19th Dhaka International Film Festival, 2021
List of the Films
Asian Film Competition
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Farida | Ksenia Lagutina | Azerbaijan, Russia | 70 min. | 2020 |
2. | Mayar Jonjal (Debris of Desire) | Indranil Roy Chowdhury | Bangladesh, India | 102min. | 2020 |
3. | Fish Under the Ice | Li Zhang | China | 100min. | 2020 |
4. | Anchor Baby | Ran Jing | China | 105min. | |
5. | Robibaar (On a Sunday) | Atanu Ghosh | India | 115min. | 2020 |
6. | Nasir | Arun Karthick | India | 79min. | 2020 |
7. | Illiralaare Allige Hogalaare (Can Neither Be Here Nor Journey Beyond) | Girish Kasaravalli | India | 125min. | 2020 |
8. | A Rifle and a bag | Cristinatina Hanes,Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe | India, Italy, Romania, Qatar | 89min. | 2020 |
9. | Koshtargah (The Slaughter house) | Abbas Amini | Iran | 120min. | 2020 |
10. | Jenayat-e bi deghat (Careless Crime) | Shahram Mokri | Iran | 140min. | 2020 |
11. | Suddenly a Tree | Safi Yazdanian | Iran | 92min. | 2019 |
12. | Haifa Street | Muhanad Al Hayal | Iraq | 79min. | 2019 |
13. | Mariam | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan | 75min. | 2019 |
14. | Akyrky Koch (The Road to Eden) | Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu | Kyrgyzstan | 122min. | 2020 |
15. | Sometime, Sometime | Jacky Yeap | Malaysia | 107min. | 2020 |
16. | The Woman | Otgonzorig Batchuluun | Mongolia | 83min. | 2019 |
17. | Between Heaven and Earth | Najwa Najjar | Palestine, Iceland, Luxembourg | 93min. | 2019 |
18. | Tagpuan (crossroads) | Mcarthur Cruz Alejandre | Philippines | 107min. | 2020 |
19. | Lucky Chan-sil | KIM Cho-hee | South Korea | 96min. | 2020 |
20. | Uzak Ülke (Faraway Land ) | Erkan Yazıcı | Turkey | 93min. | 2020 |
21. | Kovan (The Hive) | Eylem Kaftan | Turkey | 94min. | 2019 |
22. | 9,75 | Uluc Bayraktar | Turkey | 117min. | 2020 |
Legendry leaders who changed the world:
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Bengal no Chichi Lama
(The Father of Bangladesh) |
Nagisa Ōshima | Japan | 24min. | 1973 |
2. | Motorcyle Diaries | Walter Salles | Argentina Brazil, USA,, Chile, Peru, UK, Germany, France. | 126min. | 2004 |
3. | The Lenin Factor | Vladimir Khotinenko | Russia | 113min. | 2019 |
4. | Amar Babar Naam | Fazle Azim Juwel | Bangladesh | 44min. | 2020 |
5. | Ammar (Arafat) | Jad Abi khalil | Lebanon, Palaestine | 90.min. | 2014 |
6. | The Making of the Mahatma | Shyam Benegal | India | 145min. | 1996 |
7. | Uzicka republika (67 Days The Republic of Uzhitze) | Zivorad “Zika” Mitrovic | Yugoslavia | 164min | 1974 |
8. | Anecdotes About Fidel | Estela Bravo | Cuba | 47min. | 2010 |
Tribute:
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Pather Panchali (A Song of the Little Road) | Satyajit Ray | India | 112min. | 1955 |
2. | Aparajito (The Unvanquished) | Satyajit Ray | India | 113min. | 1956 |
3. | Jalsaghar (The Music Room) | Satyajit Ray | India | 100min. | 1958 |
4. | Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) | Satyajit Ray | India | 120min. | 1974 |
5. | Hirok Rajar Deshe (The Kingdom of Diamonds) | Satyajit Ray | India | 118min. | 1980 |
Retrospective:
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Little Bird of Happiness | Pouran Derakshhan Deh | Iran | 110min. | 1987 |
2. | The Eternal Kids | Pouran Derakshhan Deh | Iran | 111min. | 2007 |
3. | Serial Dreams | Pouran Derakshhan Deh | Iran | 99min. | 2010 |
4. | Hiss …Dokhtar-ha Faryad Nemi-Zanand (Hush…..Girls Don’t Cry) | Pouran Derakshhan Deh | Iran | 110min. | 2013 |
5. | Under the Smoky Roof | Pouran Derakshhan Deh | Iran | 111min. | 2017 |
Bangladesh Panorama
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | A Mandolin in Exile | Rafiqul Anowar Russel | Bangladesh | 58min. | 2020 |
2.. | Gohiner Gaan (Song of the Soul) | Sadat Hossain | Bangladesh | 104min. | 2019 |
3. | Gondi | Fakhrul Arefeen | Bangladesh | 112min. | 2020 |
4. | Jolghori (Story Never Dies) | Asad Zaman | Bangladesh | 75min. | 2019 |
5. | Jowar | Parvez Amin | Bangladesh | 59min. | 2019 |
6. | Suborno Rekha (The Golden Line) | Afzal Hossain | Bangladesh | 89min. | 2020 |
7. | Unoponchash Batash | Bangladesh | |||
8. | Why Not | Shekh Al Mamun | Bangladesh, South Korea | 61min. | 2020 |
9. | Kalo Megher Vela (The cloud boat) | Mrittika goon | Bangladesh | 92min. | 2019 |
Cinema of the World
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | The Protagonist | Clara Picasso | Argentina | 67 min | 2019 |
2. | The Source | Lana Berndl | Austria | 60min. | 2020 |
3. | Resplendor (Splendour) | Claudia Nunes, Erico Rassi | Brazil | 52min. | 2019 |
4. | Death of Death | Rajaditya Banerjee | Finland, India | 87min. | 2020 |
5. | Juan | Louise Heem | France, Paraguay | 72min. | 2020 |
6. | In Mansourah, you separated us | Dorothee-Myriam Kellou | France,Algeria,Denmark | 69min. | 2019 |
7. | Pinki Elli (Where is Pinki) | Prithvi Konanur | India | 108min. | 2019 |
8. | Urojahaj (The Flight) | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India | 82min. | 2019 |
9. | The Parcel | Indrasis Acharya | India | 124min. | 2020 |
10. | Orangu Marangalude Veedu (House of Orange Trees) | Dr. Bijukumar Damodaran | India | 110min. | 2020 |
11. | Bihaan (Tune of faith) | Saurabh Saha | India | 86min. | 2020 |
12. | Chobiyal (The Photographer) | Manas Basu | India | 99min. | 2019 |
13. | Gumnaami (The Unknown) | Srijit Mukherji | India | 142min. | 2019 |
14. | Dom (Creamator) | Tapas Kr. Chakraborty | India | 90min. | 2020 |
15. | Kiarostami and his Missing Cane | Mahmoud Reza Sani | Iran | 90min. | 2019 |
16. | Cinema Shahr-e Gheseh | Keyvan Ali Mohammadi | Iran | 101min. | 2020 |
17. | Gorbeh Siah (The Black Cat) | Karim Mohammad Amini | Iran | 113min. | 2020 |
18. | Dozist (Amphibious) | Borzoo Niknejad | Iran | 96min. | 2020 |
19. | Goorkan (The Badger) | Kazem Mollaie | Iran | 94min. | 2020 |
