ। আমরা এই চের ফ উেিজত এক দশক
িণ। আর অন িদেক িকছু িনিদ গাীর মানুষ হেয় ওেঠ
এই চের চািলকাশি। যার ফেল এই চ অিবরতভােব
ঘূণায়মান থােক সকেলর চােখর সামেনই। সুু িবচােরর
অভােব এই চ একসময় ভয়ানক প ধারণ কের। চেল
যায় আমােদর িসীমানার বািহের। অতঃপর িনয়ণহীন এই
িনু র চ আয় কের নয় তার আপন গিতেক এবং ধীের
ধীের ভেঙ ফেল আমােদর শৃলার শ দয়াল। একিট
ছেল তার এলাকায় ঘুের বড়ািল। হঠাৎ, স দখেত পায়
যখােন সখােন আবজনা ফলা হে। আমােদর
আেশপােশর আবজনা পিরার করা একিট ভাল কাজ।
এবং, এই কােজ সকলেক উৎসািহত করা উিচৎ। এর
মাধেম আতৃ ির পাশাপািশ পিরেবশও পিরার থােক।
Leading Casts
Obydul Islam
Mahamud Dot Ovi
Hamidul Huda Stevan was born in Bangladesh. He
has passed his higher secondary examination this
year. He has thirst for books and films. Dreams to
be an independent filmmaker from Bangladesh.
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TRIKONOMITI
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Drama | Bengali | South Asian Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Kabbo Kabir
Story
Mujtaba Kabbo
Noshin Moulee
Script & Screenplay
Kabbo Kabir
Editor
Kabbo Kabir
Producer
Team Kabbo Kabir
Cinematographer
Kabbo Kabir
Original Title
িেকাণিমিত
Tagline
Nobody knows the conclusion.
Synopsis in English
‘Trikonomiti’ is about the story of three sisters
from a rural area, who do not have their mother
by their side anymore. Their mother has been long
gone. Kajol, the youngest one, writes letters to her
mother and tells her about her and her sisters’
everyday life. Suddenly, Corona (Covid-19) comes
into that rural area. The story goes on about the
condition and sufferings of the sisters. In the end,
someone goes to her mother, but, who is it?
Synopsis in Bengali
‘িেকাণিমিত’ ামীণ অেলর িতন বােনর গ িনেয়
িনিমত যােদর পােশ তােদর মা আর নই। তােদর মা
অেনক আেগ চেল গেছ। সবেচেয় কম বয়সী কাজল তার
মােক িচিঠ িলেখ তার এবং তার বানেদর িতিদেনর জীবন
সেক জানায়। হঠাৎ, কেরানা (কািভড -১৯) সই
ামােল চেল আেস। গিট বানেদর অবা এবং দুেভাগ
িনেয় এিগেয় চেলেছ। শষ পয কউ তার মােয়র কােছ
যায়, তেব, ক স?
Leading Casts
Labiba Torsha
Israt Alam
Opshora Ohi
Kabbo Kabir, a young filmmaker from Bogra,
Bangladesh. He always tries his best to come up
with new and existing ideas and tries to spread good
messages through his works. Since his childhood, he
wanted to be a filmmaker. He made some short films
and textfilms. He won 2nd place at the Oqros Pepela
ICFF 2020.
166

UNSEEN SATISFACTION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Biography | Bengali | International Premiere | 3 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Nabil Mostafa
Assistant Director
Abu Taher
Story
Golam Mostafa
Script & Screenplay
Nabil Mostafa
Original Title
অেদখা তৃ ি
Synopsis in English
A boy ran around his local area and saw garbage
littered all over the place. Cleaning up the domestic
trash, scraps that are scattered around us is a
good deed and that is how people will be highly
encouraged. This provides self-satisfaction and
keeps our environment clean.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট ছেল তার এলাকায় ঘুের বড়ািল। হঠাৎ, স
দখেত পায় যখােন সখােন আবজনা ফলা হে।
আমােদর আেশপােশর আবজনা পিরার করা একিট ভাল
কাজ এবং এই কােজ সকলেক উৎসািহত করা উিচৎ। এর
মাধেম আতৃ ির পাশাপািশ পিরেবশও পিরার থােক।
Editor
Nabil Mostafa
Producer
Nabil Mostafa
Abu Taher
Cinematographer
Nabil Mostafa
Leading Casts
Ihsanul Hoque
Nabil Mostafa is a student of class ten. He was
born in Uttara, Dhaka on 18 October 2003. He is an
actor, who is learning cinematography and direction
as well. He has worked as an assistant director and
cinematographer in some short films and songs.
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168
YOUNG
BANGLADESHI
FILMMAKERS’
SECTION

ADDITION MINUS
SUBTRACTION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | International Premiere | 10 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Md. Shahjahan Shiraj Saju
Story
Md. Shahjahan Shiraj Saju
Script & Screenplay
Md. Shahjahan Shiraj Saju
Md. Arifuzzaman Raju
Editor
Jibon Candra Das
Producer
Md. Shahjahan Shiraj Saju
Cinematographer
Raju Ahmed
Original Title
যাগ িবেয়ােগর যাগ
Tagline
Let mother and father be in the heart, not in the
nursing home.
Synopsis in English
Mother brought up her only son with great
difficulties. Her dream was that the son would
study at university and get a big job. Then the
mother would be able to spend her last days in
complete peace with her daughter-in-law and
grandchildren. When the boy grew up, he got a big
job, a big house and fulfilled his mother’s dream.
But there was no place for his mother in that
house.
Synopsis in Bengali
শত সমসা মাকােবলা কের মা তার ছেলেক বড় কের
তু েলেছন। তার িছল ছেল িবিবদালেয় লখাপড়া
কের একিট ম বড় চাকির করেব। অতঃপর শষ বয়েস
ছেলর বউ ও নািত-নাতনীেদর সােথ সুেখ-শািেত কেট
যােব। ছেলিট যখন বড় হয় তখন মােয়র ের বড়
চাকির, বড় বািড় সবই অজন করেত পাের িঠকই, িক
সই বািড়েত তার মােয়র জন কান ান হয়না।
Logline
After reading the letter sent from nursing home,
the boy understood his mistake.
Leading Casts
Nasrin Sultama Dipty
Al Masum
Rituparna Sarkar Khusi
Mukto
Sikto
Md. Shahjahan Shiraj Saju is a Bangladeshi film
director. He lives in Nilphamary. He is a filmmaker
who tries to portray reality and searches for
exceptional ideas. He wishes to make more films and
win awards.
169

ALAMOT
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | South Asian Premiere | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Poroma Shome
Story
Poroma Shome
Script & Screenplay
Poroma Shome
Editor
Ibrahim Uday
Producer
Poroma Shome
Cinematographer
Hira Azad
Original Title
আলামত
Tagline
We need evidence of a safer society
Synopsis in English
We live in a society where after being sexually
assaulted, a girl is treated as the main provocative
factor, and she has to carry the marks of the
assaults to get justice. We don’t think about the girl.
After the horrific incident, she has to go through
more horrible things. Does her family support her?
Does the society support her? Does the system
support her? This film raises all these questions in
a cinematic manner through some characters.
Synopsis in Bengali
আমােদর সমােজ ধষেণর জন একজন নারীেকই দায়ী করা
হয়। িক আমােদর সমাজ ববায় একজন ধিষতােক
বারংবার ধষেণর িশকার হেত হয়। িদেত হয় িনেজর সতী
নােশর মাণ। তার পিরবার িক তােক সহেযািগতা কের?
সমাজ িক তােক সহেযািগতা কের? এই িসেম িক তােক
সহেযািগতা কের? ‘আলামত’ নােমর এই ৈদেঘর
চলিে এই সমূহ উাপেনর চা করা হেয়েছ।
Leading Casts
Kaumrunnahar Munni
Jayita Mahalanabish
Aminur Rahman Mukul
G.M Joy
Poroma Shome has completed her graduation and
post-graduation in TV, Film and Photography from the
University of Dhaka. Her first directed short film ‘Aalta’
has been exhibited in different international festivals.
