Rubaiyat Hossain
2021720 Degrees
Ishtiaque Zico
Ashique Mostafa, Rubaiyat Hossain
An uncut shot of a journey taken to discover the various layers of the relationship between man and nature and the different perceptions of reality within two full circles. The short film storytelling technique exploits the strength of non-diegetic sound elements and explores the freedom of framing techniques.
720 Degrees
মেড ইন বাংলাদেশ
Rubaiyat Hossain
Rikita Nandini Shimu, Novera Rahman
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.
Made in Bangladesh
Under Construction
Rubaiyat Hossain
Shahana Goswami, Rahul Bose
Roya is a middle-class Muslim woman that struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. When she discovers that she will be replaced by a younger actor for the role of Nandini —a central character of Rabindranath Tagore’s political play Red Oleanders —she battles to reconstruct the part, reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process. As she sets the play in a modern day ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, her journey to establish her individuality is juxtaposed with the journey of her housemaid Moyna, who later joins the industrial workforce.
Under Construction
মেহেরজান
Rubaiyat Hossain
Jaya Bachchan, Victor Banerjee
During the war in 1971, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down.
Meherjaan
