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 making. He
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
