Dilara Begum Jolly
Dilara Begum Jolly is a Bangladeshi printmaker, painter and crossmedia artist who was born in 1960. She was a founding member of the artists’ group Shomoy, and has been working against the grain of the mainstream art since. She has been re-examining the position of women in society through a feminist lens, and has created […]
Dr Mohammad Shazzad Hossain
Dr Mohammad Shazzad Hossain is an e-learning expert, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Since 2012, he has helped initiate innovative teaching techniques and vibrant cocurricular activities in the Department. In recognition of […]
M. Hamid
Hamid is a prominent Bangladeshi cultural personality, theatre practitioner, television producer and film-industry administrator whose career has contributed significantly to the development of Bangladesh’s audiovisual sector. He began his professional career at Bangladesh Television (BTV) in 1980 as a producer, where he developed and produced a range of programmes, including documentary-oriented productions. He later served […]
Asif Munier
Asif Munier has over 30 years of experience in the development sector in Bangladesh, including on human rights, children’s rights and rights of labour migrants as well as rights of displaced Rohingya population. He has worked with national and international NGOs, UN agencies and eventually continuing as a freelance development consultant. His rights activism and […]
Kamrul Ahsan Lenin
Biplob Sarkar
Biplob Sarkar is a promising filmmaker from Bangladesh, studied Physics before pursuing filmmaking. He has made several short films that have been screened in national and international festivals and have won the Tareq Shahriar’s Best Independent Short award at the 15th International Short & Independent Film Festival (ISIFF, 2019). His debut feature film ‘THE STRANGER’ […]
Sharmin Doza
Sharmin Doza is a Bangladeshi filmmaker, editor, sound designer, and researcher. Active in both narrative cinema and documentaries, her technical and creative work spans film editing, audio engineering, script supervision, and directorial projects. She is the director of the award-winning documentary project A Journey Never Told, which received funding support at the South Asian pitching […]
Mehedi Mostafa
Born in Bangladesh, Mehedi Mostafa studied architecture in Dhaka before joining the Mumbai-based film school Whistling Woods International. In 2017, he finished his diploma in filmmaking with a directing specialization. He is currently working on a feature documentary project titled Making Places and developing a fiction feature film. He has attended Docedge Kolkata, Uniondocs Summer […]
Zihan Karim
Zihan Karim is a multidisciplinary artist from Chittagong, Bangladesh. Zihan Karim’s work often weaves together social happenings in civic life and political chronologies through archival modes, interdisciplinary thought, and processes of montage. Karim has participated in the Dhaka Art Summit (2012), the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2014), Colomboscope (2024), and many other exhibitions.
Kazi Arefin Ahmed
I’m Kazi, an independent documentary filmmaker and audiovisual producer from Bangladesh. Passionate about crafting impactful stories, I focus on universal themes like human rights, migration, climate, and social justice to connect with diverse global audiences. Over the past decade, I’ve led projects recognised for sparking meaningful conversations and celebrating cultural diversity. Honoured with the FIPRESCI […]
Partha Sarathi Sen Gupta
I explore the intricate social and political implications of human psychology through filmmaking and storytelling. My focus is on uncovering the often overlooked humanistic narratives. In my films, I portray the ordinary life stories of everyday individuals, emphasizing relatability. Rather than aiming for aesthetic appeal or merely representing subjects, I strive to evoke genuine emotions […]
Chaitali Somadder
Chaitali Somadder is an award-winning independent filmmaker, video editor, and educator based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. With over a decade of industry experience, she holds a Masters from the University of Dhaka and a Postgraduate Diploma in Film Editing from the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) in India. Her celebrated short film, Mariyam, won […]
13th Liberation DocFest, Bangladesh 2026
The 13th Liberation DocFest, Bangladesh 2026 brings together urgent stories of resistance, memory, justice, and human dignity—creating a space where documentary voices cross borders, challenge silence, and reaffirm cinema’s power to witness, remember, and inspire change.
Shabnam Ferdousi
Shabnam Ferdousi, a Bangladeshi filmmaker and film activist, has been working in different sectors of audio-visual media for the last 28 years. She made about 40 documentary films. She has done many feature shows, infotainment programs, talk shows for various television channels and organizations. She worked as an Executive Producer of more than 100 documentary […]
Shameem Akhtar
Shameem Akhtar is a Bangladeshi Independent filmmaker, writer, journalist, teacher, activist for women, human rights and film. She started her career as the Feature Editor for the reputed ‘Daily Sangbad’. She was a member of Bangladesh Film Society and thereby attended several film courses conducted by Satish Bahadur of Pune Film Institute and international film […]