Now, she is looking forward to make more films and
change our society.
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AMMA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | Bengali | International Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Md. Rakibul Hasan Reza
Assistant Director
Jd Rasel
Story
Md. Rakibul Hasan Reza
Script & Screenplay
Md. Rakibul Hasan Reza
Editor
Momin Biswas
Producer
Md. Rakibul Hasan Reza
Original Title
আা
Tagline
Life begins to change when mother appears in her
son’s dream with some important issues.
Synopsis in English
In the ongoing life without the guidance of
experienced people, an orphan boy suddenly sees
his mother in his dream with some life advice. Life
begins to change when his mother appears in his
son’s dream with the solution of some important
issues. After that, he realizes that his mother has
been with him all the time and that his mother’s
blessings will always be with him.
Synopsis in Bengali
অনাথ ছেলিটর জীবেন উপেদশ ও পরামশ দবার মেতা
বড় কউই নই। কােরা িদক-িনেদশনা িবহীন এভােবই তার
জীবন চলমান। হঠাৎ একিদন অনাথ ছেলিট ে তার
মােক দখেত পায়। যখােন িতিন িকছু পূণ পরামশ ও
সমসার সমাধান িনেয় উপিত হন। এরপর, সান
িহেসেব স বুঝেত পাের এবং িবাস কের য, তার মা
সবসময় তার সােথই আেছন। তার উপর মােয়র আশীবাদ
থাকেব িচরকালই।
Logline
An orphan boy suddenly sees his mother in his
dream with some life advice.
Cinematographer
Shariar Nazime Mainul
Sound Engineer
Rajesh Saha
Background Music
Iftekhar Khan Ika
Leading Casts
Ashrafun Nessa
Aryan Fuad
Md. Rakibul Hasan Reza works at his own production
house cMetro Films Ltd. The short film ‘Amma’ is his
first work from this production house. He likes to do
experimental treatments in his works. He wants to
make films independently. He finds satisfaction in being
able to visualize the stories that storms through his
mind.
171

CAPTION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller | Bengali | 19 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Aalap Angon
Story
Milton Dey
Script & Screenplay
Milton Dey
Editor
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Producer
Filmcast
Original Title
কাপশন
Tagline
The Triangle of Love
Synopsis in English
A person’s mobile phone gets stolen. Then
someone started to blackmail him with a video clip
which he has got from that stolen device. But the
problem is, he does not ask for money, he does
not demand any physical pleasure either. Then
what does the blackmailer want?
Synopsis in Bengali
এক বাির মাবাইল হািরেয় যায়। একজন সই ফােনর
একিট িভিডও িপ িনেয় তােক মিক িদেত থােক। িক
সই বাি কান টাকা চায় না, কান শারীিরক চািহদাও
তার নই। তেব স আসেল কী চায়?
Logline
Someone is blackmailing a person with a video clip.
Cinematographer
Asaduzzaman Rabbi
Leading Casts
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Adnan Hossain Chowdhury
Narin Juh
Aalap Angon is from Rangpur. ‘Caption’ is his
debut film. He is currently a student and he
dreams to become a good filmmaker in the
future. He prioritizes on building his expertise as a
cinematographer. His favorite filmmaker is Anurag
Kashyap.
172

CHAKRI
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 9 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Mehedi Hassan
Assistant Director
Mohammud Al Araf
Imtiaz Zilan
Story
Mehedi Hassan
Script & Screenplay
Mehedi Hassan
Original Title
চাকির
Tagline
Unemployment is a curse.
Synopsis in English
The protagonist is looking for a job after finishing
his studies. Just getting a job is his one and only
motto now. A job is a necessity for him at this
moment because of his family. But despite having
quality he is facing obstacles.
Synopsis in Bengali
উিশা শষ কের অন সাধারণ ছেলেদর মতই চাকির
খুঁজেছ িসেনমার মূলচির। যেকােনা চাকির পাওয়া এখন
তার মূল উেশ। িনেজর ও পিরবােরর কথা ভেবই নয়া
এই উেদাগ। িক যাগতা থাকা সেও তােক সুখীন
হেত হয় সামািজক বাধার।
Editor
MHB
Producer
RFL
Cinematographer
Abdul Masum
Leading Casts
Emam Hossain
Tayef Aslam
Jewel Khan
Papon Khan
Mehedi Hassan is an undergraduate student at
Islamia University. He is from Chittagong. He worked
as an assistant director in various projects. He dreams
of making a full-length cinema and aspires to become
a great filmmaker one day.
173

CHOWDHURY SHAHEB
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 14 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Milton Dey
Story
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Script & Screenplay
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Editor
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Producer
Filmcast
Original Title
চৗধুরী সােহব
Tagline
A Professional Killer
Synopsis in English
This film is about a hitman named Chowdhury
Shaheb, who is passionate about murdering
people and takes pride in doing so. He is too
professional and does not consider it to as a
crime. Chowdhury Shaheb is now dealing with his
last twisted contract. Can everything be done in a
perfect way?
Synopsis in Bengali
‘চৗধুরী সােহব’ নােমর একজন পশাদার খুনীেক িনেয় এই
িসেনমািট িনিমত। িতিন খুনেক এক ধরেনর িশ িহেসেব
দেখন এবং খুন করােক কােনা অপরাধ বেল গণ কেরন
না। বরং এই খুনী পশায় িতিন গবেবাধ কেরন এবং গেবর
সােথ এ কাজিট কেরন। ‘চৗধুরী সােহব’ এখন তার শষ
খুনিট করেত যােন। ্িতিন িক পারেবন সবিকছু
িনখুঁতভােব করেত?
Logline
A professional killer is facing his last deal.
Cinematographer
Kawsher Ahmed
Leading Casts
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Sarker M. A. Hadi
Shahriar Rifat
Milton Dey is a Tarantino fan. He does not have too
much action in his own life. He refers to himself as a
simple person living a simple life with a bank job. But
Milton thinks the extraordinary portion of his life is his
dream. His dream is to make a film that will blow every
mind on the planet.
174

FREGOLI DELUSION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Bengali | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Misbah Sakin
Story
Misbah Sakin
Script & Screenplay
Misbah Sakin
Editor
Misbah Sakin
Producer
Moksudar Rahman Mukul
Original Title
েগািল িডলুশন
Synopsis in English
A young boy suffers from Fregoli Delusion. A
rare disorder in which a person is convinced that
different people who appear to be strangers are all
in fact the same person in a multitude of disguises.
This particular young boy is consumed by the voice
of his sister which replaces those of everyone
else. All his efforts to overcome this are rendered
useless as he continues to hear her voice.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট ছেল ‘েগািল িডলুশন’ নামক একিট বািধেত
ভু গেছ। এিট একিট িবরল বািধ যােত একজন বি একিট
িবািকর ধারণা পাষণ কেরন য, িবিভ বি আসেল
একই বি য বারংবার চহারা পিরবতন কের বা
ছেবেশ থােক। তার কােন স সবসময় তার বােনর ক
নেত পায়। তার মেন হে তার বােনর কিট সবার
কেক িতাপন কেরেছ এবং স এ বািধ থেক মুি
পেত পারেছ না।
Cinematographer
Jubayed Koushik
Maisa Sakura
Misbah Sakin was born in 1999. He has started
film making in 2016. He is currently studying in
CUET. He is a young director who tries to express
his thoughts through his films. He is also a
passionate film activist.
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HOOSH
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Adittya Basak
Story
Sumaiya Aman Nitu
Script & Screenplay
Adittya Basak
Editor
Adittya Basak
Producer
Mahtab Ahamed
Arif Iftekhar
Original Title
ঁশ
Synopsis in English
Adittya Basak Abrar is a symbolic character. His
life is just like a normal human being. One day
after waking up, he discovers he was hallucinating.