20. | Mehmankhane Mah-e Now (Hotel New Moon) | Takefumi Tsutsui | Iran, Japan | 95min. | 2019 |
21. | Their Home | Tommaso Cotronei | Italy, Nigeria | 71min. | 2020 |
22. | In the Dusk | Sharunas Bartas | Lithuania France, Czech Republic, Serbia, Latvia, Portugal | 129min. | 2019 |
23. | In the Name of the Mother | Joel Lamangan | Philippines | 109min. | 2020 |
24. | Eastern | Piotr Adamski | Poland | 75min. | 2019 |
25. | Cerro dos Pios (Bird’s Nest) | Miguel de Jesus | Portugal | 81min. | 2019 |
26. | Zalinia (Overline) | Vadim Dubrovitskiy | Russia | 134min | 2019 |
27. | My Personal Dragon | Mila Kudryashova | Russia | 73min. | 2020 |
28. | Sumrak U Beckom Haustoru (Vienna Hallways) | Mladen Đorđević | Serbia | 112min. | 2020 |
29. | El Aaiun (To See) | Erik Valencic | Slovenia | 54min. | 2020 |
30. | Wandering Life | Crishantha Manamperi | Sri Lanka | 106min. | 2019 |
31. | Tambour Battant (Roll the Drum) | Francois-Christophe Marzal | Switzerland | 90min. | 2019 |
32. | 7 Kibele (7 Kybeles) | Orhan Tekeoglu | Turkey | 58min. | 2020 |
33. | Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Just a Coincidence) | Omer Faruk Sorak, Ipek Sorak | Turkey | 121min. | 2020 |
34. | Orchids in Fire | Selin Senköken | Turkey | 51min. | 2020 |
35. | Stalking Chernobyl | Iara Lee | Ukraine, USA, Bulgaria, Slovakia | 59min. | 2020 |
36. | UzRock | Arslan Veliev | Uzbekistan | 64min. | 2019 |
Women Filmmakers Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Instructions for Adela | Laura Huberman, Manuela Martínez | Argentina | 16 min | 2020 |
2. | Tina | Julia Bastanzo Paximada | Argentina | 18 min | 2020 |
3. | Good Girls are not getting beaten | Galina Adamovich | Belarus | 52min. | 2019 |
4. | Seeking New Paths | Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen | Finland, Spain | 52min. | 2020 |
5. | Spring Blossom | Suzanne Lindon | France | 74min. | 2020 |
6. | Particules Fines (Fine Particles) | Anne Claire Jaulin | France | 18min | 2020 |
7. | Interstate 8 | Anne Thieme | Germany, USA | 15min. | 2020 |
8. | My name is Sami | Daniela Lucato | Germany,Italy | 4min. | 2020 |
9. | Naran Dungrir Chithi | Sanchari Guha | India | 34min. | |
10. | Khilshe toh Khara (The Spell of Purple) | Prachee Bajania | India | 24min. | 2020 |
11. | The Woman Under the Tree | Karishma Kohli | India,USA | 15min. | 2020 |
12. | Seeking Lost | Fereshteh Tavakoli | Iran | 9min. | 2020 |
13. | Tirishko | Shakiba Khaleghi | Iran | 12min. | 2020 |
14. | Fukushima Traveler | Masoumeh Noormohammadiqomi | Iran | 51min. | 2019 |
15. | The Visit | Azadeh Moussavi | Iran | 14min. | 2020 |
16. | The Dark Days | Niloofar Zaman | Iran | 14min. | 2020 |
17. | Bandar Band | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran, Germany | 77min. | 2020 |
18. | Interview | Hanna Jalali | Iran, Ukraine | 13min. | 2020 |
19. | Unfolded | Cristina Picchi | Italy | 15min. | 2019 |
20. | Wells of Hope | Lia Beltrami Giovanazzi | Italy, Jordan | 32min. | 2020 |
