Farid Ahmad Farid Ahmad is a nonfiction film writer-director from Bangladesh. He also worked as a program producer for televisions for more than 10 years. His films are mainly focused on freedom and human rights. His latest film 'Antara' received 'Short Documentary Showcase Excellence Film Award' at the Tokyo Docs-2020. His academic background is in Media Studies and communication. In addition, he teaches nonfiction film
Naseer, an antique shop owner, stumbles into a 100 year old painting and discovers the life of Aranyani, an artist who brings back lost animals through her oil paintings. Director: Gitanjali Rao Written by : Gitanjali Rao Language : Hindi Production : House on Fire (France), Moonweave (India)
During a summer in Uruguay, a whiskey-loving grandmother watches over her sunburned friend while her teenage granddaughter discovers first love with a local casino employee. Director: Catalina Torres Written by: Catalina Torres Language: Spanish Production : Monarca Films (Uruguay), House on Fire (France)
The death of her best friend brings back memories of her brother to Laura. She embarks on a journey to discover what happened to him. Director: Juanita Onzaga Written by : Juanita Onzaga Language : Spanish Production : Colombie, France, Belgique, Brésil
Director: Tomita Katsuya Written by: Tomita Katsuya Language: Mandarin Production : House on Fire (France), House on Fire International (Taiwan), Kuzoku (Japan), Films Fauves (Luxembourg)
Director: Wang Bing Written by : Wang Bing Language : Spanish Production : House on Fire (France), The French Connection (France), Films Fauves (Luxembourg)
Lena, a 42-years-old writer, moves into a hotel in Buenos Aires to finish writing a manuscript about her recently deceased mother. Riddled with grief and questioning her own motherhood, Lena slowly assumes the identity of Elba, a fabric store clerk. Director: Martina Juncadella Written by : Martina Juncadella and Paul Choquet Language : Spanish Production : Una Presencia (Argentina), Vitrine Filmes (Spain), House on Fire
Each summer in Bangladesh, the largest delta of the world, floods increase and are devastating. Sahana and her children took shelter at the Jamuna river embankment. When winter arrives, water comes down and an island emerges. Sahana serves there as cheap labor, caught in a modern slavery system. She fights before summer comes back. Written by : Farid Ahmad. Language : Bengali Production : Noyakar productions
From our window one can see a set of the film The Green Years, directed by Paulo Rocha in 1963. This was our starting point: guided by Rocha's gaze, we look back at the places of that film. The successive geological, urbanistic and social strata of Lisbon, besieged by the pandemic that interrupted the shooting, are drawn out in front of our camera, like a
Kylian (14 y/o), lives in the Beauregard estate in La Celle Saint Cloud. Passionate about skateboarding with his best friend Mehdi, they have created a T-shirt brand called Beauregard. One day, while both are skating at La Défense, they meet Paul, a young person their age who lives in the more residential part of their town. Paul comes from a different background and represents for
Dayao, a rather immature young man, lives on his mother's farm but works in the city, just like his pregnant wife Tiantian. He enjoys living close to nature. She wants to buy a flat in the city: her child will not suffer from poverty as they do. After an accident at his construction site, Dayao is severely injured. He slowly recovers at his mother's while
A nearly blind physicist is forced to share a wardroom with a woman photographer suffering from dementia; together they embark upon an unusual journey along the grounds of a hospital. A nearly blind reclusive physicist reluctantly shares a hospital room with an eccentric woman photographer suffering from dementia. A witty yet childish battle of wills ensues as the arrogant grandpa and the whimsical old lady
In the wake of a mysterious pandemic, biotechnician Anandi is placed in quarantine in a remote mountain resort despite testing negative. Surrounded by surveillance and strange disappearances, she receives her father’s ashes and yearns to fulfill his final wish. With the help of Nita, her transgender caretaker, she escapes the oppressive compound. Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara Written by: Vimukthi Jayasundara Language: English, Sinhala Production:Film Council Production
In the dead of night, Nadira escapes from a brothel in Delhi after fatally stabbing a police superintendent. With the law hot on her heels, she takes temporary shelter in a Northern Indian community of sex workers, assuming the Hindu name Renuka. There, she crosses paths with Devika, a young girl bound by a religious tradition condemning her to a life of prostitution. As their
After backing out of her wedding at the last minute, a young Ivorian woman moves to Guangzhou, where she works with 45-year-old Cai in a tea shop. Aya and Cai fall in love, but can their story survive the turmoil of their pasts and the weight of everyone else's prejudice? Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Written by: Kessen Tall, Abderrahmane Sissako Language: Chinese, French, English Production:CineFrance (France)Archipel