He discovers himself in the world of imagination,
which looks exactly like reality. All the real crimes
are happening around him, but he can not protest,
he stares at them, just like everyone else. This
makes him very sad.
Synopsis in Bengali
আিদত বসাক আবরার একিট তীকী চির। একজন
সাধারণ মানুেষর মেতাই তার জীবনযাপন। একিদন হঠাৎ
তার ঘুম ভাঙার পর স হালুিসেনশেন এ আা হয়, স
িনেজেক একিট কনার জগেত আিবার কের যা আদেত
সূণ বােবর মেতাই। ধু বােবর সকল অপরাধ এখন
তার চােখর সামেন ঘটেত থােক, িক স এর িতবাদ
করেত পােরনা, অনেদর মেতাই তািকেয় তািকেয় দেখ, যা
তােক চ িবষাদ কের তু েল।
Logline
We need to repair our society as soon as possible
Cinematographer
Tawsif Mohammad
Leading Casts
Abrar Uddin
Oindrita Talukder
Durjoy Dev Sunny
Minhaz Maroof
Nazmul Hasan
Tareq
Emon
Adittya Basak
Adittya Basak was born in Chattogram on March 6,
2001. He started his career in 2016 as a YouTuber
and was subsequently involved in many freelancing
works. From the very beginning he never
compromises with quality.
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LOTTERY
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | English | International Premiere | 10 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
KM Kanak
Story
Al-Amin Hasan Nirjhar
Script & Screenplay
Al-Amin Hasan Nirjhar
Editor
KM Kanak
Producer
Niamul Mukta
Cinematographer
Abdullah Al Fahim
Original Title
লটাির
Synopsis in English
The ‘Lottery’ is a story of a friendship between
two boys who grew up at a station. The tragedy
unfolds as life and dreams unfold, centering on
winning a lottery. Dreams grow with the tension of
friendship and the desire to change the day. There
is no end to human needs. When one demand is
met, another demand arises. Life does not stop
for money. Time does not stop either. Even after
winning the lottery, the two main characters have
tried to find happiness in other ways without
getting money and that is life.
Synopsis in Bengali
শেন বেড় ওঠা দুইিট ছেল ও তােদর বু ের গ
‘লটাির’। মানুেষর চািহদার কােনা শষ নই, আবার অেথর
অভােব জীবনও িক থেম থােক না। লটাির জেয়র েক
ক কের দুই বু তােদর আশা-আকাা ও অিভলােষর
জাল বুনেত থােক। িক, এিক! লটাির জতার পরও য
তােদর সুেখর সান থােমিন। হয়ত এরই নাম জীবন।
Leading Casts
Iqbal Hossain
Redwan Chowdhury Shanto
Enayet Hossain Samir
Samiya Akter Bristy
KM Kanak is a dreamer and a filmmaker. He studied
Civil Engineering. From a young age, his love for movies
inspired him to make films of his own. He has served
as an assistant director for a National Award-winning
director, Redoan Rony for a long time. He was also the
Chief Assistant Director of the film ‘Kathbirali’.
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MAATI
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 21 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Riddha Anindya Ganguly
Story
Riddha Anindya Ganguly
Script & Screenplay
Britwa Roy Dipa
Editor
Tashfiq Rahman
Producer
Gangshalik Productions
Cinematographer
Anoy Chowdhury
Original Title
মািট
Tagline
Where the Struggles of Life Blends With Clay!
Synopsis in English
Krishno Paul, a ceramist, lives in a small village in
Bangladesh along with his wife, son, and daughter.
Krishno strongly wants his son Polash to learn
ceramics and help him with his work, while Palash
wants to do something bigger. Krishno decides to
marry off his daughter Rupa at a very young age
when a proposal from a rich family comes into his
hands. But he struggles to pay the dowry for the
marriage.
Synopsis in Bengali
মৃৎিশী কৃ পাল তার ী, ছেল ও মেয়েক িনেয়
বাংলােদেশর একিট ছা ােম বাস কেরন। কৃ খুব কের
চান য তার ছেল পলাশ তার মেতাই মািটর কাজ িশখুক
এবং তার কােজ সাহায কক, িক পলাশ জীবেন আরও
বড় িকছু করেত চায়। একিট বড় ঘেরর িবেয়র াব হােত
আসায় কৃ তার মেয় পােক খুব কম বয়েসই িবেয়
দেবন বেল িসা নন। যৗতু েকর িবশাল অংেকর টাকা
কামাই করেত কৃ েক মােঠ নামেত হয়।
Logline
A ceramist family from a small village struggles with
child marriage and dowry.
Leading Casts
Dulal Paul
Risalatunnaher
Krishna Paul
Kawsar Ahmed Ripon
Riddha Anindya Ganguly was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh
on July 26, 1997. He works as an assistant director and
scriptwriter for short films and television productions. He is
also a freelance writer, who often writes op-eds in national
newspapers. Riddha is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree
in Archaeology at Jahangirnagar University. ‘Maati’ is his first
film as a director.
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MATIR KHELNA
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 6 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Nishat Jahan Nafiza
Story
Mainuddin Shikder
Script & Screenplay
Nishat Jahan Nafiza
Mainuddin Shikder
Editor
Junjuni Chakma
Producer
Mainuddin Shikder
Cinematographer
Santua Tripura
Original Title
মািটর খলনা
Synopsis in English
This film narrates the story of an ordinary worker
who turns out to be one of the victims of the
recent political violence in Bangladesh. Bangladesh
has been facing political ignorence since its
independence. The two major political parties
always fail to make a peaceful alignment and the
general people suffer a lot due to the strike called
up by the oppositions. Ajmol, the protagonist
of this film has nothing to do with political
uncertainty. Still, he is misjudged for his actions.
This story is inspired by one of the true events that
happened in 2012 where a worker named Biswajit
Das, was killed by the political cadres.
Synopsis in Bengali
‘মািটর খলনা’, একজন সাধারন কমজীবী মানুেষর
বাংলােদেশর চলমান রাজৈনিতক সিহংসতার িশকার হওয়ার
গ। বাংলােদশ াধীনতার থেকই রাজৈনিতক
অিরতার িভতর িদেয় গেছ। দেশর দুিট মূল রাজৈনিতক
দল কখেনাই শািপূণ সহাবােন আসেত পােরিন আর
সাধারণ জনগণ তার মাল িদেয় যাে। রাজৈনিতক
অিরতার সােথ গের মূল চির আজমল এর কান
যাগােযাগ নই। তারপরও, স রাজৈনিতক কাডারেদর ভু ল
িবচার এর িশকার হয়। ২০১২ সােল সরকারদলীয়
রাজৈনিতক কাডারেদর ারা ‘িবিজত দাস হতা’ এর
ঘটনা থেক অনুািনত হেয় এই চলিচিট িনিমত।
Leading Casts
Taufiqur Rahman Rain
Nishat Jahan Nafiza is an independent young filmmaker,
based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her work deals with
socio-political issues, and their effects on society. She
strongly believes in individual potentiality through active
engagement, to change society. She likes to experiment with
her work while telling stories, merging documentaries, and
fictions together.
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NIGHT LIGHT
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 2.39:1 | Color | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Samin Yasar
Story
Samin Yasar
Script & Screenplay
Samin Yasar
Editor
Samin Yasar
Producer
Md Navid Hassan
Bhubon Ahmed
Tagline
It’s Not A Night Light
Synopsis in English
Samin orders a night light online but instead of a
night light he receives a mysterious object. When
he shows it to his friend Navid, they start imagining
scenarios of what the object might actually be
capable of. None of those come close to what it is
actually capable of.
Synopsis in Bengali
সািমন অনলাইেন একিট নাইটলাইট অডার কের।
নাইটলাইেটর পিরবেত স হােত পেলা এক অুত
রহসজনক ব। স এই বিট তার বু নািভদেক দখায়
এবং তারা দুইজন বেস িচা করেত থাকেলা, এটা তােদর
কী কােজ আসেত পাের। িক তারা জানেতা না, এই
রহসজনক বর মতা িছেলা তােদর কনারও বাইের।
Logline
Two boys try to work their minds around a
mysterious glowing object which barely resembles
a night light.