21. | Coming Back Sunny | Noriko Yuasa | Japan | 16min. | 2020 |
22. | The Little Prince | Qarlyga Hasen | Kazakhstan | 34min. | 2020 |
23. | Her Family | Elizabeta Koneska | North Macedonia | 50min. | 2019 |
24. | A Røbba Gnor (The Little Black Dress) | Margarida Paiva | Norway, Italy | 16min. | 2019 |
25. | Date | Anastasia Ragozina | Russia | 10min. | 2019 |
26. | Forbidden Children | Evdokia Moskvina | Russia, Syria, | 73min. | 2019 |
27. | Moving on | YOON Dan-bi | South Korea | 104min. | 2019 |
28. | Dreamlife | Anna Mercedes Bergion | Sweden | 15min. | 2019 |
29. | Oceans of time | Johanna Bernhardson | Sweden | 15min. | 2020 |
30. | Hjarterummet (The Hearts Room) | Marina Nyström | Sweden | 10min. | 2019 |
31. | Incidents- Way Home | Jessica Laurén | Sweden | 8min. | 2019 |
32. | Yustina’s Revenge | Isabella Carbonell | Sweden | 15min. | 2019 |
33. | The Wedding Cake | Monica Mazzitelli | Sweden, Italy | 4min. | 2020 |
34. | Dawat | Juhi Sharma | USA | 17min. | 2019 |
Spiritual Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | In Search of the Light | Arsen Arakelyan | Armenia | 39min. | 2020 |
2. | Niruddesh Jatra | Debasish Das | Bangladesh | 27min. | 2020 |
3. | Qasida of Dhaka | Anarya Murshid | Bangladesh | 20min. | 2020 |
4. | Pacifico Oscuro | Camila Beltran | Columbia | 12min. | 2020 |
5. | Izlazite li vanka?(Do You Go Out?) | Ines Jokoš | Croatia | 30min. | 2019 |
6. | Senior Citizen | Marinos Kartikkis | Cyprus | 89min. | 2020 |
7. | God on the Balcony | Biswajeet Bora | India | 90min. | 2020 |
8. | Kayantar (Metamorphosis) | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | India | 30min. | 2019 |
9. | Do I Exist: A Riddle | Dhruva Harsh | India | 17min. | 2019 |
1. | Man inja hastam! (I am here!) | Abbas Amini | Iran | 95min. | 2020 |
11. | Diapason | Hamed Tehrani | Iran | 93min. | 2019 |
12. | Dabur | Saeid Nejati | Iran | 12min. | 2020 |
13. | Arsu | Abod Kazemi | Iran | 10min. | 2019 |
14. | Sunless Shadows | Mehrdad Oskouei | Iran, Norway | 74min. | 2019 |
15. | My Border, My forest | Giorgio Milocco | Italy | 18min. | 2020 |
16. | Waves | Federico Turani | Italy | 18min. | 2020 |
17. | Al Manaih (The Grant) | Muhmmad Khabur | Jordan | 15min. | 2020 |
18. | The Letter | Ayzada Alymbek Kyzy | Kyrgyzstan | 47min. | 2020 |
19. | Mir Naše Gospe (Our Lady’s Peace) | Vladimir Perović | Montenegro | 19min. | 2020 |
20. | Woodstock Tuvan Style | Ilona Vinogradova | Russia | 59min. | 2020 |
21. | Alice from Wonderland | Elena Demidova | Russia | 31min. | 2020 |
22. | Safarnoma:Notes on a Heritage Path | Sharofat Arabova | Tajikistan | 67min. | 2019 |
23. | Toprak | Sevgi Hirshhäuser | Turkey | 106min. | 2020 |
24. | Memories from an Eternal Time | Atahualpa Lichy | Venezuela | 117min. | 2020 |
Children Film Session
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | My other Son | Gustavo Alonso | Argentina | 12 min | 2019 |
