Abu Sayeed (film director)

Abu Sayeed
Native name আবু সাইয়ীদ
Residence Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation Film director, film producer, writer
Years active 1987 - Present

Abu Sayeed (Bengali: আবু সাইয়ীদ) is an Bangladeshi film director, film producer and writer. He is one of the pioneers of independent cinema in Bangladesh. As a filmmaker he has made six full-length features and two short films, some of which have received 6 national and 4 international awards.[1][2]

Career

Early Career

In 1987, at the age of 25, Abu Sayeed makes his first short film “Aborton” and he got the first National Award for this film. After getting such an Award, Sayeed started work on his second short film “Dhushar Jatra”. When he wants censor board approval for this film, censor board pending release for six month. After getting censor and finally released 1992, it also nominated & won The National Award for Best Short Film.

In 1997, he got involve with television production because of financial complexity. Although his film won national recognition! He find television production is more profitable than making film and took it as his main profession.

2000-present

In 2000, Abu Sayeed directed his first feature film “Kittonkhola” which won National Awards including Best Film, Best Direction & Other seven categories. His second film “Shankhonad” won the award for Best Film at Meril-Prothom Alo award 2004. Shankhonad has been highly praised by nationally and internationally.

In 2006, Abu Sayeed won three International Award For “Nirontor” and the awards are Special Jury Award at 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2006. Best Film award at International Film Festival Kerala (IFFK) 2006 & won Best Film award by FIPRESCI, International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2006. Nirontor has been submitted for the Academy Award in the best foreign film category from Bangladesh. This film was also screened at the non competitive Chennai Film festival & Rotterdam International Film Festival.

Filmography

Year Film Achievement
2016 Sangjog/ The Contact
  • Under Production
2016 Dressing Table
  • Under Production
2010 Opekkha/The Waiting
  • Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Award 2010
  • Official Selection, Kazan International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Bangalore International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Third Eye Asian Film Festival
  • Official selection, Chicago South Asian Film Festival
  • Official selection, Chennai International Film Festival
2008 Rupantor / Transformation
  • Best Film, International Film Festival on Tribal Art, Bhopal, India, 2009
  • Official selection, International Film Festival of India
  • Official selection, International Film Festival of Kerala
  • Official selection, Rome independent Film Festival
  • Official selection, Bangalore International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Chennai International Film Festival.
2007 BANSHI/ The Flute
  • Official selection, South Asian Film Festival
  • Official selection, Kolkata Film Festival
  • Official selection, Bangalore International Film Festival
2006 Nirontor/ Forever Flows
  • Special Jury Award, International Film Festival of India, Goa, 2006
  • Best Film, International Film Festival Kerala, 2006
  • Best Film by FIPRESCI, International Film Festival of Kerala, 2006
  • Official selection, Rotterdam International film Festival
  • Official selection, Palm Spring International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Kolkata International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Bangalore international film festival
  • Official selection, Pune International Film Festival
  • Bangladesh Submission for OSCAR, 2006
2004 Shankhonad
  • National Film Award in three categories, 2004
  • Best Film, Meril-Prothom Alo 2004
  • Official selection, Fribourg International Film Festival
  • Official selection, Asian African & Latin American Film Festival
  • Official selection, Commonwealth Film Festival
  • Official selection, Dubai International Film Festival
  • Official selection, International Film Festival
2000 Kittonkhola
  • National Film Award in 9 categories including best film and best director 2000
  • Official selection, Fribourg International Film Festival
  • Official selection, International Film Festival of Kerala
  • Official selection, Kolkata International Film Festival

References

  1. "::: Star Weekend Magazine :::". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. "The Flute - Banshi". trigon-film.org. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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