Cinematographer
Samin Yasar
Visual Effects
Samin Yasar
Leading Casts
Navid Hassan
Samin Yasar
Samin Yaasr is currently studying BBA Marketing at
Bangladesh University of Professionals. Over the years he
has made a few award-winning short-films and hopes to
become a filmmaker one day. With his visual-effects skills,
he tries to make sure a story never has any visual limit,
because a good story deserves good visuals.
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ONE DAY OF ASLAM
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Drama, Thriller | English | Bangladesh Premiere | 7 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad
Story
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad
Script & Screenplay
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad
Editor
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad
Producer
Sabina Yesmin
Original Title
আসলােমর একিদন
Tagline
Life goes on!
Synopsis in English
Aslam was the son of a villager. His mother was
very upset with him since he never worked. She
used to get angry at him almost every day. One
day Aslam decided to leave the house and never
return. What happens to him after he leaves
home?
Synopsis in Bengali
ােমর ছেল আসলাম একটু বিশই আরামিয়। বািড়র
কােনা কাজ কেরনা বেল তার মা তার উপর খুবই িবর।
িতিদন বািড়েত একই কািহিন। অতঃপর, একিদন
আসলাম িসা িনল িচরিদেনর জন বািড় ছেড় চেল
যােব, আর িফরেব না। গবহীন এ যাাপেথ তার জন
কান অিনয়তা অেপা করেছ?
Logline
This film is a protrait of a village boy.
Cinematographer
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad
Mubtasim Ibney Mustafa
Leading Casts
Bhupoti Bhushan Sharker
Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad is a young Bangladeshi
filmmaker from Rangpur. He spent his entire childhood
there. Currently, he is studying Film and Media Studies
at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University. He directed
multiple short films throughout the years. His films were
screened at multiple film festivals in and outside the
country.
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ONE MAN SHOW
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 9 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Story
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Script & Screenplay
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Editor
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Original Title
ওয়ান মান শা
Tagline
One man, One crew, One cast
Synopsis in English
This is an experimental film about a person who is
in an audition to perform a psychopath’s role. But
there is a twist about his past that is relatable to
the role. But how?
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট অিডশন চলেছ। মানিসকভােব অসু একিট চিরের
জন একজন অিভেনতা চাই। এক যুবক অিডশন িদে।
িক পিরচালেকর মেত তার অিভনয় নািক হে না। িক
আেদৗ িক স অিভনয় করিছেলা? নািক স বােদ বািক
সবাই অিভনয় করেছ? সব উর জানা যােব। ধু একটাই
, মানুেষর মগেজর রং আসেল কী?
Producer
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Cinematographer
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Leading Casts
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury
Ashwash M. A. Chowdhury is a Martin Scorsese fan
but in his personal life, there is no action, no crime, no
thrill. The only goal in his life is to make films. He also
has made two other films named Eshopnama (2017)
and Tokai hobo (2016).
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PANCHALI
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Bengali | International Premiere | 5 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Parban Roy
Assistant Director
Sayem Chowdhury
Story/Script & Screenplay
Parban Roy
Editor
Chandan Aumi
Original Title
পাালী
Synopsis in English
In the film, a girl is watching television. She asks
her mother to watch it too. In the television drama,
the story is about a girl who is forced to accept her
mother’s decision. She promises herself that when
she becomes a mother, she would give her child
the complete freedom to make her own decisions.
Synopsis in Bengali
একিট মেয় িটিভ দখিছল। মেয়িট তার মােকও অনুেরাধ
কের তার সােথ িটিভ দখবার জন। িটিভেত তখন একটা
মেয়র গ দখািল। গের মেয়িট তার িনেজর িসা
িনেজ হণ করেত না পের তার মােয়র িসা হেণ
বাধ হয় এবং পরবতীেত তার মােক এর জন দাষােরাপ
কের। স তখন িনেজ মেন মেন িতা কের, স যখন
িনেজ মা হেব তখন তার সানেক যেকােনা িসা হেণ
পূণ াধীনতা িদেব।
Producer
Parban Roy
Cinematographer
Shoaib Syed
Executive/Line Producer
Kabir Bondhon
Visual Effects
Bappy Das
Animation
Shahriar Tanvir Refat
Leading Casts
Aisha Khan
Anurha
Tutiya Yasmeen Papia
Tamanna
Parban Roy is a Bangladeshi filmmaker. He was
born on 7 January 1998 in Chandpur. He is a student
of Multimedia & Creative Technology at Daffodil
International University. He worked as an assistant
director in several television commercials.
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PERILOUS WONDER
Bangladesh | 2019 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 7 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Shuvro Shishir
Sound Engineer
Mohayminul Islam
Story
Rakib Hasan
Script & Screenplay
Mujahid Abhimonnu
Shuvro Shishir
Original Title
িবপ িবয়
Synopsis in English
In this cosmopolitan city, two unnamed people
were constantly dying of pride because of their
inability to express their feelings. In the end, they
chose the path of suicide at short intervals on the
same day. In this afterworld, that is elusive to the
living, their pain, frustration, love, their sufferings
of not being able to express anything come up in
their conversation.
Synopsis in Bengali
যািক এই শহের অনুভূ িত কাশ করেত না পারা দু’জন
মানুষ জীবেনর সমেঝাতােক বিড় িহেসেব মানেত পাের
না। শষ পয তারা আহতার পথ বেছ নয় একই
িদেন, সামান সমেয়র ববধােন। য জগৎ জীিবেতর কােছ
অধরা, সই জগেত তােদর কেথাপকথেন উেঠ আেস
তােদর যণা, হতাশা, ভালবাসা,কাউেক িকছু শানােত না
পারার আেপ, সব পেয়ও না পাওয়ার পিরসংখান।
Logline
Two people sit in conversation after death.
Editor
Toufique Hasan Rifat
Akib Jabed
Producer
Kirtankhola Film Society
Barishal University
Cinematographer
Sovon Karmaker
Art Director
Hasan Rafi
Production Manager
Mehedi Hasan Mithu
Leading Casts
Md. Al Amin
Tahmina Shatabdi
Shuvro Shishir is a Bangladeshi filmmaker. He was
born on 6 December 1996. He lives in Barisal while he is
originally from Satkhira, Bangladesh. He has graduated
in Bengali Literature. He directed three films and was
an apprentice in a full-length feature film named ‘Kata’,
directed by Tokon Thakoor based on a story by Shahidul
Zahir
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LAST HOUR
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Romance | Bengali | 3 min 30 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Obaidullah Al Galib
Story
Obaidullah Al Galib
Script & Screenplay
Obaidullah Al Galib
Original Title
শষ হর
Synopsis in English
There will be some people who will make you
realize the meaning of life at every step. You’ll get
hurt even when they are with you. But you can’t let
these hurts be your weakness. That’s the kind of
story the film ‘Shesh Prohor’ or ‘Last Hour ‘ tells.
Synopsis in Bengali
জীবেন িকছু মানুষ থােক যারা আপনার িতিট পদেেপ
জীবেনর কৃ ত অথ উপলি করেত সাহায করেব। এই
িটকতক মানুষ আপনার সােথ থাকা সেও আপিন চলার
পেথ িবিভ কারেণ আঘাতা হেবন। িক আপিন এই
আঘাতেক দুবলতায় পিরণত করেত পারেবন না। এমনই
একিট গ বলেব চলি ‘শষ হর’ বা ‘লা আওয়ার’।
Editor
Rabon
Producer
Rafi Mandol
Cinematographer
Rabon
Leading Casts
Obaidullah Al Galib
Israt Rahamn Ipty
Obaidullah Al Galib is looking for a brilliant and
challenging career in the film and media world that will
give him the opportunity for growth and development, a
strong sense of responsibility, efficiency, and willingness
to learn and teach where he will be able to apply all these
knowledge and skills.