2. | Pouštět Draka (The Kite) | Martin Smatana | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland | 14min. | 2019 |
3. | Ijrain Maradona (Maradona’s Legs) | Firas Khoury | Germany, Palestine | 24min. | 2019 |
4. | Tak-Tak | Vishal Nana Kudale | India | 93min. | 2019 |
5. | Mastermoshai | Avik Roy | India | 121min. | 2020 |
6. | Dokhtar-e Abi (The Blue Girl) | Keivan Majidi | Iran | 85min. | 2020 |
7. | Ghatare An Shab (That Night’s Train) | Hamidreza Ghotbi | Iran | 86min. | 2019 |
8. | Born of the Earth | Mojgan Bayat | Iran | 86min. | 2020 |
9. | Gando | Teymour Ghaderi | Iran | 8min. | 2020 |
10. | The Ocean Behind the Window | Babak Nabizadeh | Iran | 92min. | 2020 |
11. | Bi Nar (I, the Sunshine) | Janchivdorj Sengedorj | Mongolia | 104min. | 2019 |
12. | Junu Ko Jutta (The Shoes of a Little Girl) | Kedar Shrestha | Nepal | 13min. | 2020 |
13. | Taganok Team | Ainur Askarov | Russia, Bashkortostan | 90min. | 2020 |
14. | Mommy’s Calf | Victoria Runtsova | Russia, Belarus | 15min. | 2019 |
15. | I Had a Dream | Murat Çeri | Turkey | 101min. | 2020 |
16. | Christmas Summer | Ignacio Borderes | US, Argentina | 19 min | 2020 |
Short & Independent Film Section
Sl. | Title of Film | Director | Country | Dur. | Year |
1. | Dark Again | Ruben Guzman | Argentina | 35min. | 2020 |
2. | I Spy | Red Argentina de Mujeres Animadoras | Argentina | 6 min | 2019 |
3. | Island | Arsen Arakelyan | Armenia | 20min. | 2020 |
4. | Bede (Nomadic Population) | Khairul Islam Tufan | Bangladesh | 32min. | 2020 |
5. | Bioscope | Wahid Raj | Bangladesh | 7min. | 2020 |
6. | Scene or Unscene | Muzahidul Islam Zahin | Bangladesh | 14min. | 2020 |
7. | Oh Shohagi | Jahangir Mohammad | Bangladesh | 26min. | 2020 |
8. | Suicide | Amit Chakraborty | Bangladesh | 7min. | 2020 |
9. | Mogoj (Cognition) | Saiful Jarnal | Bangladesh | 4min. | 2020 |
10. | Dhaka | Najmun Nafis Khan | Bangladesh | 17min. | 2020 |
11. | Ashroy: Tale of a Guilt | Sara Binte Afzal | Bangladesh | 20min. | 2020 |
12. | Nirbed (A Crying Shame) | Rhyme Rubayet | Bangladesh | 13min. | 2020 |
13. | Putul (A Memoir of Affinity) | Kazi Kamrun Nahar Tania | Bangladesh | 15min. | 2019 |
14. | A Paperman’s Tale | Khandakar Rubyat Mursalin | Bangladesh | 19min. | 2020 |
15. | Alamot | Poroma Shome | Bangladesh | 5min. | 2020 |
16. | Camera | Arish Sarker | Bangladesh | 8min. | 2019 |
17. | The Flowers of Roadside | Mahfuzz Nazim Mapple | Bangladesh | 19min. | 2020 |
18. | Oborudha (The Imprisoned) | Zarif Tashdeed | Bangladesh | 6min. | 2020 |
19. | The Unholy | Alif mohammad | Bangladesh | 8min. | 2020 |
20. | Corona Virus | Shaiduzzaman Badal | Bangladesh | 2min. | 2020 |
21. | Ami Ja Ami Ta | Farzana Noor | Bangladesh | 4 min | 2020 |
22. | Lock Down | Zayed Bin Akram | Bangladesh | 16min. | 2020 |
23. | Sound Sleep | Zayed Bin Akram | Bangladesh | 16min. | 2020 |
24. | Putul Prem | Borno Nath | Bangladesh | 14min. | 2020 |
25. | Alor mela | Jahir Manon | Bangladesh | 21min. | 2020 |
