Arifur Rahman

Roqaia

After surviving a suicide bomb attack, 12-year-old Roqaia finds herself in the middle of a media frenzy, as she deals with her trauma all by herself.

Eka

Biplav seethes with rage about the decadence around him and decides to stand still in front of the soon to unveiled monumental statue of a common man at the heart of the city. His act of defiance turns into a movement.

Saba

With her father missing, Saba is the sole caregiver to her paraplegic mother, Shirin, who suffers from acute heart disease. Although Shirin's condition binds them together, her frustration with their situation often manifests as bitterness and anger towards her daughter, so they live in their own separate worlds. When Shirin has a heart attack, Saba races against time to sell their home, lowering the price, and even risking her burgeoning romance with her senior co-worker Ankur — who dreams of starting a new life abroad — to pay for her mom’s heart surgery.

A House Named Shahana

A House Named Shahana' is about Dipa, a divorced woman who lives in a small town in '90s Bangladesh. The film explores how she overcomes a failed marriage, social taboos and the burden of family honour by the strength of her courage, sense of humour, and fighting spirit.

Layla

Layla is a silent monologue highlighted on a single woman's after work evening routine where loneliness came as a grand backdrop of metropolitan mechanical life.

The Silent Echo

Four teenagers, from a remote mountain village, spend their days in an abandoned bus on a ridge, playing music. When a band competition is organized in a neighbouring town, they gather money and courage to be part of it