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SHOKAL DOSHTA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Romance | Bengali | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Prodipto Saha
Story
Prodipto Saha
Script & Screenplay
Prodipto Saha
Editor
Prodipto Saha
Original Title
সকাল দশটা
Synopsis in English
Amrita is passing her time idly in her home
because of quarantine. Her boyfriend is unwell for
somedays now and she passes her time anxiously
thinking of him. They can barely talk because of the
global pandemic going on. ‘Shokal Doshta’ shows a
short pandemic story of this couple.
Synopsis in Bengali
বিক কেরানা পিরিিতর কারেণ অমৃতা অলস সময়
কাটাে। এর মেধ তার িমক িকছুিদন যাবৎ অসু।
কেরানাকালীন দূরের জন তােদর কথাবাতাও হয় খুব
অ। অমৃতার একা একা িবষ সময় কােট তার িমকেক
িনেয় দুিায়।
Producer
Prodipto Saha
Cinematographer
Prodipto Saha
Leading Casts
Amrita Saha
Prodipto Saha is an independent filmmaker. He
directed four short films as of now. He loves to
experiment with the storytelling process. Presently,
he is doing his BSS on Film and Television Studies at
Jagannath University.
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SHOPNER FERIWALA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 5 min
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad
Story
Sabbir Ahmed Shohag
Script & Screenplay
Sabbir Ahmed Shohag
Editor
Haseb Hasan
Producer
Md. Abul kalam Azad
Original Title
ের ফিরওয়ালা
Synopsis in English
Everyone in this city has some dreams, maybe
even a bird has a dream to walk in the sky. The
dreams of this city have become stagnant, silent
today. Nothing is going on. Sometimes the dreams
imposed by the family feel like poison, sometimes
their dreams bring invaluable success as well.
Talking about dreams, telling the story of the
‘dream peddlers’.
Synopsis in Bengali
এই শহের সবার িকছু থােক, হয়েতা একটা পািখরও
থােক আকােশ দািপেয় বড়ােনার। এই শহেরর
েলা আজ িবর, নীরব হেয় আেছ। কােনা িকছুই চলেছ
না। পিরবােরর চািপেয় দয়া কখেনা কখেনা হেয় ওেঠ
িবেষর মেতা, আবার কখেনা তােদর ই িনেয় আেস
অমূল সাফল। সই ের কথা বলিছ, বলিছ ‘ের
ফিরওয়ালা’দর গ।
Logline
A story of a dream dealer.
Cinematographer
Sabbir Ahmed shohag
Leading Casts
Abul Kalam Azad
Ahmed Sohana
Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladeshi film
enthusiast from Gazipur, Dhaka. He completed his
Diploma course in Engineering from Dhaka Polytechnic
Institute. Alongside his studies, his hobby is filmmaking.
His biggest wish is to be a successful filmmaker and an
actor.
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SHOTTO MITTHAR GOLPO
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Zamsedur Rahman Sajib
Assistant Director
Piyal Mahmud
Story
Zamsedur Rahman Sajib
Script & Screenplay
Zamsedur Rahman Sajib
Original Title
সত িমথার গ
Synopsis in English
The story is about a farmer named Manik. After
the death of his wife, he lived with his only son
Monir. Manik was spending the day with his baby
son laughing and giggling. But in the meanwhile,
a deadly virus called corona appeared all over the
world. It affected the lives of all people. Manik’s life
is not left out either.
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট মািনক নােমর একজন কৃ ষেকর। ী মারা যাবার পর
একমা পু মিনরেক িনেয়ই তার জীবন। িশপুের সােথ
হািস আন ও খুঁনসুিটেত িঠকঠাক িদন কেট যািল
মািনেকর। িক এর মােঝই সারািবে কেরানা নামক
াণঘাতী ভাইরােসর আিবভাব হয়। সকল মানুেষর জীবেন
এর ভাব পেড়। বাদ যায় না মািনেকর জীবনও।
Logline
Simple story of life
Editor
Zamsedur Rahman Sajib
Producer
Sukanto Biswas
Cinematographer
Riad Sikder Rad
Music Director
Tanmoy Saha Durjoy
Art Director
Abdullah Al Maruf
Executive Producer
Anis Sujan
Sobuj Biswas
Leading Casts
Golam Mortoza Mollah
Md. Lam Alif Hossain
Zamsedur Rahman Sajib is a young filmmaker and writer.
His short film ‘Shopno Puroner Golpo’ was awarded at the
6th International Children’s Film Festival in Bangladesh
in 2013. He was one of twenty young directors who were
selected for the British Council’s Residential Filmmaking
Workshop 2013. His other film ’Bari Fera’ has won a total of
3 awards.
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STORY OF A STONE
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 60 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rownacur Salyhen
Story
Rownacur Salyhen
Script & Screenplay
Rownacur Salyhen
Editor
Ahsan Al Miraj
Producer
Rownacur Salyhen
Original Title
Story of a Stone
Tagline
Necessity of everything depends on your thinking.
Synopsis in English
Nothing in this world is unnecessary. You can find
something very unimportant to be very useful at
times. Things that seem not worthy to you can
become very useful to someone else. Necessity
depends on your thinking and use.
Synopsis in Bengali
পৃিথবীেত কােনা িকছুই অেয়াজনীয় নয়। ভীষণ অবেহলার
িজিনসটাও সমেয়র সােথ হেয় উঠেত পাের খুব উপকারী।
এমনিক যসব িজিনস তামার কােছ লাগেব মূলহীন, িঠক
সিটই অন কােরা জন অমূল। েয়াজনীয়তা য ক কখন
এবং িকভােব খুঁেজ পােব, তা বলা মুশিকল। েয়াজনীয়তা
িনভর কের কােরা ববহার িকংবা িচা-ভাবনার ওপর। আর
সই িচা-ভাবনােলা িতিনত হেত একিট ছাট িবি
পাথরই যেথ।
Logline
An unnecessary piece of stone can become
beautiful and necessary to a painter.
Cinematographer
Dhrubo Sen
Leading Casts
Shishir Ahmed
Rownacur Salyhen is a young filmmaker from
Bangladesh. Currently, he is studying Film and Television
Studies at Jagannath University. He is an independent
filmmaker. He made some outstanding short films at this
young age. He is also a professional lyricist.
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TARA DYUTI
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 22 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik
Assistant Director
Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Story/ Script & Screenplay
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik
Editor
Arafat Hossain Badhon
Producer
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik
Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Cinematographer
Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik
Leading Casts
Md. Sajib Ali
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik
Nakhsatra Ishrat
Arafat Hossain Badhon
Sumaiya Salekin
Fahmin Rahman
Sultanul Arifin
Faria H. Bhuiya
Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Afroze Disa
Sameer Mahmud Khan
Md. Anik Hasan
Original Title
তারা দুিত
Tagline
Everyone is a star, just waiting to be enlightened.
Synopsis in English
Sayeed, Ratul, and Tuli are three random college
students with three different dreams. However,
the stubborn admiration of Bangladeshi parents
for a traditional academic career and looking down
upon other walks of life stands like a wall in front of
them. This leads to an unwanted end for Sayeed,
who could have been a renowned cricketer.
The loss of Sayeed makes Ratul desperate and
uncertain in pursuing his own goal. His teacher
Akondo Sir and Sayeed’s father starts inspiring him.
With support from their parents, Ratul and Tuli
move onwards to their cherished dreams. Every
youngster has their own liking and excellence, the
support from our parents, the ones who love us
most is all we need to achieve them.