26. | Commuter Toilet Crisis | Debraz Deb | Bangladesh | 8min. | 2020 |
27. | A Dandelion | A.Q.M. Mohiuddin Pathan | Bangladesh | 20min. | 2020 |
28. | Story of Stone | Rownacur Salyhen | Bangladesh | 1min. | 2020 |
29. | Transit | Ariq Anam Khan | Bangladesh, UK | 20min. | 2020 |
30. | Recure (Rebel) | Pier Philippe Chevigny | Canada | 16min. | 2019 |
31. | El Remanso | Sebastian Valencia Munoz | Columbia | 19min. | 2020 |
32. | Henet Ward | Morad Mostafa | Egypt | 23min. | 2020 |
33. | Les Dominos | Jonathan Millet | France | 19min. | 2019 |
34. | Witness | Ali Asgari | France, Iran | 15min. | 2020 |
35. | Da Yie | Anthony Nti | Ghana, Belgium | 21min. | 2019 |
36. | Lizard | Emily Gularte Oliva | Guatemala | 10 min | 2019 |
37. | Britto (The Loop) | Gourav Kundu | India | 14min. | 2020 |
38. | 3rd. Stanza | Tarun Wadhwa | India | 40min. | |
39. | Jibito O Mrito | Abhra Chakraborty | India | 27min. | 2019 |
40. | Tale of Ebi | Hooman Fakhteh | Iran | 13min. | 2020 |
41. | The Dreamer | Mehran Hemmatzadeh | Iran | 23min | 2019 |
42. | Eye | Mahshad | Iran | 12min. | 2020 |
43. | Briciole (Crumbs) | Ettore Mengozzi | Italy | 19min. | 2020 |
44. | The Leak | Alberto Marchiori | Italy | 10min. | 2020 |
45. | Gli Atomic Fotonici | Davide Morando | Italy | 14min. | 2020 |
46. | Tempi Morti (Dead Times) | Damiano Monaco, Lucio Lionello | Italy, Estonia | 16min. | 2020 |
47. | Truce | Saleh Al-Khataybeh | Jordan | 29min. | 2020 |
48. | Kolekticviniai Sodai (Community Gardaens) | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania | 15min. | 2019 |
49. | Sticker | Georgi M. Unkovski | Macedonia | 19min. | 2020 |
50. | Nekome Svome(Ours) | Sead Šabotić | Montenegro | 16min. | 2019 |
51. | Bars, Walls | Sara Stijovic | Montenegro | 13min. | 2018 |
52. | El Silencio del rio | Francesca Canepa | Peru | 14min. | 2020 |
53. | I Declare a Hunger Strike | Zhukova Tatiana | Russia | 7min. | 2019 |
54. | Family | Anastasia Ragozina | Russia | 13min. | 2020 |
55. | Pilot | Anastasia Ragozina | Russia | 3min. | 2019 |
56. | The Last Day | Alexander DrozdovTikhomirov | Russia | 13min. | 2019 |
57. | Adam | Shoki Lin | Singapore | 20min. | 2019 |
58. | Excess will save us | Morgane Dziurla-Petit | Sweden | 15min. | 2019 |
59. | The Wall | Astrid Askberger | Sweden | 5min. | 2019 |
60. | Bottleneck | Mans Berthas | Sweden | 9min. | 2019 |
61. | Derinlik Algisi (Perception of Depth) | Alperen Albayrak | Turkey | 18min. | 2020 |
62. | Allegoria | Hakan Ünal | Turkey | 15min. | 2020 |
63. | Dilhun | Batuhan Kalaycı, Faruk Can Koç |
Turkey | 6min. | 2020 |
64. | Purple Scarf | Jose Prats | UK | 8min. | 2020 |
65. | Reappear | Tommy Clarke | UK | 14min. | 2020 |
66. | Ethel | Jonny Wright | Uk | 17min. | 2019 |
67. | Here we are | Hristina Belousova | Uzbekistan | 4min. | 2020 |
68. | Hay Tinh Thuc va san sang (Stay away be ready) | Pham Thien An | Vietnam, South Korea, USA | 15min. | 2019 |
227 Films & 72 Countries