Synopsis in Bengali
সাইদ, রাতু ল এবং তু িল কেলজ পড়ু য়া িতন বাজ
তণ। দেখ িনেজেদর পছের িবষেয় বড় িকছু
করার। িক বাংলােদিশ অিভভাবকেদর থাগত
একােডিমক কািরয়ােরর িত তী টান তােদর সামেন বাধা
হেয় দাঁড়ায়। যা এক পযােয় সাবনাময় িেকটার সাইেদর
অনাকািত িবদােয় প নয়। সাইেদর খুব কােছর বু
রাতু ল তােক দওয়া কথা মেতা িনেজর লে আগােত
িধায় ভু গেত থােক। তােক রণা দয় তার িশক
আক সার এবং সাইেদর বাবা। শেষ রাতু ল এবং তু িল
তােদর বাবা-মােয়র সমথন িনেয় একসােথ পা বাড়ায়
পূরেণর পেথ। সবারই িনজ িনজ পছ আর দতা
আেছ। আমােদর বাবা-মা, যারা আমােদর সবেচেয় বিশ
ভােলাবােসন, তােদর আশীবাদ ও দায়াই পাের আমােদর
ল অজেনর পথেক সুগম করেত।
Logline
Three youngsters, full of dreams, looking to fulfil
them, faces obstacles from the ones who love
them the most
Ihzaz Abrar Sadik was born on August 29, 1999, in
Rajshahi. He is a Bangladeshi film director, who is currently
a student of BUET. As a newcomer, Abrar is still learning
the basics of filmmaking. ’Tara Dyuti’ is his debut film. He
loves to share his stories through creative visuals.
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THROUGH THE WINDOW
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 3 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rhombus
Story
Saurav Sarkar
Script & Screenplay
Shah Noman Khan
Editor
Shah Noman Khan
Producer
Rhombus
Cinematographer
Shah Noman Khan
Original Title
Through the Window
Synopsis in English
The short film portrays the incidence of child labor
in our society. The story portrays the lives of two
boys, how their lives are totally different because of
being born into two different social classes. It will
bring out the brutal reality of the socio-economic
inequality situation of our society right in front of
our eyes. How, regardless of age, people have to
work for minimum wages even when they are as
young as school-going children. The short film aims
to create awareness about social discrimination,
income inequality, and the horrors of child labor.
Synopsis in Bengali
শটিফিট আমােদর সমােজর িশেমর কন দশা তু েল
ধের। সমােজর দুই ণীর দু’িট িশর জীবন কবল
উেণী ও িনেণীেত জ হওয়ার দন কীভােব
পরর থেক আলাদা তা এখােন । ফেল, ণী
বষেমর িনমম বাবতা আমােদর চােখর সামেন চেল
আেস। যই বয়েস একিট িশর ু েল যাওয়ার কথা, সই
বয়েস িশিট ায় নামমা পািরিমেক ঝু ঁিকপূণ কাজ
করেছ ধুমা দিরতার জন। মূলত িশম এবং
আমােদর সামািজক ও অথৈনিতক বষেমর িবে
সকলেক সেচতন করাই শটিফিটর উেশ।
Rhombus is a group of four friends who are amateur 3D
animation filmmakers with big dreams of making eye-opening
films on social causes. They have graduated from Multimedia
and Creative Technology from Daffodil International University
and are trying to work on the passion for filmmaking altogether.
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BRIKKHAMATA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 12 min 34 sec
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Rashedul Islam Roni
Story
Rashedul Islam Roni
Script & Screenplay
Rashedul Islam Roni
Editor
Rashedul Islam Roni
Producer
Rashedul Islam Roni
Cinematographer
Rashedul Islam Roni
Original Title
বৃমাতা
Tagline
The saviour of earth
Synopsis in English
Trees are not different than our mother. A mother
gives her whole life taking care of her children just
like trees dedicate their lives to others. But in the
end, we destroy them for the sake of money and
land! In the story, there is a boy named Haru who
lost his father and mother in his childhood. He
finds his motherly love in a tree. How far will he go
to protect his beloved tree?
Synopsis in Bengali
গিট বৃ এবং সকল মােয়েদর উৎসগ কের িনমাণ করা
হেয়েছ। মা যমন সানেক আজীবন িনঃাথভােব
ভােলােবেস যায়, গাছ ও সভােব খাদ, আয়, অিেজন
ইতািদ িদেয় আমােদর বাঁিচেয় রােখ। িবিনমেয় িকু চায়
না স। আর মানুেষরা এই মাতৃ তু ল গােছেদর িনিবচাের
ংস কের চলেছ। যিদ আমরা তােদর মাতৃ তু ল ভািব
তাহেল কু ড়ােলর আঘােত সই গাছেলােক ধংস কের
িদেত পারতাম না। এই গের নায়ক হা ছাটেবলায় তার
বাবা-মােক হারােনার পর পৃিথবীেত তার আপন বলেত কউ
থােক না। অতঃপর স একিট গােছর মােঝ িনেজর মােয়র
িতিব দখেত পায় এবং সই গাছিটেক বাঁচােত নানা
সমসার সুখীন হয়। অবেশেষ তার জীবেনর িবিনমেয়
রা পায় গাছিট।
Leading Casts
VP AB Siddique
Urmi Rashid Shomapti
Murtoja Ali
Bishal
Rubel
Turjo
Rashedul Islam Roni is a young filmmaker from
Bangladesh, currently studying Computer Science
Engineering at the Daffodil International University. From
his childhood, he dreamed of becoming a Movie Director
and working hard for that. Giving up is never an option
for him. He made around six short films.
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A NEW NORMAL CINEMA
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | Bengali | 23 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Najmus Saaqib
Assistant Director
Abir Rahman
Md Mubeen
Tanha Rashid Angon
Story/ Script & Screenplay
Najmus Saaqib
Editor
Sourav Ray
Original Title
একিট িনউ নরমাল িসেনমা
Tagline
Welcome to the New Normal World
Synopsis in English
Do we ever think of the time when life was normal
while standing in an era that is now normalized?
New happenings, incidents, chaos slams right upon
us every day. And that’s what this film is about. A
few lives, their thoughts, worries, chaos became a
cinema. An attempt to newly present the past.
Synopsis in Bengali
য সময়িটেক আমােদর সামেন িনউ নরমাল সময় বেল
পিরেবশন করা হে, সই সমেয় দাঁিড়েয় আমরা িক দখার
চা কির আমরা সিত কেব নরমাল বা াভািবক
জীবন-যাপন কেরিছলাম? িদেনর পর িদন নতু ন নতু ন
মশলাদার ঘটনা, ত আমােদর উপর আছেড় পড়েছ। সই
সম িকছু ঘটনার সূ ধের এই ৈদঘ চলি।
কেয়কিট জীবন, ভাবনা, পলাতক সময়, সবিকছুর িমেশেল
তির এই িসেনমায়, পুরাতনেক করা হেয়েছ নতু ন কের
পিরেবশেনর চা।
Producer
Najmus Saaqib
Cinematographer
Asaduzzaman Rabby
Music Director
Arafat Karim
Nabeen Khan
Leading Casts
Aaquib Fehad Richie
Aadnan Chowdhury
Mizan Ur Rahman
Rakin Ashrafi
Shahryar Mahin
Abdul Kaiyum
Md Mubeen
Najmus Saaqib is studying Theatre and Performance
Studies at Rajshahi University. He owns a band named
‘Aadhpagla (Halfmad)’. Often makes zero budget nonprofitable
short films. Among those some notable works
are Shohor (2012), Kobir Oshukh (2014), Parapar Courier
Service (2018), Another Nonsense Cinema (2020),
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IMPROVISE. ADAPT.
OVERCOME
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | No Dialogue | International Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Arman Ahmed Asif
Story
Arman Ahmed Asif
Script & Screenplay
Arman Ahmed Asif
Editor
Arman Ahmed Asif
Producer
Arman Ahmed Asif
Cinematographer
Ahad Hossain
Original Title
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome
Tagline
There is always a silver lining
Synopsis in English
The life of a well-off undergrad is pretty much the
same. Everywhere, all the time, it is just ‘normal.
Beginning every new day with a struggle to wake
up on time. Though there is a pinch of “new
normal” now. From study to work, everything is
online nowadays. How much of it has changed? A
glimpse into our protagonist’s life tells that same
old normal story, just with a little improve!
Synopsis in Bengali
িবিবদালেয় পড়ু য়া একজন তেনর জীবন যন এক
ধরাবাঁধা িনয়েমর মােঝ আটেক গেছ। সবসময়, সবিকছু
যন খুব বিশ ‘নরমাল’। িতিদন সকােল সময়মত ঘুম
থেক ওঠার বথ েচা থেক সারািদেনর নরমাল বা
সাধারণ কাজকম। যিদও এখন উব হেয়েছ ‘িনউ নরমাল’
এর। পড়ানা থেক কাজ সব এখন অনলাইেন। িক
সিত কী বদেলেছ িকছু? আমােদর ধান চিরের সই
নরমাল বা সাধারণ জীবেনর গ দখােনা হেয়েছ ৈদঘ
চলিিটেত। িক তার জীবনটা িক সিত-ই নরমাল?
Leading Casts
Arman Ahmed Asif
Arman Ahmed Asif is an undergraduate engineering
student living in South Korea. In between the grinding
hours of studies, he plays drums, roams around the
streets of Seoul, and captures cityscapes.
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SIT TIGHT
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Black and white | Drama | Bengali | 4 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Fahim Ahmed
Story
Fahim Ahmed
Script & Screenplay
Fahim Ahmed
Editor
Fahim Ahmed
Original Title
িবচিলত হেবন না
Synopsis in English
Arni stays at home all alone. Her mother is a
doctor who comes home once a week. In all of this
chaos, Arni’s uncle, who was suffering from Corona,
has passed away while on the other hand, a three
months old corona-affected baby completely
recovered from this deadly virus.
Synopsis in Bengali
অরিন লকডাউেন বাসায় একা একা থােক৷ তার মা একজন
ডাার, সােহ একবার বাসায় আেসন৷ এর মেধ অরিনর
চাচা মারা যান এবং হাসপাতােল আযজনকভােব িতন মাস
বয়সী কেরানায় আা একিট িশ সু হেয় ওেঠ৷
Logline
Arni and her mother somehow manage to cope up
with the new normal situation.
Producer
Fahim Ahmed
Cinematographer
Fahim Ahmed
Leading Casts
Fahim Ahmed
Fahim Ahmed is an Independent filmmaker. He studied
Microbiology at North South University. He started
making short films with whatever he had. At this time,
he is practising to mix up ideas and blending complex or
untouched thoughts through an engaging story.
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THE IMPRISONED
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama, Thriller | Bengali | 6 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Zarif Tashdeed
Story
Takee Tirtha
Script & Screenplay
Takee Tirtha
Zarif Tashdeed
Editor
Zarif Tashdeed
Original Title
The Imprisoned
Tagline
No One is Free From the Shackles of Society.
Synopsis in English
The short film centers around the life of an old
woman during a plague. Where she faces and goes
through ageism, prejudice, and discrimination from
her own family in absence of her son.
Synopsis in Bengali
গ চলাকালীন সমেয় একজন বৃার জীবনেক ক কের
শটিফিট িনিমত। যখােন িতিন তার পুের অনুপিিতেত
িনেজর পিরবার থেক বয়সবাদ, কু সংার এবং বষেমর
মুেখামুিখ হন এবং পু সােথ না থাকায় একাকী বাধ
কেরন।
Logline
A helpless grandmother goes through
misbehaviours from her own family.
Producer
Zarif Tashdeed
Cinematographer
Zarif Tashdeed
Leading Casts
Tania Mustafiz
Tasnia Zaheen
Bilkis Ara Begum
Zarif Tashdeed is a young filmmaker from Dhaka,
Bangladesh. He does regular landscape, urban
photography. Zarif had a strong attraction towards
film from a very young age. He has created two short
Independent films named ‘The Imprisoned’ and ‘AGONY’.
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THE SOUND OF STARVATION
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | 5 min
Suitable Audience
16 years and above
Director
Muhit Alam
Story
Md. Nazim Uddin
Script & Screenplay
Muhit Alam
Editor
Muhit Alam
Producer
Muhit Alam
Cinematographer
Muhit Alam
Original Title
ম
Tagline
The Stomach Does Not Consider Pandemic.
Synopsis in English
COVID-19 has become evident as an epidemic all
over the world. There is wailing and emptiness
all around. People are in quarantine all over the
world. Undoubtedly, these quarantined days are
not affordable for the people who live from hand
to mouth. In these times, the dreadful chord of
hunger can be heard now and then. Working
people are coming out of home staking life and
searching for the assurance of a three-course
meal.
Synopsis in Bengali
পুেরা পৃিথবীেত কেরানার মহামাির প দখা িদেয়েছ।
চািরিদেক হাহাকার, শূনতা। পৃিথবীেত মানুষ আজ ঘরবি।
এই ঘরবি থাকা অেনক মানুেষর জন একরকম
িবলািসতা। ু ধার ালার ভয়ংকর শ যন কান পাতেলই
নেত পাওয়া যায়। মৃতু ঝু ঁিক িনেয়ই বর হেয় আসেছ
মানুষ, িতনেবলা খাবােরর আশায়।৷
Sound Director
Muhit Alam
Production Manager
Jawadul Kabir Shoudho
Leading Casts
Jannatul Mawa Protiva
Muhit Alam is a young independent filmmaker of
Bangladesh. He is a self-motivated person and created
a few short films and documentaries. He has written
several scripts based on his own ideas. Besides his
predilection for film-making, he is also involved in
photography and music composition.
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TEEN FILM WORKSHOP 5.0
November 2020 - December 2020
Teen Film Workshop is an intensive and advanced training program for aspiring filmmakers aged between 15 and 19.
The core objective of the workshop is to equip the teen filmmakers with relevant filmmaking skills and techniques. The
workshop is conducted by prominent filmmakers and industry technicians based in Bangladesh who have a vast knowledge
as well as experiential techniques to offer. TFW 5.0 is the latest edition of the program developed and offered by
Children’s Film Society Bangladesh (CFS).
11
Teen
9
Participants
Renowned
Instructors
2
Films
Produced
Amitabh Reza
Chowdhury
Bijon Imtiaz
Mejbaur
Rahman Sumon
Workshop Productions
Dorshanupat
Piplu R Khan
Nehal Quraishi
Ritajaya
Banarjee
Made by
Abrar Zayeem
Rawaha Meherose Shekha
Shahriar Reja Eshti
Shan Morshed
Moments of
Innocence
Made by
Abid Hasan
Probhu Chattopadhyay
Afra Ramisa
Raka Noshin
Nower
Proshoon
Rahman
Yasmine Kabir

DORSHANUPAT
Bangladesh | 2021 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Drama | Bengali | Bangladesh Premiere | 6 min
Suitable Audience
11 years and above
Director
Abrar Zayeem
Story
Abrar Zayeem
Rawaha Meherose Shekha
Shahriar Reja Eshti
Script & Screenplay
Abrar Zayeem
Rawaha Meherose Shekha
Tagline
Be happy for this moment, this moment is your life.
Synopsis in English
Two families thought that their neighbour is much
happier than them in life. But in reality, they have
sorrow and happiness in their lives too. Life gives
us both sorrow and happiness. It is upon us what
we are going to choose.
Synopsis in Bengali
দু’িট পিরবার ভেবিছল য তােদর িতেবশীর জীবন
তােদর চেয় অেনক বিশ সুেখর। তেব বােব তােদর
জীবেনও সুখ এবং দুঃখ রেয়েছ। কৃ তপে, আমােদর
সকেলর জীবেনই সুখ-দুঃখ িবদমান। িক সুখ-দুঃেখর এ
পথ বেছ নওয়াটা সূণই আমােদর উপর িনভর কের।
Editor
Abrar Zayeem
Producer
Afroja Islam Akhi
Cinematographer
Abrar Zayeem
Leading Casts
Afroza Khanam Ratree
Sakib Hasan Shuvo
Md Amdadul Haque
Kamrun Nahar Tumpa
Adyba Tasnim Anta
Abrar Zayeem is a 17-year-old college boy who is passionate
about life. He lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He makes films only for
entertainment and loves every bit of filming. He wants to make a film
that can reach to people who can relate to it. He wants to make films
about life and people.
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MOMENTS OF INNOCENCE
Bangladesh | 2020 | HD | 1.78:1 (16:9) | Color | Documentary | English | 13 min 15 sec
Suitable Audience
All Age Group
Director
Abid Hasan
Probhu Chattopadhyay
Story
Abid Hasan
Script & Screenplay
Abid Hasan
Editor
Abid Hasan
Tagline
Innocence is the child.
Synopsis in English
It is a documentary that portrays a group of
children from village and town. They do different
things, they have different lifestyles, they
experience different things. But they all have one
thing in common, that is innocence.
Synopsis in Bengali
এিট একিট ামাণিচ যা একই সােথ াম ও শহেরর
একদল িশেদর জীবন উপাপন কের। তােদর জীবনযাা
পরর থেক আলাদা। তহ তারা িভ িভ অিভতার
মুেখামুিখ হয়। িক তােদর সবার মােঝই একিট িজিনস
িবদমান আর তা হেলা ‘ইেনােস’ বা িনাপ সরলতা।
Logline
Lives of the children may seem diferent on the
surface but they all have one thing in common-
innocence.
Producer
Children’s Film Society Bangladesh
Cinematographer
Abid Hasan
Probhu Chattopadhyay
Afra Ramisa
Abid Hasan is a teenage boy who has recently passed the
H.S.C examination from B.A.F Shaheen College, Dhaka. His
hometown is in Tangail. Abid is interested in art, mostly in
cinema.
Probhu Chattopadhyay was born in the capital of
Bangladesh, Dhaka. He used to study in Biswa Varati,
Patha Bhavana, Shanti Niketon. Probhu is a student of
class 7. Currently, he is living in Dhaka.
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Reminiscing the previous festival
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Number of
participating countries
39
Probable number
of audience countrywide
approximately
Number of child &
young delegates
60
Number of
screening at each
venue per day
175 100000 4
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AWARD WINNERS
from the 13th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2020
International Film Section (Competitive)
Romy’s Salon
Netherlands | 90 min | Drama
Director: Mischa Kamp
Day X
Germany | 20 min | Drama
Director: Katharina Rivilis
Good Girl
Finland | 12 min | Drama
Director: Merja Maijanen
Child Filmmakers’ Section -
International
Young Filmmakers’ Section
Special Competition Section
Comfortable Position
Uzbekistan | 4 min | Other
Director: DRF Children Animation Studio
The Smoker
Bangladesh | 4 min | Comedy
Director: Ragib Mohmud Safayet Shah
When Khoka Was A Little Boy
Bangladesh | 8 min | Biography
Director: Sudipta Shaha
Child Filmmakers’ Section - Bangladesh
Badha
Bangladesh | 6 min | Drama
Director: Bivayon Chakma
To, The Sleepless Youth
Bangladesh | 7 min 16 sec | Musical
Director: Suprio Poroma
Nobody’s Responsible
Bangladesh | 2 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Farhanoor Imtiaz Turjjo
Boon is Missing
Bangladesh | 3 min 12 sec | Drama
Director: Mubasshira Ibnat & Mir Ragib Tajwar
Amader Golpo
Bangladesh | 3 min | Drama
Director: Sifat Shahriyar

BEHIND THE SCENE
14th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2020
CHILDREN’S FILM SOCIETY BANGLADESH
Founder
President
General Secretary
Program Secretary
Finance Secretary
Morshedul Islam
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Munira Morshed Munni
Rayeed Morshed
Syed Asaduzzaman
FESTIVAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
FESTIVAL
ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Members
Program Advisor
Mustafa Monwar
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed
Rasheda K. Chowdhury
Advocate Sultana Kamal
Mahbub Jamil
Hashem Khan
Nawajish Ali Khan
Mosih Uddin Saker
Khushi Kabir
Farah Kabir
M. Hamid
Asaduzzaman Noor
Liakat Ali Lucky
Yasmeen Huq
Ali Imam
Fuad Chowdhury
Faridur Reza Sagar
Morshedul Islam
Catherine Masud
Munira Morshed Munni
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Renate Zylla
Festival Director
Fariha Jannat Mim
Festival Co-Director
Raunaq Jahan Rafa
Festival Manager
Kazi Mahmudul Haque Lincon
Festival Coordinators
Asif Islam
Md. Rafiur Rahman
Samia Hasan
Subinoy Mustofi Eron
Festival Programmer
Md. Shahariar Al Mamun
Festival Advisors
Abir Ferdous Mukhar
S M Aminul Islam
Achuyat Saha Joy
Muneruzzaman Shajib
Khan Mohammad Sashoto Seeam
Sukanto Saha
Md. Touqir Islam
Ashraful Islam Tushar
Sadek Hossain Sony
Festival Supervisor
Mueed Hasan Tarit

FESTIVAL
TEAMS
Operations
Department
Auditorium Team
Raisul Islam Imon
Anirban Prithibi Barno
Khondoker Kaef Ahmed Dhrubo
Labiba Marzuka Erata
Laylatul Islam Rodela
Limia Nawer Adrita
Samiya Azad Tuli
Shormi Saha
Shounak Debnath Wreek
Tarek Hasan
Writi Nefartiti
Sales Team
Nadia Sultana Tripa
Kazi Rania Mazhar Manha
Salman Nazafi Sanjid
Zubayer Hossain
Events Team
Kantamoyee Sneha
Afroza Khanum Binte Zia Priya
Shafika Tasnim
Zarin Tasnim Kotha
Logistics & Office Team
Ikramul Akash
Bidisha Saha
Moshhur Goni Bhuiyan Golpo
Noshin Nawar Nir
Sanjana Mehek Khan Suha
Tabeeb Wasit
Imran Hossain
Md. Nazmus Sakib Bhuiyan
Nahiyan Abedin Khan Gunjan
Seamoon Hossin Shuvo
Shariar Sameer
Office Assistant
Opu Sikder
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FESTIVAL
TEAMS
Tech
Department
Graphic & Web Team
Afrida Mehzabin
Mahatab Rashid
Mahir Jabid Nafi
Mridula Mehjabin Biva
Mehnaj Tabassum
Rakeeb Razzaq
Rehnuma Proshoon
Sadiq Mahmood
Saiful Islam Roni
Delegate Team
S. R. Tabassum Ava
Shaorin Hasan Ira
Programming
Department
Programming Team
Sadia Rahman
Fardin Hasan Abid
Hafija Sultana Jui
Nourin Khan Chowdhury
S.M. Jubayer
Projection Team
Subhey Sadi Rahman
Maisha Illyas Nuha
Parsha Sanjana
Mahabub-Ul-Alam
Sheikh Tasnia
Communications
Department
Photography Team
Asif Siddiqi
Hisham Anowar
M. Abrar Faiyaz Rabbi
Md. Sakib Hossain
Shomit Anwar
Videography Team
Kathleen Poushaly Dhar
Dewan Abdullah Fahad
Mahib Mahatasim Uthsho
Md. Farhanoor Imtiaz Turjjo
Nowshin Tarannum Islam
Rafiul Alam
Safif Islam
Publications Team
Tahseen Nower Prachi
Ayesha A Chowdhury
Navina Noon
Rahnuma Tahsin
Riddha Anindya Ganguly
Samira Sifat Swarna
Press and Media Team
Md Rifaet Hossain
Md. Estiak Hossain Shaikat
Md. Sadman Sakib Orion
S.M.Sajeduzzaman Mridul
Mohammad Mosharof Hossain
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BROWSE THE
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS &
SCREENING SCHEDULE
on our festival web portal at
festival.cfsbangladesh.org
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